An army of 18-wheelers has descended on Blacksburg this week as Lane Stadium undergoes conversion from football field to concert venue. “This process takes 4 days from before the show to load in ...

“You can watch football on TV,” Wurthman said. “Candidly it is probably a better viewing angle most of the time. But you can’t get Lane Stadium at home. You can’t recreate Enter Sandman ...

It’s been a long-standing tradition to have the football program take the field each weekend with the song playing, and the entire crowd signing along. “The show at Lane Stadium will mark the ...

Lane Stadium, still echoing from the ... hours to remove the concert flooring and restore the football field turf — one of the fastest stadium flips in school history. “We are ready for ...

The band, whose 1991 song “Enter Sandman” is used as a football anthem by the Virginia Tech Hokies, will perform at Lane Stadium May 7, 2025. The show will mark 25 years of “Enter Sandman ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- After decades of rocking Virginia Tech football fans through Lane Stadium's sound system, Metallica is visiting Blacksburg to shake the stadium for the first time — in person.

The inside of Lane Stadium looked nothing like what it does during football season. Eight towers with curved video boards weighing a combined 112.8 tons surrounded a massive circular stage.

There are many great entrances in college football, but few are as electric ... video board in 2000 became an iconic tradition at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. Eventually, fans started ...

22, 1994: Lane Stadium’s status as a leading college football destination can be traced ... people trash you a bit on TV,” Beamer said. Sept. 18, 2004: The wait for Metallica paled to the ...