There are 3 article(s) tagged Mid-South fairgrounds:

• March 2026

  • Pair preserve Memphis parks’ past, from kiddie trains to Elvis’ Pippin car

    Take a wild ride down memory lane with former Lakeland Mayor Mike Cunningham and his brother, Bill, and who share a fondness for old times at the fairgrounds and Libertyland.

    By Michael Waddell March 08, 2026

• February 2026

  • Memphis paid $2.2M for Liberty Park consultants — and it’s still an empty lot

    The city needs sales-tax growth at Liberty Park to pay bonds at the Memphis Sports and Events Center. To generate that tax growth, it needs hotel and apartments to become something more than hypothetical. 

    By Samuel Hardiman February 03, 2026

• May 2025

  • Liberty Park hotel, apartments could break ground this fall, city says

    Work on a hotel and apartments at the former Mid-South Fairgrounds property may begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. The projected opening date is in early 2027. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 16, 2025