Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Location	2531 North State Street Jackson, Mississippi 39216
Operator	Jackson State University
Capacity	60,492
Record attendance	64,112 (Miss. State vs. Southern Miss. 1981)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1950
Tenants
College football Southern Miss Golden Eagles (alternate site) (1952–1988) Ole Miss Rebels (alternate site) (1953–1996) Mississippi State Bulldogs (alternate site) (1953–1990) Jackson State Tigers (1967–present) Egg Bowl (1973–1990) SWAC Championship Game (2021-present)

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has been the home stadium of the Jackson State Tigers football team since 1970. Originally known as War Veterans Memorial Stadium, it was later known as Hinds County War Memorial Stadium. It was redesigned and enlarged in 1960 and Ole Miss vs. Arkansas dedicated Mississippi Memorial Stadium in 1961 before a capacity crowd of 46,000. With political support from Ole Miss and Mississippi State and leadership from Ole Miss Athletics Director Warner Alford, Mississippi Memorial Stadium was enlarged to 62,500 in 1981 and on September 26, 1981 Ole Miss and Arkansas again dedicated the facility before 63,522.

As referenced, for many years Mississippi Memorial Stadium served as an alternate home stadium for the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and occasionally the University of Southern Mississippi. From 1973 to 1990 the Egg Bowl was played there and from 1992 to 2013 it hosted the Mississippi High School Activities Association state championship football games. In addition to college and high school games it has hosted several National Football League (NFL) preseason games.^[1] The Stadium was renamed Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1995. For many years, the stadium was the largest in the state until the University of Mississippi expanded its stadium in 2016.^[2]