Knoxville Area Urban League Wants More Vendors for Stadium

KNOXVILLE (Sept. 25, 2023) – There is a new multi-use stadium in Knoxville, and the Knoxville Area Urban League (Knoxville, TN) wants more minority owned businesses to be a part of it.

“We need more. We need more businesses in our area. We need more entrepreneurs in our area,” said Urban League CEO Charles Lomax.

To have more minority businesses be a part of the stadium project, the Urban League will be offering classes to new businesses.

Said Lomax, “We’re really looking to build up this trade space as well as entrepreneurs in our community to do this type of work.”

Currently, there are 8 women-owned businesses, 3 Hispanic-owned businesses, and two Black-owned businesses that have made bids on the project. One of those bids is from Ken Frazier’s KMF3, who would be working on the landscaping and irrigation of the stadium.

Said Frazier, “I’m excited to be a part of it. It’ll be another successful job that we would’ve installed, and it’ll be there for years to come.”

As of right now, there are only two contracts up for bidding for the stadium project, which will cost $5 million. The Urban League is hoping to get businesses to subcontract to cut down on this number.

The Urban League plans to have further discussions on the stadium within the next several weeks.

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