Reconfigured Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium could bring back big concerts
A rendering shows the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium from overhead after the proposed $150 million-plus renovation. The upgrades could mean a return to concerts at the stadium. (Courtesy University of Memphis)
The logistics of the concert business have changed dramatically since the city’s last stadium show 25 years ago, with more elaborate stages. The planned renovation announced last week would allow the biggest tours to again have a venue in Memphis.
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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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