Saban Center

A beloved children's museum in downtown Tuscaloosa will close next year to rebrand and move into the Saban Center, now under construction a few blocks away.

Wednesday was a joyous day in Tuscaloosa, where Governor Kay Ivey joined Mayor Walt Maddox and Nick and Terry Saban for a ceremonial groundbreaking for their $120 million Saban Center learning hub.

Tuscaloosa's soon-to-be-built Saban Center, now backed by the Poarch Creek Indians, promises to enhance STEM learning and support local youth initiatives.

The Tuscaloosa City Council will award a $74 million contract to build the state-of-the-art Saban Center to the Birmingham-based builders responsible for the Magic City's soon-to-debut Coca-Cola Amphitheatre.

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.