Wake Forest Football Stadium Name

Wake forest will be host for the first time for espn s college gameday program from 9 a m.

Wake forest football stadium name.

In february of 2019 however bb t and suntrust banks merged. Wake forest s home stadium has changed its name from bb t field to truist field at wake forest. Since 2007 the wake forest football stadium has gone by the name bb t field. Eventually the company s name was changed to truist.

12 the acc. At that point in time wake forest s only win in football against trinity came in 1889 in the first ever meeting between the two schools when mayor parker wasn t even alive so wake forest may. 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. 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.

The deacons don t have a new stadium. With a capacity of 31 500 truist field offers an intimate setting with fans right on top of the action. 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. Until noon at truist field though fans will not be allowed to attend.

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. 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. They ll still play in the same place they have since 1968.