Yesterday afternoon the City Council voted to buy AutoZone Park. This will allow the St.Louis Cardinals to proceed with their purchase of the Memphis Redbirds AAA team. As a result, the Redbirds will be playing at Third and Union for many years to come, and the Cardinals are committed to do a lot to upgrade the park. The city’s purchase of the park does not appear to be financially risky. EXCELLENT move by the City Council. The vote was 8-4, with Shea Flinn abstaining due to a conflict of interest.
Tomorrow night, Central BBQ will have all-you-can-eat nachos and sliders for $10 during the Tigers vs. Louisville game (start time 6 PM). They will also have cheap beer from Memphis Made Brewing Co. in these glasses.
Holly from the I Love Memphis Blog has the scoop on two new restaurants coming to Downtown. One is Oshi, a gourmet burger restaurant which will open across from Local, and the other is a yet-unnamed Mexican restaurant.
Starting next Tuesday, the Flying Saucer will add a bonus round to its trivia night. Winner of the bonus round gets a Wisacre Special Release growler and a chance to win a tour of Wiseacre’s brewery, led by the Memphis and Cordova Saucer girls. Trivia is at 7:30 and 10 PM Tuesdays.
If you’re a Disney fan, there’s Disney trivia tonight at 7 at Tamp and Tap.
Important news from Denver: Dixie Longate, described as Denver’s Tupperware Lady, will return to Denver for performances in March and April. One piece of her performance will be “Never Wear a Tube Top while Riding a Mechanical Bull (and 16 Other Things I Learned while Drinking Last Thursday).” THAT. SOUNDS. AWESOME.
That’ll do it for now. Back tomorrow if not sooner with more news.