Jackson State looking at a multipurpose stadium

JACKSON, Mississippi  -- If the concept outlined in a dome feasibility study Jackson State University commissioned is to become reality, it will require public financial help.

One source is more likely than the other.

The study recommended a 35,000 seat, domed multipurpose complex on the school's campus west of downtown Jackson.

The estimated cost of construction lies between $250 million and $280 million. The dome's annual operating deficit would hover around $400,000. That's where the need for some kind of public financing would arrive.

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