Campus Air Strip Vision

The Campus Air Strip neighborhood celebrates the campus’s beautiful lakes and landscapes as well as the University’s athletics traditions. The Braves, Alcorn’s beloved intercollegiate varsity football team, attracts large crowds to the campus on game days, and this historic former aircraft runway provides significant additional capacity for visitor traffic and parking demand.

A new game day entrance from Highway MS552 brings visitors to the repurposed air strip and expanded RV park: a place for game day activities such as tailgating, barbeques, and meeting up with friends and family along the scenic journey to Casem Stadium. In addition to providing a new route to the stadium, the air strip and the adjacent new Lake Shore Trail offer attractive views of the campus lakes and grounds that are a defining feature of the Lorman Campus.

An indoor event pavilion and associated gazebos frame pastoral views of the lakes and grounds, offering rentable spaces for campus and community gatherings such as retreats, picnics, and weddings with parking conveniently located along Air Strip Road.