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Cardiff is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States west of Gardendale. At the 2010 census the population was 55, placing it as the least-populated incorporated area in Jefferson County. It is named after the capital of Wales . [ 2 ]
It has been the home to ice hockey, college basketball and arena football teams in Birmingham. [7] [8] It was home of the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA from 1976 to 1978 and another version of the Birmingham Bulls of the ECHL from 1992 to 2001. [7] It was also home to the UAB men's basketball team starting in 1978 before the team moved into ...
Birmingham station is a train station in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a service stop for Amtrak 's Crescent , which provides daily service between New York City , Atlanta , and New Orleans . The current station is located on the site of another station originally built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1960, although Amtrak did not use ...
On 27 October 2021, Victoria Square Birmingham City Centre was confirmed as the official finish area for the men's marathon, women's marathon and men's and women's T53/T54 wheelchair events. The pedestrianised square, which was formerly known as Council House Square, was renamed on 10 January 1901 to honour Queen Victoria , whose statue stands ...
The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center (ASC) is a performing arts facility located on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). It hosts over 250,000 people for more than 300 diverse events annually. The ASC is the center for entertainment and arts education in Birmingham and Central Alabama. The facility houses ...
Birmingham was announced as the host city on 21 December 2017. [9] The event marked the last time that the Commonwealth Games were held under Queen Elizabeth II prior to her death on 8 September of that year, which was exactly one month after the conclusion of the Games. [10] The event contributed £1.2 billion to the economy of the United ...
Eastwood Mall Theatre was also the site of the world premiere of the 1976 film Stay Hungry, which was set and filmed in Birmingham. In 1967, Newman Waters sold Eastwood Mall to Alabama Farm Bureau (today known as ALFA), which owned the property until the mid-1980s. A competing mall, Century Plaza, opened across the street in 1975.
The Regions Center (formerly the AmSouth Center, before that the AmSouth-Sonat Tower, and originally the First National-Southern Natural Building) is a 390-foot (120-meter) tall, 30 story office tower located at the northwest corner of 20th Street and 5th Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.