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Lane Stadium

Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA, home of Virginia Tech. Capacity 65,632. Opened September 24, 1965.

Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA
Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VAPhoto: Jmcgough21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
65,632
Opened
1965
Surface
‘Latitude 36’ Bermudagrass overseeded with Perennial Ryegrass in the fall
Roof
Open air
Elevation
2,074 ft
Home team
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech here
117–⁠49 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
seven times

Since it opened: Virginia Tech is 254–⁠106–⁠6 in home games from the 1965 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 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 Lane Stadium by season, 2001 to 202640k60k80k2001: 53,662 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,6622002: 63,344 a game over 8 games; biggest 65,0972003: 65,115 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,1152004: 65,115 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,1152005: 65,115 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,1152006: 66,236 a game over 8 games; biggest 66,2552007: 66,233 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,2332008: 66,233 a game over 6 games; biggest 66,2332009: 66,233 a game over 6 games; biggest 66,2332010: 66,233 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,2332011: 66,233 a game over 6 games; biggest 66,2332012: 65,632 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322013: 63,999 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322014: 61,157 a game over 7 games; biggest 64,0072015: 60,824 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322016: 63,043 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322017: 63,214 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322018: 59,574 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6322019: 58,293 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6322020: 1,000 a game over 4 games; biggest 1,0002021: 58,729 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6322022: 64,356 a game over 5 games; biggest 65,6322023: 64,733 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6322024: 65,632 a game over 6 games; biggest 65,6332025: 59,946 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,6322026: 65,632 a game over 2 games; biggest 65,632200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

66,255Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech2006
66,233North Carolina at Virginia Tech2011
66,233Boston College at Virginia Tech2011
66,233Miami at Virginia Tech2011
66,233Clemson at Virginia Tech2011

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Lane Stadium seven times, first in 1999.

Sep 30, 2017Clemson 31, Virginia Tech 17Alumni Mall
Sep 1, 2007Virginia Tech 17, East Carolina 7Outside Lane Stadium
Nov 5, 2005Miami 27, Virginia Tech 7Alumni Hall
Sep 24, 2005Virginia Tech 51, Georgia Tech 7Alumni Hall
Aug 27, 2000Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
Nov 13, 1999Virginia Tech 43, Miami 10Lane Stadium
Oct 16, 1999Virginia Tech 62, Syracuse 0Lane Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Virginia Tech’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 24, 1965
Architect
Carneal and Johnston
Smithey and Boynton
Surface over the years
‘Latitude 36’ Bermudagrass overseeded with Perennial Ryegrass in the fall
Expanded
1980, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
Renovated
1989, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2012, 2013

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Lane Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 230 meters (720 by 750 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Virginia Tech 34, Georgia Tech 24
Oct 2, 2026Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33
Sep 12, 2026Virginia Tech 44, Old Dominion 21
Sep 5, 2026Virginia Tech 73, VMI 3
Nov 22, 202514Miami 34, Virginia Tech 17
Nov 1, 202516Louisville 28, Virginia Tech 16
Oct 24, 2025Virginia Tech 42, California 34
Oct 4, 2025Wake Forest 30, Virginia Tech 23
Sep 20, 2025Virginia Tech 38, Wofford 6
Sep 13, 2025Old Dominion 45, Virginia Tech 26
Sep 6, 2025Vanderbilt 44, Virginia Tech 20
Nov 30, 2024Virginia Tech 37, Virginia 17

Around the stadium

Playing surface
Natural grass · Single source
Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2024. Official source.