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The road "Morrison Drive" leading into the civic center is named for Bill Morrison, a member of the Memphis City Council, representing District 1, from 2008 to 2018 and who championed the project. [3] The civic center was "unofficially" opened in the spring of 2020. [4] The official ribbon cutting occurred on November 19, 2020. [5]
In November 2016, the City of Memphis officially purchased the Raleigh Springs Mall property, making way for a complete demolition and re-development of the space into a civic center. [8] The City of Memphis plans to spend approximately $32 million in capital to create a civic plaza on the space once occupied by the Raleigh Springs Mall.
In 1959, the Memphis Downtown Airport was opened on Mud Island, which at that time was called City Island. The one-runway airport could be reached by a pontoon-boat ferry and was used mostly by businessmen and shoppers. The Downtown Airport was closed in 1970. [3] It was replaced in the 1990s by the new urbanist Harbor Town development.
The Riverfront Loop is a line of the Memphis Area Transit Authority trolley system.It began operation in 1997, as the second line in the system. It runs for 4.1 mi (6.6 km) through downtown Memphis and along the Mississippi riverfront, with 18 stops along the way.
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Memphis City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an amended resolution on Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium funding and transfer of ownership.
It is home to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. [7] It has previously hosted the Memphis mayor's swearing in ceremony, [8] the Memphis Music Hall of Fame ceremony, [9] and the Miss United States pageant. [10] The center had a complete cosmetic update, along with the associated Cook Convention Center, in 2018. [11]
Construction of the facility began on April 15, 1963. [5] From its opening in October 1964, the Coliseum was the first racially desegregated facility in Memphis. [5] Unlike most facilities in Memphis, which largely hesitated to integrate following the 1963 Watson v, United States U.S. Supreme Court case regarding local segregation, [5] and which was also argued two days after construction ...