About Williams Stadium
Williams Stadium is a College Football stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. It opened in 1989. It seats 25,000. Its current tenant is Liberty Flames (College Football), since 1989. By capacity it ranks 125th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 191st oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.
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Location
Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Liberty Flames While based here: 30 seasons · 67-33 regular season in the 9 seasons with results on record · 6 postseason trips · 2026 in progress
College Football · 1989–present
C-USA 2023–2026 · Independent 2018–2022 · Big South Conference 2002–2017 · 1 earlier conference · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1989–present |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Williams Stadium?
The capacity of Williams Stadium is 25,000.
When was Williams Stadium built?
Williams Stadium opened in 1989.
Who plays at Williams Stadium?
Williams Stadium is the home venue of Liberty Flames.
Where did the Liberty Flames play before Williams Stadium?
Before moving to Williams Stadium in 1989, the Liberty Flames played at Lynchburg City Stadium in 1981.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 35 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg City Stadium | 1939– | 2.7 mi |
| Alumni Memorial Field | 1962– | 33 mi |
| Salem Stadium | 1985– | 48 mi |
| Salem Memorial Ballpark | 1995– | 48 mi |
| Salem Civic Center | 1967– | 48 mi |
| Kiwanis Field | 48 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.