🤸 9 things to do in the 901 this weekend

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Happy Thursday, Memphians! Welcome to the This is Memphis newsletter, where it’s our goal to make you a little bit smarter and informed on our city every week.

In this week’s edition:

• 9 things to do in the 901 🤸

• Crime rates down 18% 📉 

• Small business spotlight: Sam’s Deli 🥪 

• xAI goes live this week 🤖 

• Tigers picked to win AAC 🏈 

And much more. Let’s get to it. 〽️

-Jonah Baer & Reuben Skahill

🗞️ The Rundown

Tigers Football picked to win AAC 🐯 

For the first time in American Athletic Conference history, the Tigers were voted as the preseason favorite to win the conference. With 23 first-place votes out of 30 media members, the Tigers are the heavy favorite to win the league. With this year being the first of the 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP), the Tigers have a real chance of making the CFP if they win the conference. Now, it’s time to execute as the season starts next month.

OH, and they began demolishing the Liberty Bowl (I refuse to call it Simmons Bank blah blah blah) this week as they start on renovations for the stadium.

Crime down nearly 18% since last year 📉