Louis Crews Stadium

Louis Crews Stadium is a 21,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, 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.

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 grandstand has a capacity of 14,000 and the visitors side holds 7,000.

The stadium features a two-level pressbox, and nineteen skyboxes that can seat 16 to 50 people. The pressbox has room for up to 30 sportswriters.

Artificial turf was installed in October 2012.

Notable games

 * 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 played in 1996 with points totaling 36-22 over Miles College.
 * In 1998, 21,287 fans packed into the stadium to watch the bulldogs defeat SWAC foe Southern University 33-27.