City, U of M working to finish stadium transfer
As part of a deal agreed to last year, FedEx founder Fred Smith and his family will donate $50 million to the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations and the University of Memphis must find another $50 million to match. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
It has been more than a month since the Memphis City Council voted to give the University of Memphis Auxiliary Services Foundation ownership of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and $120 million in cash. The stadium still belongs to the City of Memphis.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives in Midtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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