by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes wants to help get the new stadium funded
A Mississippi politician is urging the state to fund a new stadium for Jackson State University (JSU) to clear the way for a proposed cancer center at the University of Mississippi.
According to HBCU Gameday, Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes is seeking support from state leaders to fund a new stadium for the school. In his remarks, he alludes to JSU securing a new stadium, which will help the University of Mississippi Medical Center secure the site Jackson State currently uses. The medical center expansion will occur in the same area as the current site of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (JSU’s home football field).
“Governor, do your job. Give Jackson State this new stadium so we can have the cancer center built right,” Stokes said. “It will be built right now where the stadium sits… We do not need to shortcut this cancer center. People are getting sick every day.”
He is also asking university officials to push publicly for the project: “Jackson State: ask for your new stadium. Stand up. And let’s do it together and build a new Jackson, Mississippi.”
Source: Black Enterprise
