Opinion: We deserve the Coliseum AND a new soccer stadium
The Coliseum Coalition wants to save the historic building and build the soccer stadium at the old Coca-Cola plant near Liberty Park.(Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Angela Barksdale
Angela Barksdale is a Coliseum Coalition board member, an Orange Mound community activist, and a founder of Orange Mound in October.
“Just like we can’t give up on Memphis, we can’t give up on the Coliseum. A lot of people want to. But we have to stare our problems in the eyes, be creative, then make brilliant visions happen.”
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