- Address: 191 Beale Street, Memphis
- Country: United States
- Capacity: 18,000
- Opened: 6 September 2004
- Main use: Basketball
- Tenants: Memphis Grizzlies (basketball), Memphis Tigers (basketball)
Extra stadium info – FedExForum
The construction costs of the arena were $250 million. It became a venue for various events, like basketball, boxing, concerts, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, rodeo and wrestling. The Memphis Grizzlies and the Memphis Tigers use the arena for home matches. The Grizzlies play in the National Basketball Association and the Tigers play at the highest level of college basketball. The Memphis Grizzles basketball club is one of the first basketball teams with 1 million followers on its main social media page. On 2 December 2021, the Grizzlies defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 152-79. The 73-point margin became an NBA record. Justin Randall Timberlake became a fan of the Memphis Grizzlies. He was born in Memphis in 1981. Timberlake became a world famous artist.
The first Tanzanian player in the NBA
The former NBA player who was born as Hashim Thabit Manka started his NBA career with the Memphis Grizzlies. He also played NBA games for the Houston Rockets, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The former player of the Memphis Grizzlies, who became one of the tallest players in NBA history, is widely regarded as one of the best African basketball players of all time. He was born in Tanzania in 1987. The former NBA player became the first player from Tanzania in the NBA. He also became the first basketball player from Tanzania with 100,000 followers on his main social media page.
