Photo Gallery: Vicksburg High stadium construction

Published 8:00 am Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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A construction crew from Paul Jackson & Son Inc. removes a section of the scoreboard at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium on Monday. The scoreboard will be replaced with a new video board for the 2020 season. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A construction worker from Paul Jackson & Son Inc. loosens the bolts on the scoreboard at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium on Monday. The scoreboard was being removed, and will be replaced with a new video board for the 2020 season. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A construction crew from Paul Jackson & Son, Inc. prepares to remove a section of the scoreboard at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium on Monday. The scoreboard will be replaced with a new video board for the 2020 season. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Workers pour concrete for the foundation of a new set of stands at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium on July 15. The work is part of a multi-year renovation of the nearly 70-year-old stadium. The old visitors’ side stands have been torn down and will be replaced with new ones, and then the home and visitors’ sides will be flipped. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A construction crew from Paul Jackson & Son Inc. stacks one section of the scoreboard at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium on top of another on Monday. The scoreboard was removed to make room for a new video board that will be installed for the 2020 season. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A section of the scoreboard at Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium sits on the ground Monday. The scoreboard was removed to make room for a new video board that will be in place for the 2020 season. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Vicksburg High’s Memorial Stadium, which is nearly 70 years old, is undergoing a multi-year renovation project. The visitors’ side stands and scoreboard have been removed. New stands are being built, and a new, modern video board is scheduled to be installed early next week.

The construction is expected to continue into the 2020 football season that begins in September, and could force Vicksburg High to play some home games at Warren Central. Vicksburg’s season opener is vs. Warren Central, across town at Viking Stadium, on Sept. 4.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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