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Gadsden mayor: ARPA-funded soccer tournament filled hotels, boosted local businesses
Gadsden City Mayor's Minute · November 26, 2025
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Mayor Craig Ford said an ARPA-sponsored soccer tournament brought about 60 teams and filled the city's hotel rooms, generating lodging-tax revenue and business for downtown restaurants and vendors, according to his mayor's minute.
Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford said the city hosted an ARPA-funded soccer tournament that brought teams and families from across Alabama and filled local hotels, providing a boost to lodging-tax receipts and downtown businesses.
"We booked every hotel room in the city of Gadsden," Ford said, adding that "we had 60 soccer teams throughout the…
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