Alabama’s Magic City Classic different this year, but rivalry the same By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. April 14, 2021 Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter) It’s more than a game. That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola. The annual fall gridiron meeting at Legion Field between Alabama State and Alabama A&M universities is the marquee event of at least a week of activity in and around Birmingham.