[citation needed] That distinction now belongs to Kidd Brewer Stadium of Appalachian State University, at 3,333 feet (1,016 m).

[2] It took a total of four years to complete construction, but its first game was played in 1965, when VT beat William & Mary 9–7.

It seated 35,050 and featured a press box for guests, writers, stats crew-members, scouts, and coaches.

The stadium is named after Edward Hudson Lane (1891–1973), a VPI graduate and a 1960s member of the Board of Visitors.

Like many stadiums built at the time, it consisted of two bowed sideline grandstands with free-standing bleachers behind the end zones.

Two years later, the Stadium installed a brand-new lighting system that would help the team get its first nationally broadcast game on WTBS, a 21–14 win over their state rivals, the Virginia Cavaliers.

Renovations also included replacing concrete risers and the addition of wheelchair seating decreasing capacity to 50,000.

Also, before the 1994 season, plaques bearing retired numbers of Tech heroes Bruce Smith, Carroll Dale, Jim Pyne, and Frank Loria were added to the wall in the north end zone.

However, with the later addition of the north end zone seats, the four retired numbers now fly on flag poles above those stands.

The summer of 2001 saw the latest round of additions to north end zone bleachers — 600 seats for The Marching Virginians.

A two tier grandstand featuring 11,000 seats, 15 luxury suites, and a new visitor's locker room was completed.

In an article in "The Roanoke Times" newspaper, it stated that Tech was not going to even think about renovating Lane Stadium again until about 2013, and it also stated that when Tech renovates Lane Stadium, the university will most likely tear down the student's section and replace it with new concrete bleachers and increase that area's capacity, and also add suites on top of it, and possibly connect the south side with the east and west sides.

During the 2018 season, Virginia Tech unveiled a commissioned statue of former head coach Frank Beamer in front of Lane Stadium's main entrance.