There are 8 article(s) tagged Memphis Sports and Events Center:

• July 2024

  • Liberty Park $112M private development takes step forward

    Further development at Liberty Park took a key step forward Tuesday: A City Council committee approved the up-to $112.5 million project that could change Midtown.

    By Samuel Hardiman July 24, 2024

• March 2024

  • Guess what’s coming, Memphis? More pickleball!

    It was inevitable, wasn’t it? Pickleball is coming to the Memphis Sports and Events Center. It’s the first in a series of pickleball pop-up clubs that Pickleball 901 plans to open in multiple locations across town.

    By Geoff Calkins March 01, 2024

• April 2022

  • City Council approves Southwind apartments, Liberty Park management contract, more

    The apartment complex had persistent opposition from an area that asked for and received de-annexation from Memphis. One council member had harsh words for that idea.

    By Bill Dries April 19, 2022

  • City Council urges early voting expansion in county primaries

    In addition to the voting-expansion resolution, Council action included the Liberty Park contract, more time for Parkside at Shelby Farms and the end of the latest consolidation push.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2022

• February 2022

  • Liberty Park Sports & Event Center hires former Memphis Grizzlies employee

    The former director of youth basketball programming for the Memphis Grizzlies will lead the Memphis Sports & Events Center, which is under construction at Liberty Park.

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2022

  • Bluff City Biz: Liberty Park, opportunities beyond a Downtown Loews with Mark Halperin

    “Hopefully, there’s going to be a lot of economic spin-off,” Halperin said of the city’s $56 million youth sports complex.

    By Rob Moore February 14, 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

• August 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