Wallace Wade Stadium
American football stadium on Duke University campus in Durham, NC, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wallace Wade Stadium, in full Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, is a 40,004-seat outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States, located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Former names | Duke Stadium (1929–1967) |
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Location | Frank Bassett Drive Durham, North Carolina |
Coordinates | 35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W |
Owner | Duke University |
Operator | Duke University |
Capacity | 40,004 (2016–present)
Former capacity List
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Record attendance | 57,500 (November 19, 1949)[1] |
Surface | Latitude 36 Bermuda Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | December 1928 |
Opened | October 5, 1929; 94 years ago (October 5, 1929) |
Renovated | 2014–2017 |
Expanded | 2016 |
Construction cost | $4 million ($71 million in 2023[2]) |
Architect | Horace Trumbauer[3] |
Tenants | |
Duke Blue Devils football (1929–present) Rose Bowl Game (1942) Pelican Bowl (1972) | |
Website | |
goduke.com/wallace-wade-stadium |
Opened 95 years ago in 1929,[4][5] it was the first facility in Duke's new West Campus. Originally Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for former head coach Wallace Wade. The playing surface was renamed Brooks Field at the beginning of the 2015 season after the removal of the track and lowering of the field-level seats.