Louis Crews Stadium is a 21,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, Alabama. It opened in 1996 and is home to the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs football team.

Built in 1996 at a price of $10 Million, Louis Crews Stadium has a current capacity of 21,000, and is the sixth largest stadium in Alabama. The home-side grand stands has a capacity of 14,000 and the visitors side holds 7,000.

The stadium features a two-level pressbox, and nineteen skyboxes that can seat 16 to 50 people. The pressbox has available multi-tiered for up to 30 sportswriters.

Notable games

- First game played in Louis Crews was a 20-17 loss to Clark Atlanta University. This marked the first game played on campus since 1971.

- The first win in the stadium was played in 1996 with points totaling 36-22 over Miles College.

- In 1998, 24,000 fans packed into the stadium to watch the bulldogs defeat SWAC foe Southern University 33-27.

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