Memphis City council votes to keep USFL's Showboats thru 2025
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:20 pm
>> Memphis City Council votes to keep USFL's Showboats in Memphis through 2025
The USFL is coming back to Memphis.
The Memphis City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of a two-year licensing agreement between Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and the USFL in committee Tuesday morning, and it was unanimously passed again in full council the same afternoon.
The licensing agreement operates under the same terms as the inaugural season’s, with wide support for the USFL bringing back the Memphis Showboats among city council members.
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In the first season, USFL President of Football Operations Daryl Johnston said there were about 70,000 tickets sold for Showboats games.
Johnston said he doesn't set specific numbers as markers for the league's success, saying he prefers to look at things from a “30,000-foot level” when gauging the impact the league has in communities. He said the USFL partnered with a number of Memphis organizations in its first season and hopes to continue to build those partnerships. <<
The USFL is coming back to Memphis.
The Memphis City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of a two-year licensing agreement between Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and the USFL in committee Tuesday morning, and it was unanimously passed again in full council the same afternoon.
The licensing agreement operates under the same terms as the inaugural season’s, with wide support for the USFL bringing back the Memphis Showboats among city council members.
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In the first season, USFL President of Football Operations Daryl Johnston said there were about 70,000 tickets sold for Showboats games.
Johnston said he doesn't set specific numbers as markers for the league's success, saying he prefers to look at things from a “30,000-foot level” when gauging the impact the league has in communities. He said the USFL partnered with a number of Memphis organizations in its first season and hopes to continue to build those partnerships. <<