Back with more updates, kudos, & events this Tuesday. Here we go:
✅ Plans for the Atari Hotel in Las Vegas have been shelved which is a shame. They are focusing on a flagship location in Phoenix, aiming to bring “the World’s 1st Playable Hotel” with retro-gaming, modern esports and virtual reality. Plan now is for a 2028 opening.
🎙️ Thanks to Traci Fox (Hoover Small Business Alliance, T. Fox Salon, FoxHaven Wedding Venue) and Graham Boettcher (Birmingham Museum of Art) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past Saturday (1/17/26).
📅 April 18: St. Elias Cedar Run 5K at 8AM in Birmingham.
📺 Breaking Bad premiered today in 2008.
🎵 Ozzy Osborne bit the head off a bat today in 1982 at a concert in Des Moines.
📅 The Greater Birmingham Auburn Club is celebrating 80 years in 2026. Their upcoming Kick-Off Meeting will be at the Corbeau Wine Bar at The Edge in Homewood today (Jan 20) starting at 5:30.
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🛌 This is awesome! The City of Daphne, Alabama has ok’d an incentive package for developer 68 Ventures to add a $30m, 3-story, 68-room boutique hotel in Olde Towne Daphne across from the post office. Shooting to open Summer 2029. This is going to be a fantastic addition.
💪 I read an article saying if a man can do 20+ push-ups after the age of 55, that is elite. Under 5 is below average. I am still exceptional.
✅ The hostages being held at U.S. Embassy in Iran were released today in 1981.
👷Blackstone Construction is building out the new space for De Nada Mexican Restaurant in Bham’s Parkside District. Excited about this announcement. Tammy Cohen‘s CCR Architecture & Interiors handling the design work.
⛷️ Alabama’s Cloudland Ski & Golf has opened and it has been packed as people Ski Bama!
🏈 Spring Hill College is announcing they are going to add Women’s Flag Football competing at the Division II level. Press conference to be held tomorrow in Mobile. Team will start playing with the 2026-2027 school year.
📺 Taylor Sheridan’s new show, “The Madison”, starring Kurt Russell & Michelle Pfiefer, will premiere March 14th on Paramount+.
🎂 In the last few days, Dolly Parton turned 80 and Motley Crue turned 45. I feel old.
📅 FEB 18: Hoover Small Business Alliance Meeting at Aldridge Gardens.
☑️My team at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. wants to work with you on your home & auto insurance coverage. No service centers with us. (205)254-3005. Call me.
📅 MAY 28 – 30: Music City Rodeo at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena featuring rodeo events & concerts by Miranda Lambert, Jon Pardi & others.
☑️ We’re hiring at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. in Birmingham. I need an Executive Assistant with a focus on marketing & communications and we need a Personal Lines Customer Service Rep (must have a State of Alabama Property & Casualty License).