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 Lane
Stadium
Blacksburg, VA
Lane Stadium, home of the
Virginia Tech Hokies is one of the loudest stadiums in college
football. For many years, the Hokies played at Miles
Stadium an average size stadium for its time. However, by the early
1960s, Stuart Cassell proposed a plan to build new athletic facilities. Miles Stadium needed to be replaced because of
its size and to allow additional construction of buildings at Virginia
Tech. After raising enough money for a new stadium, construction began
in April 1964. The new stadium was named after Edward H. Lane who
helped raise $3 million for the project. Although the stadium was not
yet complete, the Hokies played their first game at Lane Stadium on
October 2, 1965 against William and Mary. Construction of the $3.5
million stadium was completed by 1968 and seated 35,050 fans.
Grandstands were on both sides of the gridiron and a three tier press
box was atop the west grandstand.
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With growing support for the
team, additional seating was added to the east stands in 1980 bring
the capacity to 52,500. The Hokies played under lights for the first
time in 1982 against UVA. A new scoreboard replacing the old one was
placed in the north endzone prior to the start of the 1991 season.
Over the past five years fans attending games have seen many additions
to Lane Stadium. Prior to the 1999 season, 2,000 seats were
constructed on the north endzone and the following year a new
video/scoreboard, known as Hokievision was added. Perhaps the biggest
addition to Lane Stadium was completed prior to the 2003 season. A two
tier grandstand featuring 11,000 seats, 15 luxury suites, and a new
visitor’s locker room was completed. After the 2003
season, Virginia
Tech began its latest expansion, this time on the west side of the
stadium. The $52.5 million expansion includes 23 luxury suites, a new pressbox, and club seating. The addition increased Lane Stadium's seating capacity
to 65,115. Today, Lane Stadium is one of
the best stadiums in college football. Hokie fans hope that the team
makes another run at the ACC Championship.
College Football Recruiting
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HOKIE TIDBITS |
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2007 SCHEDULE |
LANE STADIUM PICTURES |
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Hokies in the NFL:
Michael Vick, Lee Suggs,
DeAngelo Hall, Andre Davis
Hokie Traditions: Hokie Stone, School Colors of Maroon and
Orange, the Hokie Bird mascot
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