A renewed push in the Mississippi Legislature could put real money behind long-discussed plans for a new multi-purpose football stadium for Jackson State.
State Rep. Robert Johnson has introduced House Bill 117, which would appropriate $40 million in state funds as seed money. Planning, design, and early construction phases of an on-campus stadium project for the HBCU starting in July.
A bill that keeps coming back
The concept isn’t new. Similar attempts have stalled in recent years, including 2025’s HB137 (which died in committee) and 2022’s Senate Bill 3151, introduced by John Horhn, which became tangled in debate over where a stadium should go.
A state-funded feasibility study obtained in 2022 pointed toward an on-campus site as the top option, adding fuel to the argument that the school should eventually control its own football footprint…