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www.sportseventsmagazine.com September 2015 53 While football may be king in Mississippi— the state is home to one of the nation's top tailgating universities, the University of Mississippi—the Magnolia State is passionate about sports of all kinds. "Mississippi is a must-visit for sports fans," said Lauren Cook, public relations manager for Visit Mississippi. "We offer a variety of venues for all types of sports. Tupelo's Aquatics Center has hosted more than six large swim meets. Snowden Grove Park in DeSoto County possesses many features only previously found at professional stadiums." Contact: www.visitmississippi.org n Search for CVBs, sports commissions & sports facilities at www.sportseventsmagazine.com Mississippi's Sports Events Scene… S I T E S E L E C T I O N G U I D E : M I S S I S S I P P I t The Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Mississippi DeSoto County Situated in the northwest corner of Mississippi is DeSoto County. Although the county is composed of numerous small municipalities, there's nothing small about its sports venues, including the 17-feld Snowden Grove Park and eight-feld Greenbrook Park. Hotel rooms: 2,700 Major facilities: Landers Center is an indoor, multi-use facility that hosts sports like boxing, basketball and rodeos. DeSoto Sportsplex is an indoor facility for soccer, lacrosse, feld hockey and fag football. Mid-South Ice House Skating Rink houses an NHL-sized rink. Hernando Civic Center is a 53-acre park with nine lighted baseball and soft- ball felds, an equestrian arena and a roller hockey rink. Hernando Sports & Fitness Park has one lighted soc- cer feld/football feld. Latimer Lakes Park boasts nine lighted baseball felds, four tennis courts, three fshing lakes, a 20-hole disc golf course, skate park, two football felds and two soccer felds. Snowden Grove Park has 17 lighted baseball felds. Greenbrook Softball Complex features eight lighted softball felds. Contact: DeSoto County Tourism, www.sodesoto.com. Greenwood Greenwood is a small town nestled on the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta. The city boasts Stribling Park, which houses 17 soccer felds and two baseball and softball fve-plexes. Hotel rooms: 700 Major facilities: Agri-Center offers 36,000 gross square feet of exhibition space and 1,200 permanent seats, as well as a portable bleacher system that seats an additional 500. The 2,000-seat Lefore County Civic Center has 9,576 square feet of changeable arena fooring and hosts indoor sports such as basketball, volley- ball, gymnastics and karate. ► Take A Seat The Magnolia State Rocker, known as the "World's Largest Rocking Chair," was built in 1995 by the Dedeaux Family Furniture Factory as an advertisement for the family's furniture factory. Located in Gulfport, the landmark is 35 feet tall and handcrafted from Southern pine. n www.gulfcoast.org Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast