Mobile Architectural Review Board to consider plan to demolish Civic Center, save mosaics

Mobile Civic Center renderings

A rendering of the proposed new Civic Center arena in downtown Mobile, Ala. On Wednesday, the city's Architectural Review Board will review plans to demolish the current Mobile Civic Center buildings. (Rendering courtesy city of Mobile)City of Mobile

Mobile’s Architectural Review Board on Wednesday will hear from city leaders—including Mayor Sandy Stimpson—about a plan to demolish the Mobile Civic Center and build a new arena in its place.

“This thing has sat there for decades with everybody trying to figure it out,” Mobile’s Chief of Staff James Barber said in March. “You finally see movement going forward.”

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