I've attended several events here. From the Stallions UFL games, to the World Games in 2022,…read moreProtective Stadium has proven to be an awesome, state of the art facility. It is handicap accessible and has an elevator available. There are many restrooms and many places to dine from. Sometimes there are food trucks available on a certain level if you're not wanting the regular stadium food. Parking in the lots on event days costs $20, but unless you get to the venue early, it may be your best option. Also there are restaurants across in Uptown you can eat at before or after your event. Pro Tip: Don't count on the restaurants to be open if your event ends after 10:30ish. Most are closed. Eat before or drive elsewhere.

When you have 50 thousand people or more attending a Chris Brown & Usher concert why would you wait…read moreuntil 645p to open gates. When the concert supposed to start at 7p.People rushing and pushing through the gates. Guess what didn't start on time. Where is the professional cursority on others time. gates.Instead of saying now I got your money you have to wait on me. I will not come back to this country bumkin town on Stadium.

Amazing event at the Hoover Met. My first time actually being inside the stadium and I thought it…read morewas a great space for an outdoor event. Plenty of parking, stadium not to large and overwhelming and good seats all around. The stadium employees were really kind and accommodating for a large moving crowd. Bathrooms were clean, seats were clean and the stadium looked clean. I don't live in Hoover but would love to see this venue become an outdoor concert venue. The seats were great! The event that I attended was called Unite. This event brought the churches together with new believers to emphasize the body of Christ. This is always needed but especially needed during these times of division and hatred towards groups of folks. This was a great night of preaching, teaching and worshiping. I would definitely come back here again.

A great place for a baseball tournament .Several turf fields to play on.Everything was nice and…read moreclean.Has a concession stand so you don't have to go anywhere between games.This is one of the premier sports facilities in the state of Alabama and a stop for The Working Man Review.

I find the historical pieces of Tannehill State Park interesting…read more The museum is cool. Although being from Michigan, it is small compared to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn. It doesn't take long to get through, but you'll learn more about the history of the civil war and steel industry here in Alabama. Don't forget to walk around the outside of the museum too, you'll see old tractors and other industrial machines. If you have 30 minutes, walk down the path to the furnaces. They are impressive to see too. My only feedback is to improve that gift shop. I love buying souvenirs but there is nothing of interest in the gift shop to me.

Saturday March 8th, Tony and I went to the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park to walk around…read moreand enjoy the sunshine NOT REALIZING we were stepping back into time, to time long gone and full of history. I found this park amazing and this MUSEUM was so informative and amazing. I learned so much about the process of Iron making. Tony enjoyed it so much as well. History: The Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama is a southeastern regional interpretive center on 19th century iron making featuring both belt driven machines of the 1800s and tools and products of the times. It focuses on the Roupes Valley Ironworks at Tannehill which operated nearby, first as a bloomery beginning in 1830 and later as an important battery of charcoal blast furnaces during the Civil War. The ironworks gave birth to the Birmingham Iron & Steel District Along with Tannehill artifacts that have survived, museum exhibits graphically demonstrate how iron was made during the Civil War when 13 different iron companies and six rolling mills made Alabama the arsenal of the Confederacy. During the last two years of the war, Alabama furnaces produced 70% of the Confederate iron supply. Exhibits include a display of rare CS artillery projectiles manufactured at the Selma Arsenal and Gun Works, a part of the Steve Phillips Collection, along with Civil War weaponry actually used in battle including a 52 Cal. U.S. Spencer Repeater The Tannehill museum, which includes 13,000 square feet of floor space, first opened in 1981. It underwent a major make-over of exhibits in 2004-05. New exhibits include one of the oldest steam engines in America, a power source once used on a rice plantation in South Carolina. The 1835 Dotterer engine was a part of the collection acquired by Henry Ford in the 1920s and was formerly exhibited at the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village. It is similar to the Tannehill blast engine once in place here Other displays feature a complete mid-1800s machine shop including a Townsend cannon lathe dating to 1864 and a Putnam planer built in 1860. The shop's steam engine dates to 1870. Visitors can also see original parts of the Six Mile Bloomery Forge dating to 1863 including one of the few helve hammers in the United States. Exhibits also focus on geology, furnace fuels, cookware and Birmingham's cast iron pipe industry which today accounts for over half of the U. S. output. Various interactive displays bring the viewer into historical environments. The museum has a 25-seat theatre, gift shop and a timeline which traces growth of the iron trade from ancient Egypt to U.S. Steel's modern Fairfield Works in Birmingham Behind the museum, visit the May Plantation Cotton Gin House which dates to 1858, and the heavy industrial display building which houses artifacts from Birmingham steel mills of the 1930s-1950s Museum Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am. - 4:30 pm. Sat. 9:00 am. - 4:30 pm. Sun. 12:30 pm. - 4:30 pm. Learning Center School Field Trips during the Spring and Fall. Please call to reserve a field trip or other group visits. Admission: $2.00 Adults $1 Children 6-11 & Seniors 62+ Children 5 and Under Free.

Attended a group's anniversary party at this location. It was my first time visiting this museum…read moreand it was interesting. There were different styles of planes and I saw at least 1 helicopter. The tables were spaced around the planes. I saw gift shops. Nice place to visit

Very very nice museum. We visit it with a friend who is in…read morethe Air Force so it was so nice to have our private guide who knows close to everything. Staff are very friendly. Very nice planes, nice setups.

What is there really to say about a relatively obscure museum that specializes in the history of a…read moreplace like Bessemer, Alabama? To start, it's free. So the value is extraordinary. It will only cost you a little bit of your time to come in and check out some unique relics that give a nice insight into how Bessemer developed over time into the place that it is, and how life was there over that span of time. It's a small museum in a historic train station and it's just a few blocks from the courthouse. If you're in the area It's worth it to kill a little time and stop in to check it out. Plenty of parking out front makes it easy to just walk right up, and the attendant inside today was more than friendly and seemed happy that someone was actually coming in. I don't think this place really gets a lot of traffic. It's quiet, and tidy and has a number of interesting things that you might not see anywhere else. Long story short, if you're in to history come by this place and check it out. You'll be glad you did.

As a resident of this great city, I love the train watching platform. It's a great way to relax on…read morea hot summer evening and if you're into trains, this is the perfect spot. There are two tracks There's an old caboose across the tracks from the platform that you can also visit. The historic Irondale Cafe (famous for their fried green tomatoes) is across the street along with other businesses as well. There are plenty of benches to sit on as you watch the trains go on their merry way to their destinations.

This event is super fantastic!!!!! Though lots of promotion around town, lots of my friends knew…read morenothing about it. Nonetheless, the second year was well attended. We had passes for the kickin chicken wing fest. Can you say...FUN! Between the two of us, we had 10 tickets to try wings and vote on the best. We managed to use 9 of the 10 tickets before we got full. Just to name a few favorites: Billy's, Basil, Otey's, Carrigan's(minus the nuts). To fill you in, local restaurants brought kitchens/warmers/fryers and provided wings for patrons with tickets. How awesome! Beer/wine were also available for purchase. If you didn't have cash....an ATM was right around the corner. If you pulled out the big bucks, you could've enjoyed the wine/beer tasting under another tent for 2 hours. We enjoyed the SEC football under the nicely decorated tent. Nearby there was a fun filled kids zone for the kiddos. To add to the fun, Buffalo Wild Wings sponsored a hot wing eating contest.....need I say more? Now for the music!!!!! Oh My Goodness, the music. What a blast. Two alternating stages was such a perfect idea. Thankfully, we had front row standing seats for some amazingly talented folks: Kansas Bible Company, Paul McDonald, Drew Holcomb and the neighbors. If you found yourself getting hungry, several food trucks lined up for your tasting pleasure. All in all, beer/wine for purchase as well One of the best parts of Cask and Drum is that it's literally an all day event. We came early, left for a few hours, then returned for more. We're looking forward to it next year Happy-happy festival days in Birmingham!

To me, there are three main factors that always make or break an outdoor music festival: weather,…read morevolume, and beer. And although I did enjoy myself, personally Cask & Drum didn't quite master any of the three. Weather: I know, I know, you can't control the weather, but boy, oh boy, at least pick a space with some shade! October can be finicky in terms of temperature, but one should still anticipate that, in Alabama, it's probably gonna be hot. After about only fifteen minutes, we found ourselves cramming up close to the building with dozens of others trying to get out of the sun for a bit. The Gameday Tent was already packed to capacity and, although shaded, almost warmer than standing out in the elements. Other than the lack of shade, the area was nice (right by Pepper Place) with plentiful street parking. Volume: (I repeat) I know, I know, you want the music loud enough for everyone can hear it, but I shouldn't have to stand six hundred feet back just to comprehend the music! If we got much closer, all we got was speaker base. I'll redeem that by saying the lineup at this festival was pretty rockin'! I hadn't been previously familiar with some of the daytime bands, but I loved Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires and can't say I didn't' enjoy the others as well. Beer: I'm picky about my beers. A festival like this is the PERFECT opportunity to showcase some of the local (or regional, at least) craft beers, but the festival seemed dominated by miller lite. Bleh. Personal taste, that's all. I think next year, I'll invest in getting a VIP ticket to get access to the tent with seating, pizza and beer (plus nice bathrooms)- it's the little luxuries that make an event like this special. I also wish there had been a few more craft vendors there. There was a small booth right out by the entrance, which misled me to expect more. It would add a little something more to the event.

Yes We pulled up to this black owned ranch hidden in near Adamsville, just past Forestdale. We came…read moreto attend a memorial bday party. The host drove up in an all terrain vehicle and told us where to park. We took a short walk to the picnic area. They have multiple pavilions with the side shades. Grills were available and fans were brought out to cool the day off . They brought out a Misting fan to cool us off. They have an above ground pool with seating area and there is a kiddie pool as well. Three nice portable Johns were available. There was a volley ball court with sand. Extra seating areas all over. Multiple horses available to ride; watch out for the pods in their zones. It is worth a try.