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Ja Morant issued a call for Grizzlies fans to come to FedExForum for the team’s playoff push. It has been a tricky year for in-person attendance. But more and more fans are trickling back.
Says Achiuwa: “I’ve been looking forward to this day for a really, really long time.”
Due to winter weather conditions, the game at 8 p.m. Wednesday will not have spectators.
The loss can’t take away from the growing signs of promise.
Grizzlies have not announced if they will do the same.
At one time, there were people who didn’t want the NBA in Memphis. Now they have Ja Morant.
This is the first of our series honoring the 20th season of the Grizzlies in Memphis. We play no favorites ranking these games — well, except one.
There is a lease provision that has to be dealt with, but right now there’s no reason Memphis and its touchstone can’t work things out.
The Grizzlies and Tigers will play home basketball games without fans until further notice. This decision comes under the direction of public health officials.
Memphis will play five nationally televised games. The Grizzlies open at home on Wednesday, Dec. 23 against the San Antonio Spurs. The world champion Lakers will visit Jan. 3 and 5.
The Tigers made their return to FedExForum Wednesday night. They got the win they needed, but there’s no way of knowing if they found answers to their questions.
The Tigers rebound after two tough losses, and Ahmad Rand makes his debut. Related Story: Memphis basketball: Energy, as much as lineup changes, helped Tigers beat Arkansas State
No courtside seats will be available for Tigers games this season. The Grizzlies are still determining seating configurations.
The arena will have restricted capacity, and the team is looking at possible COVID-19 testing for fans in certain seating.
The NBA is looking at potential testing protocols for arenas at or above 50% capacity.
FedExForum will be used as a location to count absentee ballots in the upcoming election. The Memphis Grizzlies are happy to “serve this civic duty for our community.”
Using FedExForum as a gigantic polling location for the November election would be like “shooting flies with cannon balls,” Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips said Friday, Aug. 28.
The NBA announced positive coronavirus tests for 16 players, but the Grizzlies are keeping their results private. Meanwhile, issues around the FedExForum lease will make an unwelcome national conversation inevitable.
Here's how the "early termination" section came to be in the Grizzlies lease — and why Memphians should still consider the lease to be an emphatic success.
When the FedExForum deal was struck, some people worried that the city and county might not have the money to pay off the arena bonds. Instead, there's a $29 million surplus. And it might come in handy real soon.
The Memphis Grizzlies have met with city and county officials to discuss a little-known "early termination" clause in the Grizzlies lease which could require the city and county to spend millions to make up for ticket shortfalls this season — or risk losing the team.
Terrence Miller will have to dip into his savings to pay the bills now that events inside FedExForum are off. But he is one of the lucky ones.
After canceling her "Here We Go Again" tour, following concern surrounding the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, Cher's performance at FedExForum has been rescheduled.
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
The legendary pop artists were participating in headlining tours scheduled at FedExForum and the Orpheum.