Photo Gallery: Livingstone College gets started on football stadium renovations
Published 5:44 pm Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post – Livingstone College Chief Operationg Officer Anthony Davis.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Livingstone College officials and dignitaries breaking ground on the project with Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier at the center. Also pictured: Lamonte-Massie Sampson, Justin Davis, Al Heggins, Jimmy Jenkins, State Alexander, Greg Edds, Sean Gilbert Bruce Stanback and Anthony Davis.
Carl Blankenship/ Salisbury Post – Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier speaks at the groundbreaking Tuesday at Livingstone. Lanier's HBCU Field of Dreams program is making major upgrades possible at a number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities like Livingstone.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post – Livingstone President Jimmy Jenkins addressing the crowd in front of the ground breaking shovels.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post – The old field surface has already been removed. The new field will be moved closer to the home side of the stadium and be rendered in Livingstone blue turf.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post – Livingstone National Alumni Association President Bruce Stanback.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Salisbury Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins speaking at the event.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post – Livingstone Athletic Director Lamonte Massie-Sampson.
Livingstone College welcomed Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier for a ground breaking ceremony for the college’s new stadium on Tuesday.
The upgrades to the stadium, including a new turf field, track, video board and other amenities, is being made possible by Lanier’s HBCU Fields of Dreams Program. The ceremony featured speakers and prayers before ground-breaking event.
About Carl Blankenship
Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.
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