Louis Crews Stadium

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Louis Crews Stadium
"Bulldog Stadium"
Location	Huntsville, Alabama
Broke ground	1996
Opened	1996
Owner	Alabama A&M University
Operator	Alabama A&M University
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$10 Million USD
Tenants	Alabama A&M Bulldogs (NCAA) (1996–Present)
Capacity	21,000

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.

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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 grand stands 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 available multi-tiered for up to 30 sportswriters.

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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, 24,000 fans packed into the stadium to watch the bulldogs defeat SWAC foe Southern University 33-27.

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Football stadiums of the Southwestern Athletic Conference

Ace W. Mumford Stadium (Southern) • Blackshear Stadium (Prairie View A&M) • Cramton Bowl (Alabama State) • Eddie Robinson Stadium (Grambling State) • Jack Spinks Stadium (Alcorn State) • Legion Field (SWAC Championship Game) • Lion Stadium (Arkansas-Pine Bluff) • Louis Crews Stadium (Alabama A&M) • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (Jackson State) • Reliant Stadium (Texas Southern-secondary) • Rice-Totten Field (Mississippi Valley State) • Alexander Durley Stadium (Texas Southern)

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College football venues in Alabama

Division I
FBS

Conference USA	Legion Field (UAB)

SEC	Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama) • Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn)

Sun Belt	Movie Gallery Stadium (Troy)

Division I
FCS

OVC	Paul Snow Stadium (Jacksonville State)

Southern	Seibert Stadium (Samford)

SWAC	Cramton Bowl (Alabama State) • Louis Crews Stadium (Alabama A&M)

Division II

Gulf South	Braly Municipal Stadium (North Alabama) • Tiger Stadium (West Alabama)

SIAC	Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium (Tuskegee) • Alumni Stadium (Miles) • Stillman Stadium (Stillman)