Lynchburg, VA Sports Facilities for Events
Home of the Virginia 10 Miler and the Virginia Commonwealth Games, Lynchburg is a small city with a big heart, ready to welcome sports fans of all agesIntroduction
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
Located in the heart of Virginia along the James River and the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lynchburg is a quintessential Virginia city with a leafy veneer and big heart, ready to welcome athletes and fans of all ages. In our culturally-rich neighborhoods and picturesque, strollable city, you’ll discover a destination with a vital sense of its past and a growing contemporary energy. Whether it’s popping in to locally-owned eateries, taking a stroll on the Blackwater Creek Trail and Bluffwalk, visiting the Lynchburg Museum or one of our five colleges & universities, Lynchburg has amenities, activities and sports facilities for the entire family.
Team friendly lodging, dining and entertainment, coupled with city-owned facilities and state-of-the-art athletic venues make Lynchburg an ideal location for team sporting events and family recreation. Visit the Hill City AquaZoo where petting zoo meets aquarium and experience earth’s majestic wonders while interacting with the innumerable species with which we share this planet, or delve into the city’s haunted past exploring not only the history that shaped Lynchburg but also the otherworldly phenomena that continue to mystify residents and visitors alike with Lynchburg Ghost Tours.
Visitors can take a 20-minute drive to our west to visit nationally known attractions like the National D-Day Memorial and Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Bedford County or 30 minutes to our east to visit the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox.
Coming in the Spring/Summer of 2026 will be the opening of the Riverfront Park Amphitheatre and is slated to host special events, festivals, movies, and live performances. To learn more about Lynchburg, visit lynchburgvirginia.org.
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“The Ledgestone team is incredibly excited to continue to work with the City of Lynchburg. We are thrilled to bring two World class events to the region in 2026, as we will be hosting the first PDGA Major of the year and the closing DGPT Tour Championship in Lynchburg and Bedford County. Lynchburg was a great partner in helping us run the 2024 PDGA World Championships and we are ecstatic to continue that partnership into 2026 and beyond, with even bigger plans on the horizon. The Ledgestone team felt the hospitality in Lynchburg and felt the Virginia love on the ground!”
– Nate Heinold – Current President, Professional Disc Golf Association and Ledgestone Disc Golf
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PEAKS VIEW PARK, CITY OF LYNCHBURG
Sports Covered:Â Baseball, Softball, Disc Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Fishing, Football, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Mountain Biking, Rugby
The second largest park in Lynchburg, Peaks View Park offers both passive and active recreation for the entire family. The park has three lighted tennis courts, seven multi-purpose fields (soccer, football, softball and baseball), volleyball courts, a basketball court, mountain bike trails and a disc golf course. The park also has a popular sprayground and is ADA compliant.
LIBERTY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD COMPLEX
Sports Covered:Â Track, Field, Judo, Jujutsu, Ninja Challenge, Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling, Aquathon
Liberty University added a state-of-the-art indoor track facility to its impressive list of athletic complexes in January 2017. The 169,000-square-foot facility features a dynamic track, which is one of only a handful of tracks in the country to offer a six-lane, 20-meter hydraulically banked oval. The complex is 425 feet long by 300 feet wide and includes room for all six field events, with the weight throw, shot put and high jump pits located outside the track oval.
LYNCHBURG CITY STADIUM AND BANK OF THE JAMES STADIUM
Sports Covered:Â Football, Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, Rugby, Soccer
Originally constructed in 1939 as a complex for professional baseball teams, Bank of the James Stadium is home to minor league baseball team the Lynchburg Hillcats, a low-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The football side of the City Stadium Complex seats audiences of up to 9,000, two press boxes, video scoreboard, as well as artificial turf updated in 2024. The baseball side is the home of the Lynchburg Hillcats, affiliated with the Cleveland Guardians.
LIBERTY NATATORIUM
Sports Covered:Â Swimming and Diving
Opened in 2018, the 75,000-square-foot natatorium has become a prime venue for collegiate and competitive swimming and diving, standing out in the crowd as one of the few facilities in the nation with an Olympic-distance competition pool and separate 17-feet diving well. Connected to the Liberty Indoor Track Complex, the natatorium features a nine-lane, 50-meter pool with a moveable bulkhead. The complex shares a 6,554-square-foot weight room and a 2,400-square foot training room that includes a 1,000-square-foot hydro room with an underwater treadmill and two plunge pools.
DISC GOLF
Sports Covered:Â Disc Golf
Lynchburg is ranked the 2nd best disc golf destination in Virginia and has over 10 courses of varying difficulty throughout the area. Featured during the 2024 Professional Disc Golf Association Pro World Championships were the New London Tech and Ivy Hill courses.