There are 24 article(s) tagged Mid-South Coliseum:

• March 2023

  • Preservation groups call for Council review of plans to keep Coliseum

    The call comes as Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has called for a $52-million, 10,000-seat soccer stadium to be built on the city-owned land where the Coliseum now stands.

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2023

  • Here’s where Memphis sports venues plan stands

    Mayor Jim Strickland made a $684 million improvement proposal. Gov. Bill Lee earmarked $350 million for FedExForum and Liberty Stadium renovations in Tennessee’s budget plan. Where do things go from here? Some questions and answers.

    By Tim Buckley March 15, 2023

• February 2023

  • Artist Christopher Reyes on his art, the Coliseum and Live from Memphis

    The Memphis artist joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about his art, immersive worlds, the Mid-South Coliseum and how maybe — just maybe — the artists’ collaborative Live From Memphis could return.

    By Eric Barnes February 04, 2023

• December 2022

  • Opinion: A ‘new and purely authentic’ idea for the Coliseum

    “Support Chris Reyes and his quest for a two-year lease of 15,000 square feet inside the Coliseum so he can expand and build his incredible interactive playground.”

    By Mark Jones December 03, 2022

• November 2022

  • Opinion: We deserve the Coliseum AND a new soccer stadium

    “Just like we can’t give up on Memphis, we can’t give up on the Coliseum. A lot of people want to. But we have to stare our problems in the eyes, be creative, then make brilliant visions happen.”

    By Angela Barksdale November 08, 2022

• October 2022

  • Buckley: Taking care of FedExForum should be highest priority in Strickland’s sports plan

    Mayor Jim Strickland and the city of Memphis do not intend to risk losing the Grizzlies, which is why it is important to keep the NBA franchise center in a $684 million sports venues renovation plan.

    By Tim Buckley October 28, 2022

  • Saving Coliseum still an option, says coalition cofounder

    Marvin Stockwell says the group still has a seat at the table as the city pursues a $684 million sports venue plan that would do away with the Mid-South Coliseum. His strategy is to find another site for the soccer stadium.

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2022

  • Calkins: 50 years ago, Jerry Lawler beat him up. Now they’re friends.

    Jerry Lawler beat up Frankie Dudley at the Mid-South Coliseum in the 1970s. Five decades later, Lawler went to see Dudley again. In hospice. It’s a story about heroes and the passage of time.

    By Geoff Calkins October 27, 2022

  • Opinion: We deserve the Coliseum AND a new soccer stadium

    “Just like we can’t give up on Memphis, we can’t give up on the Coliseum. A lot of people want to. But we have to stare our problems in the eyes, be creative, then make brilliant visions happen.”

    By Angela Barksdale October 26, 2022

  • Buckley: Here’s an idea to keep Coliseum still standing

    If a soccer stadium is built where the Coliseum currently stands, it will be the last piece of the puzzle at Liberty Park, a $126 million mixed-use project on the old Fairgrounds site.

    By Tim Buckley October 21, 2022

  • Strickland proposes soccer stadium instead of Coliseum as part of $684M sports upgrade package

    Mayor Jim Strickland is proposing at least partial demolition of the Mid-South Coliseum to make way for a new soccer stadium. It’s part of a $684 million package of renovations and new construction at the city’s major sports venues. The city will seek roughly half of that total from the state.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2022

  • Conaway: A few things for my birthday

    “There are some things I want. I’ve wanted them for a while and the hints just aren’t working. So, I’ve made a modest list — 10 things you can choose from.”

    By Dan Conaway October 14, 2022

• September 2022

  • Herrington: As spotlight returns, it’s time to be realistic about Mud Island, Coliseum

    Memphis is awash in dramatic examples of adaptive reuse, from a Downtown shopping mall turned corporate headquarters to a Sears warehouse building turned “vertical urban village” to even a Pyramid-shaped arena turned world’s biggest bait shop. But Mud Island and the Mid-South Coliseum have proved trickier for rebirth. 

    By Chris Herrington September 21, 2022

  • Mid-South Coliseum’s future uncertain despite Liberty Park transformation

    The Fairgrounds transition to Liberty Park began with a 2003 fire that brought down a 1920s landmark. What followed was a complex, political and at times contradictory path to change.

    By Bill Dries September 07, 2022

• October 2021

  • Father-daughter art duo create Mid-South Coliseum mural

    The pair worked together to develop a six-panel mural in support of reopening the coliseum.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 05, 2021

• March 2021

  • Opinion: If you’re copying, it’s not yours

    Dan Conaway: While we ignore Mud island, we’re giving Tom Lee Park more plastic surgery than the attendees at the Academy Awards, and if we’re going to make the Fairgrounds ours, the Coliseum has to be part of it and original thinking is required.

    By Dan Conaway March 26, 2021

• February 2021

  • Coliseum has size but clean-up makes it unlikely as vaccination site

    While theme parks, baseball parks and football stadiums are being used to distribute vaccines nationwide, city and county officials say the Mid-South Coliseum is not a candidate for a mass vaccination site.

    By Jane Roberts February 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • Opinion: Use the Coliseum as a vaccination site

    “Memphis needs the trusty Mid-South Coliseum right now, and it’s within our means to call its name from the end of our civic bench once again.”

    By Marvin Stockwell January 29, 2021

• October 2020

  • Artist Christopher Reyes’ ‘BVOE’ is an immersive eruption of creativity, and maybe a preview of coming attractions

    Reyes’ collaborated with more than 20 other Memphis artists to create the astounding “BVOE Quadrant 360” on the edges of Downtown Memphis. The multimedia artist launched and operated the late, lamented “Live From Memphis.”

    By Chris Herrington October 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • Lost Coliseum files reveal Prince, Queen and an entire era of music history

    A team from the Memphis Public Libraries has digitized some of the trove of files they found last year in the mothballed Mid-South Coliseum. 

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2020

  • The Early Word: Inside the Coliseum’s vault, shooting strategy, and are snoballs food?

    It's Thursday, Jan. 30, and we're staring down history with a Grizz win, a flu outbreak and vintage rock 'n' roll memorabilia for the opening of a Coliseum archive. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 30, 2020

• August 2019

  • Coalition hosts second cleanup event to rehab Mid-South Coliseum

    Grassroots organization Coliseum Coalition wants to invite the public in to see the condition of the Mid-South Coliseum. But first, they've got to clean it up.

    By Jared Boyd August 11, 2019

• April 2019

  • Volunteers answer call to help clean up Mid-South Coliseum

    Volunteers answered the call from the Coliseum Coalition to help "pre-vitalize" the Mid-South Coliseum, turning out Saturday to clean up the storied Memphis landmark.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 27, 2019

• March 2019

  • Tour acquaints visitors with Coliseum’s past and potential

    The Coliseum Coalition, a grassroots group dedicated to preserving the Mid-South Coliseum, gave a tour Friday as part of the group's ongoing effort to show off the building's potential. 

    By Jared Boyd March 23, 2019