Starkville 69th Best Sports City
A cowbell is like music to almost any Mississippi State fan, but a lot of work goes into preparing for maroon and white spirit on campus before any sporting event.
Now, the work of so many is paying off. Starkville ranks 69th out of the 400 Best Sports Cities in the nation according to "Sporting News" magazine.
"There's something about the atmosphere here that's very special, prior to the games and after the games as well," says the Executive Director of MSU Alumni Association Jimmy Abraham.
The magazine takes into consideration stadium quality, attendance, and ticket prices among other things.
The athletic department is taking notice, by pumping up the atmosphere and making improvements the past couple of years to Davis Wade Stadium, Humphrey Coliseum, and Dudy Noble Field.
"It's the fans, the people of the great state of Mississippi and of the Golden Triangle and in the city of Starkville that make the atmosphere and the experience so wonderful," says Assistant Director of Media Relations Joe Galbraith.
Fans also equal money for Starkville.
Greater Starkville Development Partnership's new President and CEO Jon Maynard went to his first Bulldog football game this past weekend and he sees the advantages of a college town.
"If you go and you look at these folks and each one of these folks spent money in our grocery stores, spent money on hotel rooms, spent money on gas. They've done an awful lot of spending money in Starkville. The number of those folks, just for the tailgating portion, is tremendous and has a huge impact on our economy here," says Maynard.
Tuscaloosa ranked 78th and Oxford came in at 97th on the list.
A cowbell is like music to almost any Mississippi State fan, but a lot of work goes into preparing for maroon and white spirit on campus before any sporting event.
Now, the work of so many is paying off. Starkville ranks 69th out of the 400 Best Sports Cities in the nation according to "Sporting News" magazine.
"There's something about the atmosphere here that's very special, prior to the games and after the games as well," says the Executive Director of MSU Alumni Association Jimmy Abraham.
The magazine takes into consideration stadium quality, attendance, and ticket prices among other things.
The athletic department is taking notice, by pumping up the atmosphere and making improvements the past couple of years to Davis Wade Stadium, Humphrey Coliseum, and Dudy Noble Field.
"It's the fans, the people of the great state of Mississippi and of the Golden Triangle and in the city of Starkville that make the atmosphere and the experience so wonderful," says Assistant Director of Media Relations Joe Galbraith.
Fans also equal money for Starkville.
Greater Starkville Development Partnership's new President and CEO Jon Maynard went to his first Bulldog football game this past weekend and he sees the advantages of a college town.
"If you go and you look at these folks and each one of these folks spent money in our grocery stores, spent money on hotel rooms, spent money on gas. They've done an awful lot of spending money in Starkville. The number of those folks, just for the tailgating portion, is tremendous and has a huge impact on our economy here," says Maynard.
Tuscaloosa ranked 78th and Oxford came in at 97th on the list.