There are 66 article(s) tagged Liberty Park:

• February 2022

  • Liberty Park already booking events as construction hits halfway point

    The $56 million Memphis Sports and Event Center is the centerpiece of Liberty Park, which sits on the grounds of what was once the Libertyland theme park.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2022

• July 2021

  • Council approves city’s purchase of bottling plant at Fairgrounds

    Funding includes $2.5 million to buy the 17-acre site and the rest for conversion of space to Liberty Bowl parking spaces and city maintenance facilities.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2021

• June 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    We’ve learned a few things in the past year. The pandemic made West Clinic doctors aware of the need for a special acute care facility for cancer patients. Overton High’s class of 2021 remembered the 2020 grads who didn’t get a traditional ceremony. Memphis 901 FC showed out in the first no-restrictions home game since March 2020. And the Memphis disco scene is stayin’ alive.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 19, 2021

  • Liberty Park breaks ground after 14 years and three mayors

    The Monday, June 14, groundbreaking starts with a youth sports complex that is the centerpiece of the $126 million project about where the Libertyland amusement park once stood.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2021

  • City budget, tax rate votes await further details on federal funding

    The Tuesday council session includes discussion about proposed home improvement grants, an extension of the contract with the company that runs Liberty Bowl stadium for the city and a delay until June 15 on final votes that would set the city budget and property tax rate.

    By Bill Dries June 01, 2021

• May 2021

  • State board approves TDZ bonds for Fairgrounds to Liberty Park conversion

    The state decision Monday clears the way for site preparation to begin immediately at the Fairgrounds, starting with the 227,000-square-foot Memphis Sports and Events Center that is the centerpiece of the $126 million undertaking.

    By Bill Dries May 25, 2021

  • Former Coke bottler could become Liberty Park parking and city maintenance yard

    The city would buy the 16.9 acre Coke bottling plant at Southern and Hollywood under a tentative letter of intent council members were briefed on Tuesday, May 18. 

    By Bill Dries May 18, 2021

• April 2021

  • Opinion: When the name is wrong, the smell is no rose

    ‘“Liberty” works in Philadelphia, where Bud Dudley and the Liberty Bowl came from, but it has no unique meaning in Memphis.’

    By Dan Conaway April 16, 2021

  • Fairgrounds redevelopment price goes up as city preps bonds to finance

    A timetable for the Fairgrounds conversion has the new youth sports complex opening in the fall of 2022.

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2021

  • Fairgrounds financing, MLGW contract, trash troubles top council agenda

    The April 6, council session includes a vote on $75 million in revenue bonds for the Fairgrounds renovation as well as a vote on the $520,000 contract to explore alternatives to TVA as MLGW’s electric power supplier. And council members review a month of vocal complaints about trash pickup.

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2021

• February 2021

  • EDGE moves to help pay for Liberty Park

    The EDGE Board approved an “inducement resolution,” and will later vote to authorize issuance of up to $75 million in Tourism Development Zone bonds to help pay for the $125 million Liberty Park.

    By Tom Bailey February 17, 2021

  • Fairgrounds, Cobblestones funding approved

    The Fairgrounds conversion to Liberty Park got a $4 million boost Tuesday, Feb. 2, to begin some ground work in May as well as to start designing buildings.

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

• December 2020

  • The Memphis 10: COVID confessions, generic fun at Liberty Park and more

    Dolly versus Marsha; Christmas lights at Shelby Farms, Memphis Zoo and the Botanic Garden; and Don Bryant’s Grammy nomination. 

    By Chris Herrington December 10, 2020

  • Laser tag, axe throwing, bowling headed to former fairgrounds

    A 40,000-square-foot entertainment and arcade venue called High 5 has signed a letter of intent to be at Liberty Park. And that doesn’t include High 5’s planned, 25,000-square-foot miniature golf course. 

    By Tom Bailey December 01, 2020

• August 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Liberty Park, Poplar Plaza and The Ravine bring potential change to city’s center

    We're used to large-scale alterations underway on sites Downtown, but landscapes are also changing at some promising and high-profile properties farther East. 

    By Chris Herrington August 20, 2020

  • Fairgrounds becomes ‘Liberty Park’ in latest post-pandemic plan

    The city has also signed a letter of intent with Capstone Development for two hotels on the Central Avenue frontage. The founder of Capstone sees a different kind of recovery from the pandemic for the hospitality industry — one led by the families that travel regionally to the sports tournaments that are the financial engine for Liberty Park's public and private uses.

    By Bill Dries August 13, 2020