Published on: December 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

There was no ribbon-cutting during the reopening of Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.

And why would there be? You don’t generally cut a ribbon at a housewarming. That as much as anything is what was celebrated Thursday morning as dignitaries who joined to bring the rebirth of the decades-old facility came to celebrate the early Christmas present they and all of metro Birmingham have received.

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