2024

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

Events

• January: 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

• Blue Creek Mine began production.

Establishments

• Supertone fitness studio opened in the Huffstutler Building in Homewood.

Disestablishments

• U.S. Steel was acquired by Nippon Steel of Tokyo, Japan.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific closed its operations in Auburn.

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

Deaths

• • 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
• McCallum Basic Health Science Building modernization
• Seibert Hall renovations at Samford University
• Southtown Senior apartments at Edgehill at Southtown
• The Tracks apartments

Context

2020s

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