Local lawmakers optimistic Memphis will get ‘fair share’ for sports venues
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s proposal for Liberty Park includes a partial demolition of the Mid-South Coliseum to make way for Memphis 901 FC Stadium (right). Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium is the blue building in the center, rear. (Credit: Odell Sports & Entertainment Studio and LRK/Courtesy 901 FC)
After the General Assembly gave the Tennessee Titans $500 million earlier this year to build a new stadium, local lawmakers are optimistic that the state will be as generous to Memphis in the interest of fairness.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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