Wallace Wade Stadium

Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
Panoramic view from west in 2018
Durham is located in North Carolina
Durham
Durham
Location in North Carolina
Durham is located in the United States
Durham
Durham
Location in the United States
Former namesDuke Stadium (1929–1967)
LocationFrank Bassett Drive
Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates35°59′43″N 78°56′30″W / 35.99528°N 78.94167°W / 35.99528; -78.94167
OwnerDuke University
OperatorDuke University
Capacity35,018 (2024–present)

Former capacity

List
    • 40,004 (2016-2023)
    • 33,941 (1982–2015)
    • 40,078 (1978–1981)
    • 44,000 (1942–1977)
    • 35,000 (1929–1941)
Record attendance57,500
(November 19, 1949)[1]
SurfaceLatitude 36 Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke groundDecember 1928
OpenedOctober 5, 1929; 95 years ago (October 5, 1929)
Renovated2014–2017
Expanded2016
Construction cost$4 million
($71 million in 2023[2])
ArchitectHorace Trumbauer[3]
Tenants
Duke Blue Devils football (1929–present)
Rose Bowl Game (1942)
Pelican Bowl (1972)
Website
goduke.com/wallace-wade-stadium

Wallace Wade Stadium, in full Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, is a 35,018-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.

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.

  1. ^ "History" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  2. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Inventory of the Horace Trumbauer Architectural Drawings Collection, 1924 – 1958". Duke University. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Panthers help Duke U. inaugurate new gridiron stadium at Durham". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. October 5, 1929. p. 18.
  5. ^ Hannum, Max E. (October 6, 1929). "Pitt swamps Duke, 52–7". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.