§ 55-23-45. Authorization of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium; public parking facilities
The Building Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to repair and remodel the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and, notwithstanding the seating capacity limitations set out in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43, to enlarge said stadium as funds become available for said purpose. The parking facilities shall not be extended any farther to the east than as […]
§ 55-23-47. Provisions governing repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium
The repairing, remodeling and enlarging of the Mississippi Memorial Stadium shall be carried on throughout in accordance with the provisions of Section 12, Chapter 390, Laws of 1960.
§ 55-23-49. Funding of repair, remodeling and enlargement of stadium
The cost of repairing, remodeling and enlarging the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium shall be paid from any funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes, or from the sale of revenue bonds or general obligation bonds issued for this purpose, as may be hereafter authorized by the Legislature. The costs of construction of improvements made […]
§ 55-23-51. Designation of athletic field as “A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field.”
The athletic field at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the “A.C. (Butch) Lambert Field.” The Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission shall erect appropriate signs and markers at the stadium to indicate the name of the field.
§ 55-23-53. Scheduling of football games at stadium
Prior to January 1, 1990, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall develop a proposal to encourage scheduling of football games by Mississippi universities in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, which scheduling will acknowledge the obligation of such universities to support the enlarged stadium, the expansion of which was encouraged by […]
§ 55-23-33. Surcharge on stadium ticket prices for payment of bonds; use of portion of amusement sales tax for payment of bonds; university share of stadium revenues
An additional charge of Fifty Cents (50¢) per ticket is hereby imposed upon every ticket which is sold (a) to an event conducted in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in which there participates any team of a university which is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with the exception of a university located […]
§ 55-23-35. Repayment of contribution of Hinds County
It is the intent of the Legislature that Hinds County, Mississippi, be fully reimbursed for the amount of money contributed by it to the enlargement and renovation of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. To that end, the State Treasurer shall pay to the county out of any excess in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Bond Sinking […]
§ 55-23-37. Issuance of warrants for payment of bonds
The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the State Fiscal Management Board the necessity for warrants, and the State Fiscal Management Board is hereby authorized and directed to issue such warrants payable out of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Bond Sinking Fund authorized by Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 […]
§ 55-23-39. Proceedings for issuance of bonds; validation of bonds
Such general obligation bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43. Any resolution providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds under the provisions of Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 shall […]
§ 55-23-41. Mississippi Memorial Stadium Construction Fund; use of Hinds County funds
The proceeds of the bonds authorized in Sections 55-23-21 through 55-23-43 and funds appropriated for the enlargement and renovation of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, including the funds to be supplied by Hinds County and also including funds from any and all other sources set aside for such enlargement and renovation by the Building Commission […]