Alumni Stadium (BJU)
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| Location | Greenville, South Carolina |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Owner | Bob Jones University |
| Operator | Bob Jones University |
| Surface | Grass, Athletic Track |
| Tenants | Bob Jones University (Intramural) |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
Alumni Stadium is the athletics stadium at Bob Jones University, a Protestant Fundamentalist university in Greenville, South Carolina. The stadium, a gift of the BJU Alumni Association, seats 4,000 in a single stand situated along the north sideline. Its bleachers are constructed of prestressed concrete beams, and the seats are made of anodized aluminium.
The University abolished intercollegiate athletics in 1933, and only intramural sports are played in the stadium, including the University's intramural soccer final, the Turkey Bowl, which is played the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Although an athletic track circles the field, the facility could technically be classed as a soccer-specific stadium because its grass playing field is wide enough for a regulation soccer pitch.
[edit] References
- Alumni Stadium at BJU.edu
- Melton Wright, Fortress of Faith: The Story of Bob Jones University (Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1984), 410.
