Some seats, yes. For a typical July 1:10 PM day game at Davis Wade Stadium, roughly 37% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 77% of seats are out of the sun.
Check YOUR seat for YOUR event →Typical July afternoon highs at Davis Wade Stadium are around 92°F. Shade selection genuinely matters for comfort and safety.
No. Davis Wade Stadium is open air.
Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, MS) is oriented 180° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.
Interactive shade map for Davis Wade Stadium · Satellite shadow view
You hear a Mississippi State home game before you see it, the cowbells start ringing in the parking lots hours before kickoff. Those hours matter for more than atmosphere: the tailgating fields around Davis Wade Stadium sit in open sun, and Starkville afternoons average 92°F in July, 89 in August, and 87 in September. By the time many fans reach their seats for an early-afternoon kickoff, they have already logged a half day of exposure.
The stadium itself does not offer much rescue during a day game. Our model measures 37 percent of Davis Wade Stadium's 60,311 seats in shade across a typical early-afternoon game. The high-summer sun sits 78 degrees overhead at that hour, bearing almost due south, which means shade comes from decks and overhangs rather than from which sideline you choose.
The club level is the clear winner: sections 207 through 212 each hold about 50 percent shade across a day game. The clear losers are in the lower bowl, sections 118, 119, and 120 measure around 29 percent shaded, and 130 sits at 27, the sunniest seats in the stadium. For a September noon kickoff, those sections mean direct Mississippi sun for nearly the whole game.
Evenings redeem the building. High-summer sunset in Starkville is 8:05 PM, and by 7 PM the sun is down to 11 degrees above the horizon in the west-northwest, low enough that the stadium structure blankets most seating. From 6 PM onward, 77 percent of Davis Wade Stadium is shaded. A night kickoff turns the sun from the main event into a first-quarter footnote, which is a strong argument for the later window any time the forecast is ugly.
Kickoff times in this league move on short notice, and the shade picture at Davis Wade Stadium swings hard between a noon and a 6 PM start. Before you pick sections, run the interactive shade map for your actual date. It computes sun and shade for every section at every hour of your game.
Upcoming events at Davis Wade Stadium are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.