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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.

Louis Crews Stadium

"Bulldog Stadium"
Location	Normal, Alabama
Coordinates	34°47′1.22″N 86°34′42.4″W
Owner	Alabama A&M University
Operator	Alabama A&M University
Capacity	21,000
Surface	FieldTurf
Construction
Broke ground	1996
Opened	1996
Construction cost	$10 million USD
Tenants
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (NCAA) (1996–Present)

Built in 1996 at a price of $10 million, Louis Crews Stadium has a current capacity of 21,000, and is the tenth largest stadium in Alabama.[1] The home-side grandstands have a capacity of 14,000 and the visitors' side holds 7,000.

The stadium features a two-level press box which can accommodate up to 30 sportswriters. In addition, there are 19 skyboxes that can seat 16 to 50 people each. An all-weather, 8-lane running track surrounds the football playing surface. The track portion of the facility contains a high jump competition area, and multi-directional long/triple jump and pole vault runways. The stadium hosted the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and several AAU Track Meets during the summer months.

FieldTurf was installed in October 2012.[2]

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.
• The largest crowd in the history of Louis Crews Stadium occurred in 2021, when 21,835 people attended Alabama A&M's homecoming game.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums

References

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