Alumni Stadium has hosted numerous intellectual and cultural luminaries, religious leaders and heads of state as the venue for Boston College's annual Commencement Exercises since 1957.

[6] The stadium was rebuilt again in 1988, adding near-identical upper decks on each sideline as well as a new press box, built into the new Conte Forum.

The track was eliminated, and the entire lower bowl was removed, leaving only the two sideline upper decks intact, which are structurally a part of Conte Forum and the Beacon Street parking garage.

A new rectangular lower bowl was installed, fully enclosing the stadium for the first time and bringing seats closer to the sidelines.

Since 1998, a 65-foot (20 m)-high bubble of inflatable vinyl has covered the stadium from December to March and allowed the field to be used as a winter practice facility.

In the summer before the 2005 football season, the $27 million Yawkey Athletics Center opened at Alumni Stadium's north end zone, and the logo of the Atlantic Coast Conference was added to the FieldTurf.