Sustainability

Reducing Landfill Contribution. Limiting our Footprint. Supporting Local.

Reducing landfill contribution

Every Skybox features zero-waste stations for Compost and Recyclables with the goal to achieve a 90% diversion rate in skyboxes every year!

All Plastic PET#1 and Aluminum from recycling bins is hand sorted. Aluminum is recycled at CMC Recycling, with generated rebates donated to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga to fund affordable housing repair projects. Nearly 60,000 cans have been recycled and $3,000 donated since the program began in July 2022.

Empty bleacher seats at a sports field with a blue recycling bin labeled "RECYCL E" in the foreground.
Empty football stadium bleachers with blue recycling bin labeled 'Recycle' and a sports field in the background.

Limiting our footprint

When opened in 1997, Finley’s North Lot housed hundreds of native plantings and a water reclamation system that featured an underground cistern to irrigate the plants. In 2001, the Tennessee Valley Authority built the largest solar farm in the Southeast to-date in the VIP Parking Lot of Finley Stadium. Needless to say, Finley Stadium was an early adapter of an environmentally conscious design. Today, the facility is continually retro commissioned through daily operations with LED lighting conversions, low-flow fixtures, energy efficient HVAC controls, and a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mindset amongst staff.

To celebrate Earth Week in 2023, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones, nearly 200 native plants were be planted around the Stadium gates, sourced at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center.

Solar panels installed on metal structures in an outdoor parking lot, with a partly cloudy sky in the background.
Empty parking lot with solar panel-covered carport structures, green parking sign, mountains in the background, partly cloudy sky.

Over the last 3 years…

4,503

Pounds of glass recycled

57,192

Cans recycled for Habitat

12,390

Pounds composted

Supporting local

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The First Horizon Pavilion is Chattanooga’s home for arts, culture, and supporting local.

The Chattanooga Market operates every Sunday May- November and has spurred the start of hundreds of small businesses produced locally made goods. The Pavilion also plays host to 25 non-profits fundraiser events annually.

Across the street, the Main Street Farmers Market is hosted weekly on Wednesdays year-round, with 50 local farmers, offering a convenient location for residents to pick-up local produce, vegetables, and meats.

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Non-profits fundraiser events hosted by First Horizon Pavilion annually

Stacks of gold coins, with two stacks of coins in the foreground, one shorter and one taller, on a black background.
Three fresh beets with green leaves and pink stems

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local farmers at Main street Farmers market each week

120+

Small businesses represented at the chattanooga market each week

Bouquet of pink, yellow, and white flowers wrapped in beige paper.
People walking and shopping at outdoor market with vendor tents and store building in background.
A woman with long blonde hair, wearing sunglasses and jewelry, holding a cup of beverage and a beige tote bag with a London-themed illustration, standing at an outdoor market. The market has stalls under tents, with people browsing, and a large solar panel structure overhead.