{"id":75562,"date":"2019-04-30T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T22:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=75562"},"modified":"2019-04-30T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T22:09:13","slug":"why-a-trip-to-the-vaught-hemingway-stadium-is-an-oxford-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/why-a-trip-to-the-vaught-hemingway-stadium-is-an-oxford-must\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Trip to the Vaught\u2013Hemingway Stadium is an Oxford Must"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every year, sports fans across the globe flock to stadiums to experience the high and lows, thrills and spills and sights and sounds different stadia across the world brings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those visiting (or even those living in Mississippi<\/strong>) a trip to Oxford\u2019s Vaught\u2013Hemingway Stadium<\/strong> is a must even if there is no game on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stadium is the home of the University of Mississippi Rebels<\/strong> college football team and is a sight to behold whether you are sports fan or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located on the southeast side of the University of Mississippi\u2019s campus, the stadium and is unmistakeable and visible all over the campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state does not have a professional sports team (the Mississippi Braves <\/strong>in the Minor League Baseball are semi-professional<\/em>) with many punters getting in on the online casino action with sites such as Novibet<\/a>, but that does not mean they cannot still get behind the Rebels and a trip to the Vaught-Hemingway is a real treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnny Vaught in 1947.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Named after Johnny Vaught<\/strong> (head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970<\/em>) and Judge William Hemingway<\/strong>, the stadium has become the state\u2019s largest capacity sports venue boasting an attendance of just over 64,000 spectators on game day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To put that into contrast, that would make it the third largest soccer stadium in England <\/strong>behind only Wembley Stadium<\/strong> and Old Trafford<\/strong> (the home of Manchester United<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well worth a visit on size alone then but there is plenty of history behind the iconic stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ground was first broken in 1912 and on the 1st<\/sup> October 1925, the stadium officially opened with a still impressive 24,000 capacity at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Judge William Hemingway in 1915.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That is how the stadium stayed until 1949 when the first of ten expansions took place eventually taking the overall capacity to 64,038.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in September 2016 in a game against Alabama<\/strong>, a record of attendance of 66,176 crammed into the ground (unfortunately, they witnessed the Rebels lose a tight game 43-48).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vaught\u2013Hemingway Stadium was really brought up to date in 2004 with an indoor practice facility and in 2008 the fourth largest score board in college football was installed costing a heavyweight $6 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wide-open seating ensures views are excellent no matter where you sit in the stand and the stadium received Trip Advisors Certificate of Excellent<\/a> after receiving rave reviews from the general public about their experience at the stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have also been numerous successes to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jerry Hollingsworth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The late 1950\u2019s and early 60\u2019s saw three national championships arrive in 1959, 60 and 62 with Johnny Vaught the man at the helm of the Rebels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although less success has followed since, the Rebels remain an imposing force in college football and in 1998, the field of play was named in honor of Dr. Jerry Hollingsworth<\/strong> to make the official title of the stadium as the aught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No trip to Oxford would be complete with a visit to the Rebels so next time you plan on coming over, make sure you tie it in with a game, you will not be disappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vaught-Hemingway Stadium after Ole Miss beat Alabama in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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