Alabama Newscenter — Protective Stadium Being Prepared for Its Public Debut in Birmingham

By Mark Kelly

Standing on the broad concourse that overlooks Birmingham’s Protective Stadium, Tad Snider took a moment to look back with pride and forward with anticipation. As executive director and CEO of the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Authority, Snider is responsible for the ongoing expansion of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC), of which the 45,000-capacity stadium will be a focal point when it opens this fall.

“We broke ground in January 2020,” Snider recalled. “Just before the world changed.”

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