At the old Fairgrounds, Memphis bets big on competitive youth sports
Memphis Sports & Events Center estimates more than 2 million annual visitors
The Fairgrounds will become Liberty Park, with an indoor sports complex and hotels, under the city’s latest push to redevelop the 168-acre public property. (LibertyParkMemphis.com)
The old fairgrounds is being repurposed as Liberty Park, a $126 million mixed-used project anchored by the 227,000-square-foot Memphis Sports & Events Center, including apartments, retail, a hotel and more.
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Liberty Park Memphis Sports & Events Center Memphis Fairgrounds Youth sports Mayor Jim Strickland Mary Claire Borys Eastern Sports Management Antonio Perez David Stephens Aldo Dean Subscriber OnlyThank you for supporting local journalism.
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Don Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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