Transfer of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium delayed until Dec. 19
In an email to the City Council over the weekend, Strickland said maintenance of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium costs the city $10.6 million a year and it pulls in about $6.4 million in revenue, a $4.2 annual loss. (David Boyd/The Daily Memphian file)
The council aired its concerns about what the city was receiving for transferring ownership, the future of the Southern Heritage Classic football game, how the City Council learned about the deal and more.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and 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 Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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