Memorial Stadium

Muhammad Ali's lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games was kept secret even from many insiders. Thirty years later, the women who helped orchestrate the surprise are recalling the moment the stadium gasped as the boxing legend, battling Parkinson's disease, raised the torch. Their accounts shed new light on one of the most emotional scenes in Olympic history and why organizers worked so hard to protect the secret until the last second.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert movie traces its origins to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, where plans for the film took shape behind the scenes. The Kansas City Star details how the production came together in the stadium's lower levels, shedding light on the logistics behind one of the biggest concert films in recent memory.

Construction crews have raised the final beam at the Memorial Stadium project, a traditional topping-out milestone marking that the structure's main structural work is complete. The achievement signals the development is moving toward its next phases of construction as the project reaches a visible turning point.