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Regions Tradition By TAYLOR BRIGHT
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Hoover City Administrator Ken Grimes sits in the new chairback seating added at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in advance of the 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament. Photo by Jon Anderson.
ith the Regions Tradition golf tournament at Greystone Golf & Country Club set to tee off this month, the Hoover Sun spoke with three men — David Manners, Gene Hallman and David McElroy — who have been with the tournament from the very beginning and illustrate the strong connection between the tournament and the community.
New look for SEC Baseball Tournament
See REGIONS TRADITION | page A16
By JON ANDERSON
Main: Gene Hallman, who has organized the Regions Tradition golf tournament from its inception, takes a practice swing at Greystone Golf & Country Club where the tournament will be held this year. Photo by Taylor Bright. Insets: Regions Tradition has a star-studded past. Past participants include, clockwise from left: Raymond Floyd, Bart Starr and Joe Namath; Lee Trevino and Michael Jordan; Chi Chi Rodriguez. Photos courtesy of Regions Tradition.
Fans coming to the 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament on May 20-25 will notice significant changes to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium for the second year in a row. The city has spent another $10.6 million since the 2024 tournament on a third phase of improvements to the Hoover Met, including new seating, concession concourse renovations, a new club suite built down the thirdbase line, and an improved entrance from the lower parking lot beyond left field. All of the blue chairback seating has been replaced with new gray chairback seating, and 12 seating sections that previously had aluminum bleachers have been converted to individual chairback seating. That leaves eight seating sections that still have aluminum bleachers, but all the aluminum bleachers now have backs on them, said Ken Grimes, Hoover’s city administrator.
See HOOVER MET | page A18
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