The University of South Alabama has received a $5 million gift for its new football stadium.
USA said the playing field at the new Hancock Whitney Stadium will be called Abraham A. Mitchell Field in recognition of Mitchell's $5 million challenge gift toward the project.
The gift will be structured as a challenge gift, and Mitchell will match, on a one-to-one basis, any donation to the stadium project from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $250,000 per donor.
