There are 83 article(s) tagged Liberty Park:

• April 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