Photo by Jesse Chambers.
Boutwell Auditorium downtown will be one of several city-owned facilities to host events at the World Games, to be held in Birmingham in July 2021. The City Council voted to approve a master venue list for the games on Dec. 30.
The Birmingham City Council, at its meeting on Monday, Dec. 30, approved the master venue agreement for the 2021 World Games. The agreement finalized the list of city-owned venues that will host events for the games, which will be held in the city July 15-25, 2021.
The agreement is between the city, the Birmingham Parks and Recreation Board, and The World Games 2021 Birmingham Foundation, according to a news release from the council.
Here is a list of the venues and the sports to be hosted there:
Legion Field and McLendon Park
- Opening and closing ceremonies
Sloss Furnaces
- Dance sport—breaking
- Gymnastics—parkour
- Men’s beach handball
- Sports climbing—bouldering
- Sports climbing-—speed
- Sports climbing—lead
Birmingham Crossplex and Bill Harris Arena
- Roller—Inline Hockey
- Roller—Artistic
- Roller—Speed (track and road)
- Canoe polo
- Lifesaving
- Underwater fin swimming
Boutwell Auditorium
- Kickboxing
- Muay Thai
- Sumo
Avondale Park
- Archery—field recurve
- Archery—field barebow
Bessie Estelle Park
- Boules
HEARING ABOUT CARRAWAY PROJECT
The council set a public hearing for January 28 to consider rezoning six properties to allow for the development of Northside Park, a mixed-used residential and retail project located in and around the former Carraway Hospital Campus in Druid Hills.
The properties considered for rezoning are the Carraway Hospital property and five others:
- 1547 Walnut Hill Circle
- 2214 15th Avenue NortH
- 2212 15th Avenue North
- 1500 Walnut Hill Circle
- 1521 Walnut Hill Circle
