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Location
  
Normal, Alabama

Surface
  
Astro Turf

Construction cost
  
$10 million USD

Capacity
  
21,000

Owner
  
Alabama A&M University

Operator
  
Alabama A&M University

Broke ground
  
1996

Opened
  
1996

Phone
  
+1 256-372-8057

Address
  
4900 Meridian St N, Huntsville, AL 35810, USA

Team
  
Alabama A&M Bulldogs football

Similar
  
Rice–Totten Stadium, Golden Lion Stadium, Jack Spinks Stadium, Mississippi Veterans Memorial, Eddie Robinson Stadium

Alabama a m university band marching into louis crews stadium 2016


Louis Crews Stadium is a 21,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Normal, Alabama. It opened in 1996 and is home to the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs football team. It was named in honor of former Head Football Coach Louis Crews who served from 1960 to 1975.

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Built in 1996 at a price of $10 million, Louis Crews Stadium has a current capacity of 21,000, and is the sixth largest stadium in Alabama. The home-side grandstands have a capacity of 14,000 and the visitors' side holds 7,000.

The stadium features a two-level pressbox which can hold up to 30 sportswriters, and nineteen skyboxes that can seat 16 to 50 people each.

Artificial turf was installed in October 2012.

Notable games

  • The first game played in Louis Crews was a 20-17 loss to Clark Atlanta University. This marked the first game played on campus since 1971.
  • The first win in the stadium was a 36-22 victory over Miles College in 1996.
  • In 1998, 21,287 fans packed into the stadium to watch the Bulldogs defeat SWAC foe Southern University 33-27.
  • References

    Louis Crews Stadium Wikipedia