Calkins: 901 FC is gone. Could the Redbirds be next?
If Memphis doesn’t find the money to make needed repairs, Geoff Calkins says, there could be an empty ballpark at B.B. King Boulevard and Union Avenue before long.
Topic: Craig Unger
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November 2024
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April 2024
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AutoZone Park to host Miranda Lambert in new concert series
For the first time in a decade, a musical artist will take the stage at AutoZone Park to perform in a live full-scale production.
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March 2024
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Cheers to AutoZone Park, a crazy idea. Let’s keep fans coming 25 more years.
The vision for a Downtown ballpark may have changed the sports landscape of the city. As AutoZone Park celebrates its 25th year, the Memphis Redbirds defeat Charlotte.
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Buckley: Baseball season brings hope for Redbirds. And AutoZone Park.
Redbirds leaders are talking with Memphis Mayor Paul Young and the city about stadium improvement. “Our commitment is to be here long-term,” Craig Unger said.
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January 2024
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New Year’s resolutions can be beneficial, except when they’re not
Experts suggest we need to abandon the old notion of fixed, deadline-driven — and occasionally self-loathing — New Year’s resolutions.
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September 2023
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Redbirds suspend game due to AutoZone Park’s ‘unplayable field conditions’
“People believe that every sort of issue that we have is somehow related to two teams playing here,” Redbirds and 901 FC president said about the two sports teams sharing the field, “but that has so far never been the case.”
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June 2023
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A quarter-century ago, AutoZone Park gave Downtown a jump-start
After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”
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March 2023
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Redbirds Notebook: New eats, new rules at AutoZone Park this year
When fans return to AutoZone Park for baseball this season, they will see a new grass field and a “bright as ever” video board, according to Memphis Redbirds President Craig Unger, along with a menu with many new choices.
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January 2023
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Cardinals Caravan rolls into Memphis with top prospects
If all goes as St. Louis would like, outfielder Jordan Walker won’t be back to Memphis but pitcher Tink Hence could be in a Redbirds uniform before the 2023 season is done.
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December 2022
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AutoZone Park getting new video board and playing field
Craig Unger, president of the Memphis Redbirds and Memphis 901 FC, said the 12-year-old video board had “outlived its life.”
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November 2022
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Meet Me in Memphis: President of Redbirds, 901 FC left St. Louis to ‘bet on me’
Craig Unger left his dream of working for the St. Louis Cardinals in his hometown to become general manager of the Memphis Redbirds. Now, he’s added Memphis 901 FC under his reign and is considered “part of the Memphis fabric.”
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Just a touch of ‘Ted Lasso' for Craig Unger as part-owner of London soccer club
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Just a touch of ‘Ted Lasso’ for Craig Unger as part-owner of London soccer club
Yes, Memphis 901 FC President Craig Unger finds the TV comedy “Ted Lasso” amusing. But because he also has an ownership stake in Dagenham & Redbridge FC in East London, some moments “hit a little too close to home.”
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October 2022
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Does Memphis need a professional soccer stadium?
In a city with plenty of needs, the plan to build a new soccer stadium on the site of the Mid-South Coliseum may seem like a tough ask. But 901 FC makes a convincing case as to why it must leave AutoZone Park and have its own home.
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September 2022
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From Memphis to Cooperstown: Pujols’ home run here still echoes decades later
The Redbirds will commemorate his walk-off home run in 2000 on Saturday, Sept. 10, with a replica of the chair where that Pujols home run landed.
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August 2022
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Memphis Redbirds sold a second time, leaving Diamond Baseball Holdings
The Memphis Redbirds have a new ownership group, but Craig Unger will remain president and general manager of the team.
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July 2022
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Free nachos, $1 hot dogs, $2 beer on deck at Redbirds games
The draw of promotions adds to fans coming to AutoZone Park.
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June 2021
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Taylor Jenkins – just another Memphis fan – obliterates a guitar
Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said he was more nervous about smashing the guitar at the 901 FC home opener than he was before any Memphis playoff game.
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May 2021
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AutoZone Park to return to full capacity for 901 FC, Redbirds games
Fans no longer required to wear masks in outdoor areas.
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April 2021
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901 FC makes Ben Pirmann’s role as coach official
Ben Pirmann took over in September for the final three games after Tim Mulqueen was dismissed.
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February 2021
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Post-pandemic life: Is the mask here to stay?
Someday, the COVID-19 pandemic will be much less of a threat than it is today, and eventually it will be over. What will we do without the mask then? Toss it aside? Still wear it regularly? Or keep it nearby for emergencies?
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Redbirds get new rivals in MLB’s minor-league remodel
Realignment is intended to reduce travel and create a more efficient talent pipeline.
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March 2020
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Still the One: The 20th anniversary of AutoZone Park’s opening a milestone for Memphis
Twenty years ago to great fanfare, AutoZone Park opened its doors to Memphians for the first time. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
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September 2019
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AutoZone Park gets new playing surface
AutoZone Park has a new Bermuda hybrid playing surface in time for the Triple-A National Championship Game and the end of the Memphis 901 FC season.
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August 2019
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Nelson: Jefferson, Hamilton, Sinatra — and AutoZone Park
Memphis decided to bring the best of the urban past into the vitality of the urban present in a minor league ballpark.
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