Memorial Stadium (Alice, Texas)

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Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose stadium located in Alice, Texas, United States. Its main use is as a football stadium for the Alice High School Coyotes.

Alice, Texas City in Texas, United States

Alice is a city in and the county seat of Jim Wells County, Texas, United States, in the South Texas region of the state. The population was 19,104 at the 2010 census. Alice was established in 1888. First it was called "Bandana", then "Kleberg", and finally "Alice" after Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, the daughter of Richard King, who established the King Ranch.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

Alice High School

Alice High School serves the students of Alice, Texas and surrounding communities in Jim Wells County.

Awards

The stadium won the Best Football Field Award by the Texas Turfgrass Association in 2007 and again in 2008.

Coordinates: 27°45′15″N98°03′22″W / 27.75424°N 98.056°W / 27.75424; -98.056

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