Knoxville's Ken Locke Stadium holds ribbon cutting
The Knoxville Alumni Association purchased the Ken Locke Stadium from the Knoxville Community School District last October.
Danielle Huffine, the President of the Knoxville Alumni Association, said the ribbon cutting spreads awareness of the events that will be held at Ken Locke this summer.
'We're doing a ribbon cutting because this is our grand opening, I guess you would say, of all the things that we want to do at the stadium this year. So we're just kind of invited all of the public to come and join us so we can do this right now,' Huffine said.
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Ken Locke Stadium is named after Ken Locke, a football player who died from injuries sustained while playing at the stadium.
Huffine said the Locke has already been used by the community.
'We have had youth soccer here for the last few months. However, we're getting into a concert series. Plus we're going to be having some semi-pro football,' Huffine said.
The Knoxville Alumni Association plans to renovate parts of the stadium.
'One of the things we want to do is build a community center for the community to hold any type of an event, whether that be class reunion and whether that be a family reunion inside flea markets, things like that. The pickleball courts, of course. And we just kind of want to have different types of events here that's more community oriented, which includes this upcoming concert series that starts June 21, is our first concert,' Huffine said.
Huffine said that planned renovations will be expensive so the association is focused on fundraising.
'We're trying to raise money right now to do all of these events. For several, it takes money. And so one of the big things we have coming up is on August 30, we're doing along the way, it's a concert. So what that is, is basically we're going to have probably, I think, four or five different bands there, including Jason Brown maybe, and some other locals, and we're taking sponsorship for those,' Huffine said.
To learn more about or donate to the restoration of Ken Locke Stadium, visit the Knoxville Alumni Association's website.
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