While Lower Broadway bar owners seek lower property value assessments via a slow-moving appeals process, two properties — Jelly Roll’s Goodnight Nashville and Jon Bon Jovi’s five-story club — could vastly beat their appraisals, setting up a billion-dollar contradiction downtown. Both properties list for well above their most recent valuations from Davidson County Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite, who became the subject of a formal review by the Tennessee comptroller of the treasury specifically for Broadway property values in recent weeks.

Downtown bar owners are seeking appeals after a 2025 reappraisal in at least 18 cases, according to information shared with the Scene . These bars include Honky Tonk Central, Chief’s, Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk & Rock 'n' Roll Steakh

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