City seeks designer for $52M Memphis 901 FC stadium
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has a $684 million plan that includes an at least partial demolition of the Mid-South Coliseum for the proposed Memphis 901 FC Stadium. (Courtesy City of Memphis)
The new arena will replace the Mid-South Coliseum.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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