Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium is a stadium in Troy, Alabama. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Troy University Trojans.

	Capacity		30,000
	Opened		September 16th 1950
	Owner		Troy University
	Operator		Troy University
	Surface		AstroPlay
	Location		George C. Wallace Dr Troy, AL 36081
	Construction cost		$65,000 (Original)

Veterans Memorial Stadium (as it was known) opened in 1950. Originally dedicated to the TSTC students and Pike County residents who had died in World War II, the stadium solely consisted of a small, 5,000-seat grandstand on the west side of the running track, and was built into the natural slope of the ground. It was expanded several times, including the addition of upper deck in 1998 that brought capacity up to 17,500, before the most recent renovation was carried out for completion in 2003, the season which saw the Trojans make the move to Division I-A.

The old press box area, which had cut into the 1998 upper deck, was filled in and a larger press box and luxury box area was added behind the now completed upper deck. The track was removed and the field was lowered, and permanent seating was placed over the old berm area behind the south grandstand. The now-30,000 seat stadium is a flattened “U” shape, with the north end still open. The natural grass surface was replaced with AstroPlay synthetic grass. Construction costs were financed in part by the sale of naming rights to the video rental chain Movie Gallery.

The stadium hosted the annual Blue-Gray Football Classic for two seasons before the game was cancelled by the Lions Club of Montgomery, AL while they searched for a title sponsor. That search continues.

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