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24-864: The activities which the MHSAA oversees include chess, esports, debate, drama, speech, writing-prose, poetry, short stories, essays and music, both band and choral. The athletic competitions of which the MHSAA oversees include archery, football, swimming, slowpitch softball, volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, powerlifting, tennis, golf, track, baseball and fastpitch softball. The MHSAA state football championship games are contested in early December. The site alternates between Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford , Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville and M.M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The MHSAA

48-430: A professor of law and chairman of the university's committee on athletics. October 12, 1982 saw the addition of legendary Ole Miss coach Johnny Vaught 's name to the stadium. September 5, 1998 saw the field named for longtime supporter Dr. Jerry Hollingsworth, bringing the current official title to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field . In 2002, construction crews replaced the south end zone bleachers with

72-412: A rounded bowl, adding luxury boxes and covered club seating in an upper deck, as well as additional general admission seating for students and season ticket holders; these renovations expanded seating capacity by nearly 10,000, giving Vaught-Hemingway a capacity of 60,580. In August 2011 the school announced Forward Together, a new capital campaign that would seek to build a new basketball arena and expand

96-424: Is a primary concern in determining the seating capacity of a venue: "Seating capacity, seating layouts and densities are largely dictated by legal requirements for the safe evacuation of the occupants in the event of fire". The International Building Code specifies, "In places of assembly, the seats shall be securely fastened to the floor" but provides exceptions if the total number of seats is fewer than 100, if there

120-414: Is a substantial amount of space available between seats or if the seats are at tables. It also delineates the number of available exits for interior balconies and galleries based on the seating capacity, and sets forth the number of required wheelchair spaces in a table derived from the seating capacity of the space. The International Fire Code, portions of which have been adopted by many jurisdictions,

144-480: Is an outdoor athletic stadium located in University, Mississippi , United States (although it has an Oxford address). The stadium serves as the home for the University of Mississippi Rebels college football team. The stadium is named after Johnny Vaught and Judge William Hemingway . Since its expansion in 2016, it is the largest stadium in the state of Mississippi with a capacity of 64,038 and also holds

168-452: Is directed more towards the use of a facility than the construction. It specifies, "For areas having fixed seating without dividing arms, the occupant load shall not be less than the number of seats based on one person for each 18 inches (457 mm) of seating length". It also requires that every public venue submit a detailed site plan to the local fire code official, including "details of the means of egress, seating capacity, [and] arrangement of

192-604: Is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space , in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law . Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats hundreds of thousands of people. The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , has a permanent seating capacity for more than 235,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000. Safety

216-524: The National Football League 's Super Bowl Committee decide on a venue for a particular event, seating capacity, which reflects the possible number of tickets that can be sold for the event, is an important consideration. Seating capacity differs from total capacity (sometimes called public capacity ), which describes the total number of people who can fit in a venue or in a vehicle either sitting or standing. Where seating capacity

240-591: The 2008 season, Vaught–Hemingway Stadium got a new HD Daktronics video board to replace the Sony Jumbotron that had been installed in the north Endzone in 1997. The new board is the 8th largest scoreboard in NCAA college football (fourth in the Southeastern conference), measuring in at 48 ft (15 m) by 84 ft (26 m) (4,032 square feet). Ole Miss' board cost $ 6 million, all of which

264-508: The 2023-24 school year and will be based on student numbers for grades 9-11. Under the new system, the top 24 schools in terms of enrollment as per the Mississippi Department of Education are in the new 7A classification. The next 24 schools are in 6A and the next 24 schools after that make up the 5A classification. Classes 4A, 3A, and 2A are to have 40 schools apiece while the remaining schools be under Class 1A. The reason for

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288-559: The change was that, according to MHSAA director Rickey Neaves, there is an almost 1,000-student gulf between Tupelo High School , which has 1,907 students as per the 2021-23 enrollment numbers and is currently the largest school in the 6A classification, and Center Hill High School , which has 1,047 students and is the smallest 6A school. Neaves also said that by adding a Class 7A, the student gulf between classifications would be shortened significantly. Vaught%E2%80%93Hemingway Stadium Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field

312-532: The first team in the Southeastern Conference to play their home games on the surface. In 2016, the stadium's field surface was changed back to natural grass for the third time. Rankings are from the AP Poll . In 2004, a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m ) indoor practice facility and locker room facility was opened. This facility is linked to the existing stadium via a secured tunnel. For

336-401: The game is starting soon and after Ole Miss victories. The most recent expansion, completed in 2016, completed the stadium's bowl shape and added 3,458 additional seats. This brought the total capacity to 64,038 making Vaught-Hemingway the largest stadium in the state of Mississippi. Other notable upgrades include the installation of lights in 1990, a Jumbotron in 1997 and the replacement of

360-490: The kind of contract to be used and the royalties to be given. The seating capacity must also be disclosed to the copyright owner in seeking a license for the copyrighted work to be performed in that venue. Venues that may be leased for private functions such as ballrooms and auditoriums generally advertise their seating capacity. Seating capacity is also an important consideration in the construction and use of sports venues such as stadiums and arenas . When entities such as

384-474: The maximal viewing distance for a given size of screen", with image quality for closer viewers declining as the screen is expanded to accommodate more distant viewers. Seating capacity of venues also plays a role in what media they are able to provide and how they are able to provide it. In contracting to permit performers to use a theatre or other performing space, the "seating capacity of the performance facility must be disclosed". Seating capacity may influence

408-440: The natural grass turf, which had become increasingly hard to maintain, with an AstroPlay artificial turf surface in 2003. Ironically, the stadium had been among the first in the nation to switch from a natural grass playing surface to artificial turf in 1970, and then one of the first of those stadiums to switch back to natural grass in 1984. The field surface was again changed in 2009 from AstroPlay to FieldTurf , making Ole Miss

432-511: The north endzone to serve as a "front door" to the stadium and celebrate Ole Miss tradition and history. In the summer of 2012 Ole Miss announced that they had received a million-dollar gift that was to be used in the Forward Together capital campaign. The school announced in honor of the gift they would start a new tradition and include a bell tower in the north endzone expansion that would be rung before Ole Miss games to let fans know

456-409: The seating...." Once safety considerations have been satisfied, determinations of seating capacity turn on the total size of the venue, and its purpose. For sports venues, the "decision on maximum seating capacity is determined by several factors. Chief among these are the primary sports program and the size of the market area". In motion picture venues, the "limit of seating capacity is determined by

480-406: The stadium. Phase 1 of the campaign includes adding 30 luxury suites and 770 club level seats. In addition new stadium lights, sound system, and 2 new video boards will be added to the current south end zone. Phase 2 calls for the stadium's capacity to increase giving it the ability to hold 64,038 fans. This would be done through closing off the north endzone. In addition a plaza would be built outside

504-716: The state capital of Jackson , located approximately 170 miles (270 km) south of the Ole Miss campus; and to a lesser extent, the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis . The Ole Miss-MSU game, commonly referred to as the Egg Bowl , was held in Jackson every year from 1973 through 1990 before returning to a home-and-home series. When the stadium opened, it was named for Judge William Hemingway,

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528-558: The state record for attendance at 68,126. Building of the stadium started in 1915 as a federally sponsored project. A series of expansions and renovations have gradually expanded the stadium and modernized its amenities, allowing the Rebels to play all of their home games on campus. Prior to the early to mid-1990s, Ole Miss would play many of its big rivalry games, including the heated feuds with LSU , Mississippi State , Tennessee , and Arkansas at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in

552-481: Was divided into six classes. Enrollment is usually based on numbers from the Mississippi Department of Education . These numbers are considered official for classification purposes over a two-year period. For example, enrollment numbers submitted in 2016 would be used for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 school years. On April 7, 2022, it was announced that the MHSAA will add a 7th classification starting for

576-423: Was paid for by Telesouth Communications as part of a multimedia rights agreement with the university. In 2016, Vaught-Hemingway upgraded to three new 13mm pixel HD video boards by Daktronics. The North board measures 48 ft (14 m) by 104.5 ft (31 m) (5,016 square feet) and the two South boards measure 30 ft (9 m) by 49 ft (15 m) (1,470 square feet). Seating capacity Seating capacity

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