By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Conference USA-leading UAB Blazers are on the road this week, but their home field will not sit idle. Far from it.
Tens of thousands of fans will be inside Legion Field and tens of thousands more outside the stadium for the 77th McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola.
A football game will kick off at 2:30 p.m. that pits Alabama A&M (3-4, 2-2 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference) against Alabama State (2-4, 1-1 SWAC). But as Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said, this is much more than a game.
“The spirit of competition, the celebration of historically black colleges and universities, the music, the food, the parties – the experience of the Magic City Classic is the fabric of our entire city,” Woodfin said at a Wednesday news conference. “This event brings $22 million of revenue into our city, with each of our schools (ASU and A&M) receiving $212,500 each year.”
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