There are 84 article(s) tagged Liberty Park:

• April 2021

  • Opinion: When the name is wrong, the smell is no rose

    ‘“Liberty” works in Philadelphia, where Bud Dudley and the Liberty Bowl came from, but it has no unique meaning in Memphis.’

    By Dan Conaway April 16, 2021

  • Fairgrounds redevelopment price goes up as city preps bonds to finance

    A timetable for the Fairgrounds conversion has the new youth sports complex opening in the fall of 2022.

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2021

  • Fairgrounds financing, MLGW contract, trash troubles top council agenda

    The April 6, council session includes a vote on $75 million in revenue bonds for the Fairgrounds renovation as well as a vote on the $520,000 contract to explore alternatives to TVA as MLGW’s electric power supplier. And council members review a month of vocal complaints about trash pickup.

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2021

• February 2021

  • EDGE moves to help pay for Liberty Park

    The EDGE Board approved an “inducement resolution,” and will later vote to authorize issuance of up to $75 million in Tourism Development Zone bonds to help pay for the $125 million Liberty Park.

    By Tom Bailey February 17, 2021

  • Fairgrounds, Cobblestones funding approved

    The Fairgrounds conversion to Liberty Park got a $4 million boost Tuesday, Feb. 2, to begin some ground work in May as well as to start designing buildings.

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2021

• December 2020

  • The Memphis 10: COVID confessions, generic fun at Liberty Park and more

    Dolly versus Marsha; Christmas lights at Shelby Farms, Memphis Zoo and the Botanic Garden; and Don Bryant’s Grammy nomination. 

    By Chris Herrington December 10, 2020

  • Laser tag, axe throwing, bowling headed to former fairgrounds

    A 40,000-square-foot entertainment and arcade venue called High 5 has signed a letter of intent to be at Liberty Park. And that doesn’t include High 5’s planned, 25,000-square-foot miniature golf course. 

    By Tom Bailey December 01, 2020

• August 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Liberty Park, Poplar Plaza and The Ravine bring potential change to city’s center

    We're used to large-scale alterations underway on sites Downtown, but landscapes are also changing at some promising and high-profile properties farther East. 

    By Chris Herrington August 20, 2020

  • Fairgrounds becomes ‘Liberty Park’ in latest post-pandemic plan

    The city has also signed a letter of intent with Capstone Development for two hotels on the Central Avenue frontage. The founder of Capstone sees a different kind of recovery from the pandemic for the hospitality industry — one led by the families that travel regionally to the sports tournaments that are the financial engine for Liberty Park's public and private uses.

    By Bill Dries August 13, 2020