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style="background-color:#ccc">Tenants</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">VPI Gobblers football</a>, high schools</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Victory Stadium</b> was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> stadium located in <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke, Virginia</a>. It opened in 1942 and was demolished in 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history_(1942-71)"><span id="Early_history_.281942-71.29"></span>Early history (1942-71)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history (1942-71)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Victory Stadium was built on land donated to the city of Roanoke by the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk & Western Railway</a>. Construction began in May 1941. The stadium was completed in time for the 1942 football season, at a cost of $315,000 ($6.7 million in 2024 dollars).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility had an official capacity of 24,540, making it the largest football stadium in the state of Virginia at the time of its opening.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The stadium featured two identical concrete and steel grandstands with wooden bleachers, built parallel to the east and west sidelines of the field. Each grandstand had an external façade trimmed in red brick. At times, the stadium also had small sets of bleachers behind the north and south end zones, but these were not permanent. While it did not have a press box initially, one was eventually constructed at the top of the west grandstand. </p><p>Roanoke celebrated the opening of the stadium on Labor Day, September 7, 1942. The inaugural event, a War Bond rally featuring actress <a href="/wiki/Greer_Garson" title="Greer Garson">Greer Garson</a>, drew a crowd of "over 6,000," less than one-quarter capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The facility was initially referred to as "Roanoke Municipal Stadium" but on October 26, 1942, the Roanoke City Council resolved "that the stadium be known as Victory Stadium until victory in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> is achieved."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the name was not intended to be permanent, it remained unchanged until the stadium was demolished in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_school_football">High school football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: High school football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first football game at the stadium, on Saturday, September 12, 1942, featured Roanoke's <a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_High_School" title="William Fleming High School">William Fleming High School</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_High_School_(Roanoke,_Virginia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jefferson High School (Roanoke, Virginia) (page does not exist)">Jefferson High School</a>. Jefferson won the game in a rout, 33-0, before a crowd estimated at 5,000-6,000 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout its existence, Victory Stadium functioned as a shared public school stadium for the high schools in Roanoke's city school system. In addition to Jefferson and William Fleming, these included <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Addison_High_School" title="Lucy Addison High School">Lucy Addison High School</a>, built for the city's African American minority, and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry_High_School_(Roanoke,_Virginia)" title="Patrick Henry High School (Roanoke, Virginia)">Patrick Henry High School</a>, opened in 1961. William Fleming and Patrick Henry were the stadium's only regular tenants from the early 1970s onward, after Jefferson closed and Lucy Addison became a middle school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_football">College football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: College football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first college football game at the stadium, on Saturday, September 19, 1942, matched <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a> (then branded as VPI, after its official name, Virginia Polytechnic Institute) against <a href="/wiki/Catawba_Indians_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Catawba Indians football">Catawba College</a> of North Carolina. Tech won 28-14, before just 3,000 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the small opening-day crowd, over the next quarter-century Virginia Tech typically played two or three home games per year in Roanoke, motivated by the prospect of drawing larger crowds there than on its campus in Blacksburg. The replacement of Tech's 17,000-seat <a href="/wiki/Miles_Stadium" title="Miles Stadium">Miles Stadium</a> with much-larger <a href="/wiki/Lane_Stadium" title="Lane Stadium">Lane Stadium</a>, opened in 1965 with an initial capacity of 35,000, brought the demise of college football at Victory Stadium. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Military_Classic_of_the_South"><i>The Military Classic of the South</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Military Classic of the South"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/VMI%E2%80%93Virginia_Tech_football_rivalry" title="VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry">VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry</a></div> <p>From its opening season in 1942 through 1971, Victory Stadium hosted the rivalry game between <a href="/wiki/VMI_Keydets_football" title="VMI Keydets football">Virginia Military Institute</a> (VMI) and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a>. The game was held on <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day</a> from 1942 through 1969, then on the last Saturday of the football season in 1970 and 1971. </p><p>The game was called "The Military Classic of the South" because Virginia Tech had mandatory <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserve Officer Training Corps">ROTC</a> for its male student body until 1964. (Today, Virginia Tech and <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M</a> are the only major public universities still designated as <a href="/wiki/United_States_senior_military_college" title="United States senior military college">senior military colleges</a>, because of their corps of cadets and large ROTC programs). Virginia Tech introduced its famous game cannon, <a href="/wiki/Skipper_(cannon)" title="Skipper (cannon)">Skipper</a>, at the stadium in 1963. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shrine_Bowl"><i>Shrine Bowl</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Shrine Bowl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1953 to 1970, Victory Stadium hosted an annual game sponsored by the local Kazim Temple for the benefit of Shriners' hospitals. After the first two games pitted VMI against <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_football" title="William & Mary Tribe football">William & Mary</a>, the 1955 contest matched VMI and <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington</a>. The rest of the series featured collegiate freshman teams, first <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_football" title="North Carolina Tar Heels football">North Carolina</a> in 1956, then Virginia Tech and VMI from 1957 through 1970. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Harvest_Bowl"><i>Harvest Bowl</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Harvest Bowl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Harvest_Bowl" title="Harvest Bowl">Harvest Bowl</a></div> <p>From 1958 to 1969, Victory Stadium also hosted an annual regular-season college game known as the <a href="/wiki/Harvest_Bowl" title="Harvest Bowl">Harvest Bowl</a>. Nine of the twelve games featured Virginia Tech. The 1958 Harvest Bowl, matching Tech against <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_football" title="William & Mary Tribe football">William & Mary</a>, drew 24,836 fans, the stadium's largest recorded football crowd.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_league_professional_football">Minor league professional football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Minor league professional football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For three seasons (1969 through 1971), Victory Stadium was home to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roanoke_Buckskins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roanoke Buckskins (page does not exist)">Roanoke Buckskins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Football_League" title="Atlantic Coast Football League">Atlantic Coast Football League</a>. The Buckskins were affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_(1971–2006)"><span id="Later_years_.281971.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Later years (1971–2006)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Later years (1971–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="T._C._Williams_High_School—Remember_the_Titans"><span id="T._C._Williams_High_School.E2.80.94Remember_the_Titans"></span>T. C. Williams High School—<i>Remember the Titans</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: T. C. Williams High School—Remember the Titans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1971, Victory Stadium hosted the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_High_School_League" title="Virginia High School League">Virginia High School League</a> Group AAA state football championship in which <a href="/wiki/T._C._Williams_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="T. C. Williams High School">T. C. Williams High School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lewis_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Lewis High School">Andrew Lewis High School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Virginia" title="Salem, Virginia">Salem, Virginia</a>. T.C. Williams' 1971 season was depicted in the 2000 film <a href="/wiki/Remember_the_Titans" title="Remember the Titans">Remember the Titans</a>, but with Andrew Lewis replaced in the championship game by <a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall_High_School" title="George C. Marshall High School">Marshall High School</a>, which T. C. Williams had defeated weeks earlier, in its closest game of the season. In sharp contrast to the Hollywood version of the game (contested at night in "Roanoke Stadium," with an underdog T. C. Williams coming from behind to win on the last play), the actual game at Victory Stadium took place on a sunny afternoon and T. C. Williams was the heavy favorite, beating Andrew Lewis in a rout, 27-0.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_highlights">Other highlights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1973, Patrick Henry went on to win the Group AAA state football championship after defeating T. C. Williams, 9-0, at Victory Stadium in a semifinal match.</li> <li>Jim Crockett Promotions occasionally promoted professional wrestling matches at Victory Stadium, including a July 10, 1976 card pitting <a href="/wiki/Gene_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Gene Anderson (wrestler)">Gene Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ole_Anderson" title="Ole Anderson">Ole Anderson</a> against <a href="/wiki/Dino_Bravo" title="Dino Bravo">Dino Bravo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Woods" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Woods">Tim Woods</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_County_Speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Franklin County Speedway (page does not exist)">Franklin County Speedway</a> owner Donald "Whitey" Taylor staged several stock car races in the stadium in 1991 and 1992; stock car races had also been run during the 1950s and 1960s.</li> <li>In 1996, Victory Stadium hosted the Group AA, Division 4 state football championship in which <a href="/wiki/Salem_High_School_(Salem,_Virginia)" title="Salem High School (Salem, Virginia)">Salem High School</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Sherando_High_School" title="Sherando High School">Sherando High School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stephens_City,_Virginia" title="Stephens City, Virginia">Stephens City, Virginia</a> 20-12.</li> <li>On April 18, 1998, a <a href="/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band" title="Dave Matthews Band">Dave Matthews Band</a> concert was held at the stadium, attracting 30,000 fans, the largest crowd in Victory Stadium's history.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2004, William Fleming defeated <a href="/wiki/Magna_Vista_High_School_(Virginia)" title="Magna Vista High School (Virginia)">Magna Vista High School</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ridgeway,_Virginia" title="Ridgeway, Virginia">Ridgeway</a> 13-8 in a Group AA, Division 4 state football semi-final at Victory Stadium en route to a state runner-up season.</li> <li>From 2000 through 2005, college football returned to the stadium in the form of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Virginia_Education_Classic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Western Virginia Education Classic (page does not exist)">Western Virginia Education Classic</a>, a game matching two <a href="/wiki/Historically_Black_Colleges_and_Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Historically Black Colleges and Universities">HBCUs</a>, with proceeds going to Total Action Against Poverty, a local charity. In the final edition of the classic, on October 29, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_College_(Virginia)" title="Saint Paul's College (Virginia)">St. Paul's</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Shaw_University" title="Shaw University">Shaw</a>, 21-14, with just 2,197 fans in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the last college football game played at the stadium.</li></ul> <p>Victory Stadium's location next to the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_River" title="Roanoke River">Roanoke River</a> resulted in the field being flooded several times. The last serious flood occurred in the fall of 2004 and forced many high school football games that season to be moved to other locations. Concerns about the stadium's structural integrity caused engineers to close off upper levels to fans in 2005. Long before that, the original press box at the top of the west stands was abandoned and another one built farther down the stands, at roughly the same height and distance from the field as at a typical high school stadium. After the 2005 football season, with the stadium's fate still undecided, the 2006 home games of William Fleming and Patrick Henry high schools were rescheduled to other high schools in the Roanoke area. </p> <ul><li>William Fleming had the distinction of playing in the first and last football games at Victory Stadium. In the final contest, played on November 11, 2005, William Fleming defeated <a href="/wiki/Alleghany_High_School_(Covington,_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alleghany High School (Covington, Virginia)">Alleghany High School</a>, 47-6.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racial_controversy">Racial controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Racial controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, the Victory Stadium played a role in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> scheduled a pre-season game at the stadium. Both teams were integrated. However, the Victory Stadium was still segregated, with different sections for blacks and whites to sit. The <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> sued Roanoke. In response to the city digging in its heels and insisting the segregation laws be followed, the NAACP asked the black players to boycott the game, and team members said they would not cross the picket line. "Team representatives huddled with Roanoke officials and apparently came to what would be a classic Roanoke solution: Look the other way and avoid confrontation." Civil Rights activists bought tickets in the white section, and simply showed up and claimed their seats. Although the Roanoke Fire Department showed up with fire hoses and the Virginia National Guard was called out, there were no confrontations, and the Steelers won the game 24-20. "The <i>Pittsburgh Courier</i> declared that the Steelers had 'held <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Crow">Jim Crow</a> for downs'."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadium_controversy">Stadium controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stadium controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The future of Victory Stadium was on the city of Roanoke's agenda from the early 1990s until 2006. Some residents favored the stadium's replacement with another facility or facilities to provide home football fields for the city's high schools and to provide a venue for outdoor concerts and events.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Those favoring its replacement claimed that the stadium was at the end of its useful life. They argued it was far too large for high school football games (which rarely drew more than a few thousand spectators after the early 1970s) and ill-suited for concerts. The site had few parking spaces and was vulnerable to flooding, which necessitated costly clean-ups and repairs. Proponents of the stadium's renovation cited the stadium's contributions to the city's history. They also argued that a venue of Victory Stadium's capacity was a relatively rare asset for a city the size of Roanoke, which does not have a major university, and could regularly have drawn large events, such as the <a href="/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band" title="Dave Matthews Band">Dave Matthews Band</a>, with aggressive and creative marketing. Other alternative events suggested were hosting a biannual football game between VMI and <a href="/wiki/The_Citadel_(military_college)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Citadel (military college)">The Citadel</a> and hosting <a href="/wiki/Gravity_Games" title="Gravity Games">gravity games</a> Some also alleged that the city wanted to transfer the property to <a href="/wiki/Carilion_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Carilion Health System">Carilion</a>, a Roanoke-based company which operates nearby <a href="/wiki/Carilion_Roanoke_Memorial_Hospital" title="Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital">Roanoke Memorial Hospital</a> and is also establishing a biomedical institute and small medical school in the area. Both sides promoted their alternative as being more cost effective.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The matter was controversial in part because debate about the stadium often widened in broader disagreement about economic growth or the lack thereof, the preservation of historic structures, and the resistance to or acceptance of change in general. A generational divide between older Roanokers who remembered when the stadium was filled on a regular basis and younger ones whose experience was only with occasional large crowds for special events and small crowds for high school football games provided another dimension to the disagreement. In the early 2000s, Roanoke's <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">city manager</a> Darlene Burcham supported a proposal to build a hybrid stadium near the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Roanoke Civic Center">Roanoke Civic Center</a> which would have served both as a football stadium and a concert venue. Ground was broken before supporters of Victory Stadium's renovation persuaded Roanoke's city council to halt the project. Momentum appeared to shift towards a renovation until the 2004 flood resulted in an increase in support for replacement. In 2005, a proposal emerged to build small stadiums on the campuses of the two high schools. Whether or where an amphitheatre for concerts would be constructed was not specifically addressed. 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A slate of three Democrats, running on an independent ticket dubbed "For the City" against the nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties, won seats on Roanoke's city council in the 2006 election. This slate supported the two stadiums proposal, which also had the support of Roanoke's mayor <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Harris" title="Nelson Harris">Nelson Harris</a>. Supporters of Victory Stadium's renovation pointed out that the other candidates for council received more votes in total. </p><p>The election rapidly set in motion the process of demolishing the stadium even before the "For the City" slate, which included two non-incumbents, was sworn in on July 1. On May 15, 2006, Roanoke's city council voted 5-2 to begin the search for a firm to demolish Victory Stadium. </p><p>In late May, the city accepted a low bid of $486,714, well within the city's $1.2 million budget allocation, from S.B. Cox, Inc., of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> to tear down the stadium. On May 31, 2006, a citizen's group opposed to the stadium's demolition dropped its lawsuit against the city. The basis for the suit had been that the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk and Western Railroad">Norfolk and Western Railroad</a> stipulated in its deed transferring the land to the city that a stadium be built and maintained on the site. <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a> released the city from this requirement. However, a separate lawsuit by one other citizen remained pending. Nonetheless, demolition began on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 7:30 am. Heavy rains resulted in minor flooding at the site on June 27. Demolition of the stadium was completed on July 5. </p><p>Several thousand bricks were saved from the stadium's facades. The remaining debris was transported to a landfill, except for the steel <a href="/wiki/Rebar" title="Rebar">rebar</a> which was recycled. The city made the bricks available on July 8 and 13. The distribution on July 8 was limited to city residents who drove to the distribution center near the stadium. Each car could take up to four bricks; pedestrians were not allowed in the line. Traffic backed up about one mile from the distribution center. The remaining bricks were distributed on July 13. City residents again received first preference, but non-residents were allowed in the line. After the experience of July 8, the distribution process was much smoother on July 13. However, that night, some persons broke into the demolition site and removed other bricks that had not been designated for the distribution. Within a few days, at least one brick was placed for sale on <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>; bricks have also been sold on <a href="/wiki/Craigslist" title="Craigslist">Craigslist</a> and at yard sales. Many Roanokers have had their bricks engraved to commemorate the stadium. Some bricks have also been set aside for a stadium memorial. </p><p>The site of Victory Stadium now has several athletic fields, which has added fields to those at the nearby River's Edge sports complex. However, the city council voted in June 2007 to build an amphitheatre on the site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Replacement_stadiums">Replacement stadiums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victory_Stadium&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Replacement stadiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Victory_Stadium" title="Special:EditPage/Victory Stadium">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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The field was dedicated to former coach Merrill Gainer, who led the team to its 1973 state championship. Both Patrick Henry and William Fleming used Patriot Stadium as their home field for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Ticket sales at Patriot Stadium are limited to 3,000 as a concession to neighbors' concerns about traffic. 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href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_seasons" title="List of Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons"><span style="color:white">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1892_VAMC_football_team" title="1892 VAMC football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_VAMC_football_team" title="1893 VAMC football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_VAMC_football_team" title="1894 VAMC football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_VAMC_football_team" title="1895 VAMC football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_VPI_football_team" title="1896 VPI football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_VPI_football_team" title="1897 VPI football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_VPI_football_team" title="1898 VPI football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_VPI_football_team" title="1899 VPI football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_VPI_football_team" title="1900 VPI football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_VPI_football_team" title="1901 VPI football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_VPI_football_team" title="1902 VPI football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_VPI_football_team" title="1903 VPI football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_VPI_football_team" title="1904 VPI football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_VPI_football_team" title="1905 VPI football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_VPI_football_team" title="1906 VPI football team">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_VPI_football_team" title="1907 VPI football team">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_VPI_football_team" title="1908 VPI football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_VPI_football_team" title="1909 VPI football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_VPI_football_team" title="1910 VPI football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_VPI_football_team" title="1911 VPI football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1912 VPI Gobblers football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1913 VPI Gobblers football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1914 VPI Gobblers football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1915 VPI Gobblers football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1916 VPI Gobblers football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1917 VPI Gobblers football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1918 VPI Gobblers football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1919 VPI Gobblers football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1920 VPI Gobblers football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1921 VPI Gobblers football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1922 VPI Gobblers football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1923 VPI Gobblers football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1924 VPI Gobblers football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1925 VPI Gobblers football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1926 VPI Gobblers football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1927 VPI Gobblers football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1928 VPI Gobblers football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1929 VPI Gobblers football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1930 VPI Gobblers football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1931 VPI Gobblers football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1932 VPI Gobblers football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1933 VPI Gobblers football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1934 VPI Gobblers football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1935 VPI Gobblers football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1936 VPI Gobblers football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1937 VPI Gobblers football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1938 VPI Gobblers football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1939 VPI Gobblers football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1940 VPI Gobblers football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1941 VPI Gobblers football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1942 VPI Gobblers football team">1942</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1943–1944</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1945 VPI Gobblers football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1946 VPI Gobblers football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1947 VPI Gobblers football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1948 VPI Gobblers football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1949 VPI Gobblers football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1950 VPI Gobblers football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1951 VPI Gobblers football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1952 VPI Gobblers football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1953 VPI Gobblers football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1954 VPI Gobblers football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1955 VPI Gobblers football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1956 VPI Gobblers football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1957 VPI Gobblers football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_VPI_Gobblers_football_team" title="1958 VPI Gobblers football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1960 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1961 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1962 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1963 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1964 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1965 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1966 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1967 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1968 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1969 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1970 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1971 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1972 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1973 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1974 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1975 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1976 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1977 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1978 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1979 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Virginia_Tech_Gobblers_football_team" title="1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1981 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1982 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1984 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1985 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1986 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1987 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1988 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1989 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1990</a></li> 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href="/wiki/1999_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2001 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2004 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2005 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football_team" title="2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team">2006</a></li> <li><a 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