Mid-South Coliseum’s future uncertain despite Liberty Park transformation
City officials lead a tour of the Liberty Park construction site Aug. 4, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Fairgrounds transition to Liberty Park began with a 2003 fire that brought down a 1920s landmark. What followed was a complex, political and at times contradictory path to change.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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