BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Weeks after one college sports conference announced its exit from Birmingham another seeks to take its place.Officials with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference are in talks with Birmingham leaders to bring its football, basketball and golf championship events to the city. Those events are currently held in Atlanta, but with contracts expiring, the SIAC is eyeing Birmingham as its new venue.
The SIAC seeks city concessions totaling more than $100,000 and use of city sporting facilities. The three-year football contract would begin this year while basketball would begin in 2014.
"Birmingham is a town that has always struck me as a place that wants to support college championship events," SIAC Commissioner Gregory Moore said in an interview with AL.com/The Birmingham News. "Perhaps an opportunity may be created for us."
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