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State approves TDZ for Fairgrounds redevelopment

By , Daily Memphian Published: November 26, 2018 2:40 PM CT
<strong>An aerial view of the Fairgrounds and Liberty Bowl Memorial Coliseum.</strong> <strong>A state panel approved Memphis&rsquo; request Monday for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone to help fund a youth sports and events complex.</strong> (Daily Memphian file photo)

An aerial view of the Fairgrounds and Liberty Bowl Memorial Coliseum. A state panel approved Memphis’ request Monday for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone to help fund a youth sports and events complex. (Daily Memphian file photo)

A state panel approved Memphis’ request Monday for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone to help fund an estimated $150 million project complete with a youth sports and events complex that will depend on construction of a privately developed hotel.

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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.

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