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Mayor Maddox: Tuscaloosa Event Center Favored to Be Voted on in August
Mayor Walt Maddox said the city will likely move forward to vote to add an event center concept to Tuscaloosa in August.
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During an interview on the Steve and DC Morning Show on Townsquare Media's 95.3 The Bear on Tuesday morning, the mayor stated the final design phase should be ready to move forward in August to be put to a vote.
Mayor Maddox said the city is "trying to make the most the most rational-base decision to continue to grow Tuscaloosa."
"We've got to keep growing locally on businesses and one of the ways we can do that is to continue to invest in things that draw more people to Tuscaloosa," Maddox said. "So yes, we think the event center can do that."
The city revisited the concept of moving forward with the event center after COVID conditions improved with the creation of vaccines and the COVID case number decreased.
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