Saban Center

The final shape of Tuscaloosa's Saban Center, an interactive learning campus coming to downtown Tuscaloosa later this decade, became clearer on Tuesday with the release of new renderings.

The once iconic former headquarters of the Tuscaloosa News is being demolished now to make way for the city's $80 million Saban Center.

Tuscaloosa's Stillman College has finalized a partnership with the Saban Center, where they will join the University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College and offer programming at the still-being-designed $80 million learning hub.

A staple of downtown Tuscaloosa's cityscape will likely be gone before Spring after a city committee recommended proceeding with its demolition to make way for the Saban Center.

As the ambitious, over $80 million Saban Center draws closer to groundbreaking, construction and eventually opening, officials announced a new partnership there Thursday that will bring another of Tuscaloosa's crown jewels under the same roof.

The city of Tuscaloosa has set a new timeline for the construction of the highly anticipated Saban Center, planned to be a regional STEM learning hub for all of west Alabama.

Mrs. Terry Saban, the queen of Alabama football, is joining other local leaders to raise funds for the immersive STEM hub her foundation is planning in downtown Tuscaloosa.

The iconic home of the Tuscaloosa News will be at least partially demolished to make way for the still-being-designed Saban Center, Mayor Walt Maddox confirmed this week.

Just weeks after Governor Kay Ivey committed more than $25 million to its development, Tuscaloosa's soon-to-come Saban Center announced five new major partners Thursday.

Politicians, educators and Nick and Terry Saban gathered Wednesday to celebrate the state's partnership with them on the development of Tuscaloosa's Saban Center.