There are 104 article(s) tagged Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium:

• April 2025

  • Ask the Memphian: Why hasn’t Liberty Stadium had a concert in years?

    For roughly three decades, the only musicians who played what is now the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium were marching bands. But why?

    By Jody Callahan April 21, 2025

  • Chris Brown concert to be held at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium

    Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium is hosting its first major music concert in nearly three decades.

    By Frank Bonner II April 17, 2025

• March 2025

  • Inked: Historic Memphis church to transform into community theater

    A building in Memphis is trading church pews for stage cues, with Hattiloo Theatre tapped to run the theater program. Plus, a Nashville-based company takes the next steps for the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovation. 

    By Dima Amro March 19, 2025

  • U of M foundation cited for sloppy accounting practices

    This is the second consecutive year auditors have reported inconsistencies in the financials for the University of Memphis’ Auxiliary Services Foundation, which includes funding for Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

    By Jane Roberts March 06, 2025

  • Memphis Tigers receive big boost to record-setting athletics donation

    A new donation reestablishes an estate gift from the Bryant family as the largest in Memphis-athletics history.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 05, 2025

• January 2025

  • Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will have reduced capacity, according to new plans

    Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said the new capacity for Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will be 42,000-44,000 — not the 50,000 that was originally planned.

    By Geoff Calkins January 29, 2025

• November 2024

  • 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.

    By Frank Bonner II November 07, 2024

• October 2024

  • 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.

    By Geoff Calkins October 23, 2024

• September 2024

  • 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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    By Samuel Hardiman September 24, 2024

  • 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.

    By Parth Upadhyaya September 16, 2024

  • 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.

    By Parth Upadhyaya September 13, 2024

  • Southern Heritage Classic looks different for 35th year

    Renovations at Liberty Stadium will impact attendance.

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    By Frank Bonner II September 12, 2024

  • 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.

    By Tim Buckley September 05, 2024

  • 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.

    By Geoff Calkins September 01, 2024

• August 2024

  • 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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    By Frank Bonner II August 26, 2024

  • 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.

    By Tim Buckley August 25, 2024

• July 2024

  • 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. 

    By Parth Upadhyaya July 23, 2024

  • 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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    By Geoff Calkins July 23, 2024

  • 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.

    By Geoff Calkins July 18, 2024

  • Liberty Stadium approaching Phase 2 renovation

    Stadium capacity for this year will drop from around 58,000 fans to 32,000.

    By Frank Bonner II July 18, 2024

• June 2024

  • 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

    By Tim Buckley June 07, 2024

  • AutoZone Liberty Bowl announces 2024 date

    The 66th AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be broadcast on ESPN.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 06, 2024

• May 2024

  • Memphis Tigers announce kickoff times for 7 games, 3 ESPN games

    Tigers find out kickoff times for seven of its 2024 games.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 31, 2024

  • Phase 1: Liberty Stadium renovations have begun

    Phase 1 of renovation work at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium is now underway.

    By Tim Buckley May 29, 2024

  • 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.

    By Frank Bonner II May 21, 2024