Exclusive: Document shows Memphis football will receive full $1 million for moving Missouri game
Documents obtained Thursday by The Daily Memphian show Memphis will receive $1 million, no matter how many seats are sold, to relocate the Sept. 23, 2023, game to the Dome of America Center in St. Louis, Missouri. (Colin E. Braley/AP file)
A document obtained by The Daily Memphian shows the Memphis Tigers will receive a full $1 million for moving their 2023 Missouri game to St. Louis, including $250,000 no matter how many tickets are sold. Plus, we answer some other questions about why the game was moved to St. Louis.
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Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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