"The Bill" | |
 View of the stadium in 2018 | |
  Arthur L. Williams Stadium Location in Virginia  Arthur L. Williams Stadium Location in the United States | |
| Former names | Willard May Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | 1972 University Boulevard, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502 |
| Coordinates | 37°21′14.4″N 79°10′30″W / 37.354000°N 79.17500°W |
| Owner | Liberty University |
| Operator | Liberty University |
| Capacity | 25,000 (2018–present)
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| Record attendance | 50,000+ (2017 Commencement) |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 8, 1989 |
| Opened | October 21, 1989 |
| Renovated | 2010–2011, 2017–2018 |
| Expanded | 2010, 2018 |
| Construction cost | $18 million ($44.2 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Haken/Corley and Associates of Raleigh, N.C. |
| General contractor | McDevitt & Street[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Liberty Flames (NCAA) (1989–present) | |
| Website | |
| liberty.edu/williamsstadium | |
Arthur L. Williams Stadium is a 25,000-seat football stadium located on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. The stadium was built in 1989 and plays host to Liberty Flames football, which is a part of the NCAA Division I - Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). A new field house has recently been constructed at the north end of the stadium. This new facility houses a new home locker room, coaches offices, meeting rooms and training facility as well as a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) weight room. In the 2009 off season, Liberty University added a video scoreboard on the north end of the field. The video scoreboard measured 20 feet (6 m) tall and 36 feet (11 m) wide.[3] This video board was replaced by a massive new high-definition video board in time for the 2018 football season.
In September 2011, a ribbon video board was added to the facade of the upper deck. This too was replaced by a state-of-the-art ribbon video board on both the eastern and western facades of the upper deck in 2018.
The stadium was named in 1994 to honor Arthur L. Williams Jr., who is a major contributor to the university.[2]
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- ^ a b "Williams Stadium - Quick Facts". liberty.edu. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ "New high-definition scoreboard installed at Williams Stadium". liberty.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2017.