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Article: Sports Authority in Memphis, Tenn., to Ask City, County Officials for Funds.
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- July 30, 2003
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By David Williams, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 30--The Memphis & Shelby County Sports Authority, struggling to pay for the high cost of its own success, is poised to ask the city and county for operating funds.
Managing director Tiffany Brown said the authority needs about $200,000 for the fiscal year that ends next June. After that, she said, the authority will have annual funding needs of about $300,000.
"We don't want to come with our hands open, but we feel like we've earned it," said Brown, citing the authority's much-praised but costly staging of Spring Fling, the state high school ...