McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium

Coordinates: 26°13′26″N 98°14′14″W / 26.2238°N 98.2372°W / 26.2238; -98.2372

McAllen Stadium
Location 2155 North Bicentennial Boulevard, McAllen, Texas 78501
Owner McAllen Independent School District
Capacity 13,600
Surface Artificial turf
Construction
Opened 1976 (1976)
Renovated 2015 (2015)
Tenants
McAllen Bulldogs
Rowe Warriors
Memorial Mustangs
Palm Bowl (1981–1985)

McAllen Stadium is a high school football stadium in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. It has been used for college and high school football and soccer games and track and field meets. The stadium contains a full track and full-color video scoreboard. It is owned and operated by the McAllen Independent School District and is the home stadium for the football teams from McAllen High School, James "Nikki" Rowe High School, and McAllen Memorial High School. Memorial Stadium is the largest stadium in the Rio Grande Valley.[1]

From 1981 to 1985, the stadium played host to the NCAA Division II Football Championship, known as the Palm Bowl during its five year stay in McAllen.

References

  1. "McAllen Memorial Stadium". Texas Football Stadiums. TexasBob.com. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

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