A quarter-century ago, AutoZone Park gave Downtown a jump-start
By Don Wade
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Updated: June 26, 2023 4:00 AM CT
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On April 1, 2000, the Redbirds opened AutoZone Park at Third Street and Union Avenue in Downtown Memphis by playing the Cardinals in an exhibition game before a full house. (The Daily Memphian file)
After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”
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