Alumni Memorial Field

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Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium is a 10,000-seat, multi‑purpose stadium in Lexington, Virginia. It opened in 1962 and is home to the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Keydets football and track and field teams. The field has Bermuda grass.

History and features:
- Built in 1962 at a cost of about $250,000, funded by the Virginia General Assembly and the VMI Alumni Association.
- Fiberglass seating was added in 1974.
- In 2006, the stadium was renovated for about $15 million, adding a new scoreboard with a jumbotron, plus new concourses, restrooms, and locker rooms.
- The stadium has 54 seating rows and rises about 173 feet high.

Pre-game and traditions:
- Before every VMI home game, the VMI Corps of Cadets marches onto the field while the Regimental Band plays "Shenandoah," and a cannon named "Little John" fires at the start and end of the game, and after every VMI score.

Attendance highlights:
- Largest crowd: 10,000 on September 15, 1973, for a game against Navy (Navy 37, VMI 8).
- Smallest crowd: 2,400 on October 31, 1970, for a game against Davidson (Davidson 55, VMI 21).