Carter-Finley Stadium

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Carter-Finley Stadium was opened in 1966 as home to the North Carolina State University Wolfpack football team, replacing the obsolete on-campus venue known as Riddick Stadium. Carter-Finely was originally named Carter Stadium in honor of NC State graduates Harry C. & Wilbert J. "Nick" Carter, major contributors to the original building of the stadium. The name of Albert E. Finley, another major contributor to the University, was added later. While located on University land, the stadium is a few miles to the west of the academic campus on Trinity Road just off of Hillsborough Street. The capacity is 57,583 seats for 2008. Carter-Finley Stadium has been sold out for eight straight years.

Prior to the 2001 season, the university began a program of modernization of Carter-Finley. The south endzone was enclosed with permanent seats, and the state-of-the-art Murphy Center (named for Wendell Murphy) was built. Following the 2004-2005 football season, Carter-Finley was again expanded with the completion of the Vaughn Towers, a complex of luxury boxes, club seats, and media facilities which opened for the 2005-2006 football season.

For the 2006 season, a new north end zone grandstand was added. 5,730 new chairback, bench and handicap-accessible seats, with another 1,630 permanent bleacher seats built underneath the video scoreboard make Carter-Finley a bowl and give it a capacity of 57,583 spectators. Additional upgrades to the stadium include a new north endzone plaza with concession stands and the addition of two video screens in each corner of the south endzone. Carter-Finley Stadium has the smallest clearance between the stands and the sidelines of any stadium in the ACC.