About Wallace Wade Stadium
Wallace Wade Stadium is a College Football stadium in Durham, North Carolina. It opened in 1929. It was designed by Horace Trumbauer. It seats 33,941. Its current tenant is Duke Blue Devils (College Football), since 1929. By capacity it ranks 90th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 48th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 39th longest single tenancy (97 years) of the 100 longest on record. It has also been known as Duke Stadium (1929–1966).
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Venue Information
Address
Architect
Operator
Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.
Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Duke Blue Devils While based here: 98 seasons · 498-518-27 regular season · 18 postseason trips · 2026 in progress
College Football · 1929–present
ACC 1953–2026 · Southern 1929–1952 · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1929–present |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Wallace Wade Stadium?
The capacity of Wallace Wade Stadium is 33,941.
When was Wallace Wade Stadium built?
Wallace Wade Stadium opened in 1929.
Who designed Wallace Wade Stadium?
Wallace Wade Stadium was designed by Horace Trumbauer.
Who operates Wallace Wade Stadium?
Wallace Wade Stadium is operated by Duke University.
Who plays at Wallace Wade Stadium?
Wallace Wade Stadium is the home venue of Duke Blue Devils.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 27 m of this point), Architect and operator.
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
Historical Names
Wallace Wade Stadium
1967 - Present
CurrentDuke Stadium
1929 - 1966
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium | 1975– | 2.9 mi |
| Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium | 1972– | 8.4 mi |
| Chris Smith Field at Kenan Stadium | 1927– | 8.5 mi |
| Lenovo Center | 1999– | 18 mi |
| Carter–Finley Stadium | 1966– | 18 mi |
| Riddick Stadium | 1907–2005 | 21 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.