Alumni Stadium (BJU)

{{other uses|Alumni Stadium (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox_Stadium

| stadium_name = Alumni Stadium

| nickname =

| image = AlumniStadium(BJU).JPG

| location = Greenville, South Carolina

| broke_ground =

| opened = 1968

| closed =

| demolished =

| owner = Bob Jones University

| operator = Bob Jones University

| surface = Grass, Athletic Track

| construction_cost =

| architect =

| former_names =

| tenants = Bob Jones University (Intramural)

| seating_capacity = 4,000

}}

Alumni Stadium is the athletics stadium at Bob Jones University, a Protestant fundamentalist university in Greenville, South Carolina. The stadium, completed in 1968, was a gift of the BJU Alumni Association and seats 4,000 in a single stand situated along the north sideline. Its bleachers are constructed of prestressed concrete beams with seats of anodized aluminum.Melton Wright, Fortress of Faith: The Story of Bob Jones University (Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1984), 409-10. In 1992, an outdoor concession area was included as part of the adjoining Fremont Fitness Center.Daniel L. Turner, Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 1997), 258.

The University abolished intercollegiate athletics in 1933.Turner, 40-41. Except for a few exhibition games, only intramural sports were played in the stadium until the 2012-13 school year when intercollegiate soccer was introduced.The BJU Bruins compete in Division I of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) in men's soccer, men's basketball, women's soccer, and women's basketball.{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/athletics/|title=BJU athletics|accessdate=24 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811011910/http://www.bju.edu/athletics/|archive-date=11 August 2012|url-status=dead}} The stadium continues to be used for intramural athletics and occasionally for other non-athletic events.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/campus-map/alumni-stadium/ |title=BJU website |access-date=2012-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020142620/http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/campus-map/alumni-stadium/ |archive-date=2012-10-20 |url-status=dead }}