page_title: Lane Stadium
section_title: Expansion renovations and upgrades
hierarchical_section_title: Lane Stadium / History / Expansion renovations and upgrades
caption_attribution_description: English: Virginia Tech Hokie's Lane Stadium
context_page_description: 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, 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.
  From 1982 to 2014, Lane Stadium had the highest elevation of any Football Bowl Subdivision stadium in the eastern United States, at 2,057 feet above sea level. That distinction now belongs to Kidd Brewer Stadium of Appalachian State University, at 3,333 feet.
caption: Lane Stadium (2011)
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