Lane Stadium is a college football stadium in the eastern United States, located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. The playing surface of the stadium is named Worsham Field. The home field of the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), it was rated the number one home field advantage in all of college football in 2005 by Rivals.com. In 2007, it was ranked #2 on ESPN.com's "Top 10 Scariest Places To Play." The stadium is named for Edward Hudson Lane, a former student, local businessman, and Virginia Tech booster, while the playing surface is named for Wes Worsham, a university donor and booster.
The south stand of Lane Stadium as seen in July 2020
Lane Stadium under construction
View of the stadium expansion works during a Spring Game in 2005
Aerial view of the stadium in 2011
Virginia Tech (VT), officially the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It was founded as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872.
Virginia Tech's Burruss Hall
VT's 6th president, Paul Brandon Barringer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute logo in the 1899 yearbook
A Jaguar Mark VII (left) and Chevrolet Deluxe cars parked in front of Patton Hall, ca 1952