National eyes will be directed on the BJCC this week as MarchMadnessMBB descends on Birmingham. Is the newly revamped LegacyArena ready for the scrutiny?
Legacy Arena hosts first-round games of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 16, and Saturday, March 18, 2023. March Madness is back in Birmingham with a much more modern look, but is the BJCC really ready?
“We were awarded this round way back then,” said Tad Snider, executive director of the BJCC. “It’s here now. It is real.” Other games set for Legacy Arena include West Virginia v. Maryland at 11:15 a.m., and Northern Kentucky v. Houston at 8:20 p.m. “Things now are going into place,” Snider said. “So, TV crews start to move in. Floors are going in, everyone is getting ready because we will have practice Wednesday. So right now there is a lot of thrashing going on getting the pieces in place.”
“With other cities investing and newer arenas opening up and the NCAA having the choice of where they go, it required an investment to bring the building up to the expectations everyone has for an event like this,” Snider said. “The good news is we were awarded this first and second round even before we had shovels in the ground. There was a lot of faith in Birmingham as a basketball market, and then the plans and renderings we showed them for the building for the renovation.
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