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Golden Lion Stadium

Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, AR, home of Arkansas–Pine Bluff. Capacity 16,000. Opened 2000.

Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, AR
Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, ARPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
16,000
Opened
2000
Surface
GeoGreen
Roof
Open air
Elevation
222 ft
Arkansas–Pine Bluff here
39–⁠51 games on file since 2006

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2006 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Golden Lion Stadium by season, 2006 to 20260k10k20k30k40k50k2006: 3,910 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,9102007: 25,040 a game over 2 games; biggest 40,0672008: 7,979 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,6002009: 10,116 a game over 1 games; biggest 10,1162011: 10,084 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,4732012: 8,986 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,6042013: 6,653 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,0592014: 6,007 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,3372015: 7,271 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,4372016: 4,885 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,5012017: 6,159 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,0452018: 5,675 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,5002019: 6,145 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,6132021: 6,110 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,7492022: 7,218 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,2492023: 8,815 a game over 4 games; biggest 13,4692024: 6,883 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,4372025: 6,657 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,5422026: 7,325 a game over 1 games; biggest 7,32520062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

40,067Grambling at Arkansas–Pine Bluff2007
14,604Mississippi Valley State at Arkansas–Pine Bluff2012
13,500Alabama A&M at Arkansas–Pine Bluff2018
13,473Alabama State at Arkansas–Pine Bluff2011
13,469Alcorn State at Arkansas–Pine Bluff2023

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
2000
Architect
Nelson Architectural Group, Inc.
Surface over the years
GeoGreen

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Golden Lion Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 160 by 170 meters (530 by 560 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Alabama State 21, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 15
Sep 19, 2026Arkansas–Pine Bluff 41, Central State 35
Nov 8, 2025Florida A&M 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 28
Nov 1, 2025Arkansas–Pine Bluff 40, Southern 21
Oct 18, 2025Grambling 20, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 16
Sep 13, 2025Arkansas–Pine Bluff 34, Lincoln (CA) 8
Nov 23, 2024Texas Southern 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 23
Nov 9, 2024Alabama A&M 52, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 24
Oct 26, 2024Arkansas–Pine Bluff 35, Mississippi Valley State 21
Oct 11, 2024Arkansas–Pine Bluff 21, Prairie View A&M 17
Sep 21, 2024Central Arkansas 56, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17
Sep 7, 2024Arkansas–Pine Bluff 73, Arkansas Baptist 0