AHSAA Super 7: What other stadiums could host now that Tuscaloosa and Auburn are out

With Alabama’s and Auburn’s football stadiums out of the AHSAA Super 7 rotation, the search is on for new host cites around the state.

Birmingham’s Protective Stadium will be the host site for the 2024 Super 7 Championships. According to AHSAA executive director Alvin Briggs, Birmingham will remain in the rotation as a host city. Protective Stadium in Birmingham can seat around 40,000 fans, much smaller than the SEC venues but still enough for Super 7. To rent Protective Stadium it costs the AHSAA $75,000 while they have been paid $200,000 by the city and other entities to bring the event to the Magic City.

With multiple cites showing interest to hosting a Super 7 event, here are seven venues across the state that can possibly be added to future rotations:

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Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy)

Capacity: 30,470

Troy could be an option if the AHSAA wants to keep a city in South Alabama in the rotation and doesn’t want to go all the way to the corner in Mobile. Troy is mostly easily accessible from most of the state, a short trip off I-65 via US-231. The good news is Veterans Memorial Stadium uses turf, so the impact of seven tackle and two flag games will be lesser than stadiums with grass fields.

One issue is that Troy has been the class of the Sun Belt, hosting the last two Sun Belt title games at its stadium.

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Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile)

Capacity: 25,450

This is the host site for the AHSAA North and South All-Star football game every year. And every two years the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star football game is played at this location. The first games played in this…

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Author : The Montgomery Advertiser

Publish date : 2024-06-12 23:36:15

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