Video: Columbus Council Approves Use of City Crews to Do Demolition Work at Magnolia Bowl

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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The Columbus school district’s plans to turn the historic Magnolia Bowl into a walking track, outdoor learning center and community asset take a step forward. Tuesday night the Columbus City Council  approved providing city labor to help tear down the old dressing room and press box and two walls that look over the north side of the old stadium. Columbus Light and Water will also help and plans to use the brick and concrete for rip rap at its sewage lagoons. The school district has not finalized plans but eventually plans to take down at least part of the old concrete bleachers and transform the field into a maze walking track and other learning centers.  Saunders Field, often referred to as “The Magnolia Bowl”,  served as home field to the Lee High Generals, Caldwell High Bobcats, and Columbus Falcons from 1933 -1998.