DeSoto’s dug-in details: Landers expansion progress
The Landers Center, a multi-purpose arena undergoing an $88 million renovation and expansion, turned 25 this year. The DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau owns the facility. (Toni Lepeska/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors approved an estimated $14 million package for concrete foundations and steel at the Landers Center, making this the third major bid package for the $88 million project.
The 275,000-square-foot addition will include a new space for the DeSoto Family Theater and connect to a new seven-story, 240-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel.
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Brandon LaGrone II
Brandon LaGrone Jr. is a Bluff City native who has earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from LSU’s Manship School. He’s written for publications including The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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