Wake Forest Football Stadium Name

After saturday s game was postponed because of covid 19 positive tests on the irish football team the makeup date for notre dame s rescheduled matchup against wake forest will be dec.

Wake forest football stadium name. Truist field at wake forest is a football stadium in winston salem north carolina the stadium is just west of gene hooks field at wake forest baseball park home of the wake forest baseball team. The deacons don t have a new stadium. Originally built in 1968 wake forest s truist field is the home of the demon deacon football team. Wake forest s home stadium has changed its name from bb t field to truist field at wake forest.

Formerly known as bb t field the name change came in july 2020 as a result of the merger between suntrust and bb t to form truist. With a capacity of 31 500 truist field offers an intimate setting with fans right on top of the action. They ll still play in the same place they have since 1968. Groves stadium currently known as trentini stadium is a stadium in wake forest north carolina united states it hosted the wake forest university demon deacons football team until the school moved to winston salem north carolina and bowman gray stadium since then the stadium has hosted the homes games of wake forest high school the stadium held 20 000 people at its peak and was opened in.

Wake forest s football stadium has its new name something that had been in the works for the past year since the merger of bb t and suntrust banks. Wake forest will be host for the first time for espn s college gameday program from 9 a m. Since 2007 the wake forest football stadium has gone by the name bb t field. 12 the acc.

Until noon at truist field though fans will not be allowed to attend. It is primarily used for american football and is the home field of the wake forest university demon deacons the stadium opened in 1968 and holds 31 500 people. Eventually the company s name was changed to truist.