City Council questions need for AutoZone Park money

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 10, 2026 12:23 PM CT | Published: June 09, 2026 8:52 PM CT

The council delayed a vote Tuesday on financing changes to AutoZone Park for two weeks. The new funding will help the park meet Major League Baseball’s minimum standards for its minor league ballparks.

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Memphis City Council 2026 budget AutoZone Park Jeri Green Antonio Adams Chase Carlisle Walter Person Scott Morgan city sewer fees Paul Young Impasse Procedure Douglass Community Center Michalyn Easter-Thomas Patrick Dandridge Shelby County Environmental Court Yolanda Cooper Sutton

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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