McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium


DQ Fan Field at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium is a high school football stadium in McAllen, Texas, United States. It has been used for college and high school football and soccer games and track and field meets. The stadium contains a full track and full-color video scoreboard. It is owned and operated by McAllen Independent School District, and is the home stadium for the football teams from McAllen High School, James "Nikki" Rowe High School, and McAllen Memorial High School. Memorial Stadium is the largest stadium in the Rio Grande Valley.
From 1978 to 1985, the stadium played host to the Palm Bowl. The game decided the NAIA Football National Championship in 1978 and 1979, and the NCAA Division II Football Championship from 1981 through 1985. The bowl game was not played in 1980.
McAllen veterans memorial stadium is also used for the McAllen holiday parade.
McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium is among the largest high school football stadiums by capacity in Texas: