Ernest W. Spangler Stadium

The ground where Gardner-Webb University plays its football is defined by its Big South Championships in 2022 and 2023 . The stadium has not been renamed and has always been known as Ernest W. Spangler Stadium.

The playing surface is artificial turf , which was installed in August 2014 . The current seating capacity is 8,500 . The highest specific attendance figure found in the records was 7,015 for a game against North Carolina A&T on September 2, 2017 .

The stadium is the only ground in town for this level of competition. It sits in Boiling Springs, North Carolina , a place where the heat took the sting out of it during those championship runs. The original build date is often cited as 1966 , though it officially opened for operations in 1969 . The facility is owned and operated by Gardner-Webb University .

There is an annual High School Football Jamboree that saw the game out every year. The away end never stopped during those events, even if the old head settled them down in the stands. The surface is artificial , not natural grass, which had nothing to do all evening for the teams trying to find their rhythm. The website for the facility is gwusports.com , though the text itself does not need to point to it.