Memphis AD: Tigers football has the ‘right guy leading us’
Ed Scott also gave updates on Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium.
Topic: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
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November 2024
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October 2024
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Calkins: Richard Smith on crime, conference realignment and how the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium gift happened
Richard Smith was as surprised as anyone when Fred Smith, his father, decided the family would give $50 million to help renovate the stadium. Here’s Smith on crime, Ja Morant, conference realignment and how that gift came to be.
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September 2024
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City: Liberty Stadium transfer will be done soon
The City of Memphis has not yet transferred Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium to the University of Memphis.
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Arkansas athletic director ‘open’ to moving 2025 Memphis game to Fayetteville
Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek hadn’t previously been aware that renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium would still be continuing during the Memphis-Arkansas game.
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Southern Heritage Classic preview: Tennessee State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Here’s what to know heading into Saturday’s kickoff at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
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Southern Heritage Classic looks different for 35th year
Renovations at Liberty Stadium will impact attendance.
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Exhibition showcases three decades of Southern Heritage Classic history
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Tigers fundraising on a roll as stadium renovation continues
Dollars are flowing in since Ed Scott’s late-June hiring and his late-July arrival as the Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director.
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Calkins: For Memphis football, it’s a hole new ballgame!
Memphis crushed North Alabama in their first game at the Liberty Hole, also known as Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The place looked really strange. But in a good way.
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August 2024
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Liberty Stadium groundbreaking celebrates Tigers’ new reality
University of Memphis president Bill Hardgrave said there were many who believed the renovation wasn’t going to happen.
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Buckley: Planes. Trains. Construction. Dude, Tigers’ expectations are high.
The Tigers are building something big in Memphis ─ and a $220 million stadium revamp is living proof.
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July 2024
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Phase 2 of Liberty Stadium renovations begins
Monday marks the start of Phase 2 of the Tigers’ three-phase, $220 million renovation of Liberty Stadium.
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Calkins: They’re knocking down the Liberty Bowl — and hoping it’s not too late.
“They started knocking down Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Monday. The goal isn’t to have a nicer place to watch games. The goal is an invitation to a power conference. But is it too little, too late?”
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Calkins: The flag over Liberty Stadium is more than 100 years old. Will it continue to fly?
The illuminated flag atop Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium has been displayed in the city for more than 100 years. Now the stadium is being redone. So what happens to the flag? They are trying to move it — very carefully.
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Liberty Stadium approaching Phase 2 renovation
Stadium capacity for this year will drop from around 58,000 fans to 32,000.
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June 2024
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Buckley: AutoZone Liberty Bowl staying in Memphis? Just wondering.
Executive director Steve Ehrhart addresses the question of where he anticipates this year’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played.
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl announces 2024 date
The 66th AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be broadcast on ESPN.
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May 2024
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Memphis Tigers announce kickoff times for 7 games, 3 ESPN games
Tigers find out kickoff times for seven of its 2024 games.
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Phase 1: Liberty Stadium renovations have begun
Phase 1 of renovation work at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium is now underway.
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Liberty Stadium renovation ‘mobilizing this week’
Grinder, Taber & Grinder vice president Ben Cooper updates the status of Phase 1 of the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovation project.
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ESPN’s Paul Finebaum says ACC, Big 12 made mistake in not choosing Memphis
Paul Finebaum said he thought Memphis was a better match for the ACC than SMU.
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April 2024
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Buckley: The Tigers’ path to football success shining bright these days
“With newfound bucks from FedEx Corp., Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield says, ‘The bar should be set as high as it can be.’ It beats flailing along with a shoestring NIL budget in a stadium needing modernization.”
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Brahmas fourth-quarter rally spoils home opener for Showboats
The San Antonio Brahmas scored 20 fourth-quarter points while scoring two touchdowns in the final 48 seconds to execute a come-from-behind victory.
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March 2024
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What you need to know about Liberty Stadium renovations
Memphis Tigers athletic director Laird Veatch answers a long list of questions regarding Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovation.
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Tigers podcast: Penny Hardaway’s season gone bad, stadium renovation
Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and host Greg Gaston dissect both the disaster that the 2023-24 basketball season was and the football stadium renovation that will be on The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.
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Simmons Bank stadium renovation to start in May
“I think the big messages are we’re moving forward, which we’re obviously really excited about,” athletics director Laird Veatch said Monday morning. “No. 2, we have clarity on not only what we want to do, but how we think we can get there.”
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