City Stadium (Lynchburg)

For the baseball stadium, see Calvin Falwell Field.
Lynchburg City Stadium
Location 3176 Fort Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Owner City of Lynchburg
Capacity 15,000
Surface Grass (1939-2014)
AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe (2014-Present)
Construction
Broke ground 1938
Opened 1939
Renovated 2014-2016
Tenants
Lynchburg City Public Schools (1939-Present)
Liberty Flames (NCAA) (1973-1989)

Lynchburg City Stadium, is a sports venue located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and is home to the Lynchburg City Schools athletic programs mainly for football. City Stadium was built in 1939 along with the baseball stadium Calvin Falwell Field.[1] The Liberty Flames football program called the place home for 16 seasons until 1989, when the program moved back on campus to Williams Stadium. Over the years the stadium has been untouched, which left the stadium in disrepair. In 2014, the city decided to renovate the aging stadium, starting by replacing the natural grass with artificial turf. Other upgrades to the stadium included the press box, scoreboards, bleachers, PA system and other amenities. The renovations are slated to be completed in August 2016[2]

References

  1. ↑ "'Lynchburg Stadium Study" (PDF). Lynchburg Parks and Recs Retrieved 2016-6-30
  2. ↑ Staff, WSLS com (8 July 2015). "Lynchburg City Stadium renovations to start this month". wsls.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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