2024

2024 is the 153rd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• January 10–14: The 2024 USASBE National Conference was held in Birmingham.
• February 15: Journey's "50th Anniversary Freedom Tour" with Toto at Legacy Arena.
• March 23: Fall Out Boy's "So Much For (2our) Dust" tour at Legacy Arena.
• March 27: Drake's "It's All a Blur" tour with J.Cole at Legacy Arena.
• May 4: The Birmingham Folk Festival was held at Avondale Park.
• May 29: NF's "Hope" tour at Legacy Arena.
• June 15: Festa Italiana at Sloss Furnaces.

Business

• January: Line Scale Form merged into Poole & Company Architects.
• January: Jeremie and Leigh Kirkwood purchased Filter Coffee Parlor.
• January: Fenwick Brands acquired Wickles Pickles of Dadeville.
• January 10: The United Auto Workers announced that about 30% of Mercedes-Benz US International workers had signed union authorization cards.
• February: Luca Lagotto restaurant and market opened in Homewood.
• Blue Creek Mine began production.

Establishments

• January 5: The North Jefferson Chamber of Commerce was established for businesses in Kimberly, Morris, and Fultondale.
• January 17: PopStroke Tuscaloosa opened.
• Supertone fitness studio opened in the Huffstutler Building in Homewood.

Disestablishments

• January: Eventive Sports was acquired by Troon Events of Scottsdale, Arizona.
• January: Five restaurant on 29th Street South closed.
• January: Civitas (restaurant) closed.
• January: SMOKE Bistro and Birmingham Candy Co. closed their Pizitz Food Hall stalls.
• January 31: Heatherwood Country Club shut down.
• February 4: Post Office Pies closed its original Avondale location.
• 1st quarter: Asteria Health was acquired by Biote Corp. of Irving, Texas.
• March: Sheppard Pet Supply closed.
• U.S. Steel was acquired by Nippon Steel of Tokyo, Japan.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific closed its operations in Auburn.
• December 31: The Rick & Bubba Show went off the air.

Government

• January 9: 2024 Alabama House District 55 special election
• 2024 Alabama legislative session

Sports

• February 4: The inaugural Railway Marathon was held.
• March 13–17: 2024 REDCREST Major League Fishing tournament was held at Lay Lake with the associated Major League Fishing Outdoor Sports Expo at the BJCC.
• June 18: Rickwood Classic
• June 20: The San Francisco Giants and St Louis Cardinals played the MLB at Rickwood Field game.
• July 5–10: The 2024 Transplant Games were hosted in Birmingham.
• The AHSAA "Super Seven" football championships were hosted at Protective Stadium

Professional teams

• 2024 Birmingham Barons (Minor League Baseball, Double-A South)
• 2024 Birmingham Legion FC (USL Championship)
• 2024 Birmingham Squadron (NBA G League)
• 2024 Birmingham Stallions (USFL)

Individuals

• January 13: Steven Henkin was installed as rabbi of Temple Beth-El.

Retirements

• January 10: Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced his retirement.

Deaths

• January 6: Surin Techarukpong, restaurateur
• January 10: David Blount, business owner
• January 14: Bill Slaughter, attorney
• January 17: Ildefonso Ramirez, restaurateur
• January 22: Terry Dunn, former Alabama Public Service Commissioner
• January 26: Moyo, a rhinoceros at the Birmingham Zoo
• January 31: Terry Beasley, former Auburn wide receiver
• February 4: Kelli Steward co-founder of Gatos and Beans
  • List of homicides in 2024

Works

• Monopoly: Birmingham Edition

Buildings

• 16th Street Baptist Church Multi-Purpose Visitor and Educational Center
• Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School
• Altec / Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building
• Artisan Flats apartments in Lakeview
• Ascend Village apartments for Big Oak Ranch
• Bashinsky Field House renovations at Samford University
• Birmingham City Hall Council Chamber renovations
• Birmingham Family Fun Center
• Lakeshore Sports Science and Performance Center
• Luca Lagotto building
• McCallum Basic Health Science Building modernization
• Seibert Hall renovations at Samford University
• Southtown Senior apartments at Edgehill at Southtown
• The Tracks apartments

Demolitions

• January 20: The former Pathway Baptist Church in Leeds burned down.

Context

2024 was a presidential election year in the United States. Sports Illustrated ceased publishing.

Notable people who died in 2024 included actor Carl Weathers; film director Norman Jewison; television host Charles Osgood; and writer Howard Waldrop.

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