Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem

Name: Bowman Gray Stadium
Address: 1250 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, 27107-1370, United States
Telephone: +1 336-725-5635

#7 among attractions in Winston-Salem

Sport venue, Sport, Football, Racetrack

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Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1⁄4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team. It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium opened in 1968. Bowman Gray Stadium was a popular venue for high school football in the 1970s and 1980s. Parkland and R.J. Reynolds High Schools shared Bowman Gray Stadium as their home field for high school football until the two schools built their own facility in 1994. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1937 (87 years ago)Capacity: 17 thous.Coordinates: 36°4'57"N, 80°13'19"W

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1250 S Martin Luther King Jr DrWinston-Salem 27107-1370 United States

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+1 336-725-5635

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Bowman Gray Stadium – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Single Brothers' House, Home Moravian Church, Salem Tavern, Old Salem.

1.2 miW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Single Brothers' House, Winston-Salem
30 min walk • The Single Brothers' House was built to house the Single Brethren, the unmarried men, of the Moravian Congregation of Salem, now Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is part of Old Salem Museums & Gardens and open as an Old Salem tour building to visitors.
1.1 miW
Church, Neoclassical architecture
Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem
29 min walk • Home Moravian Church is a Moravian church located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The church was founded on November 13, 1771. Located in Old Salem, the church is visited by tourists and historians. It conducts weekly services.
1.1 miW
Museum
Salem Tavern, Winston-Salem
29 min walk • Salem Tavern is a historic museum property at 800 South Main Street in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was a tavern in the 18th-century town of Salem, which is now part of Winston-Salem.
1.2 miW
Museum
Old Salem, Winston-Salem
30 min walk • Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. This small city features a living history museum that interprets the restored Moravian community.
1.4 miNW
Museum
Kaleideum, Winston-Salem
35 min walk • Kaleideum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was created from the July 2016 merger of Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County. Currently, the museum operates two locations — Kaleideum Downtown and Kaleideum North.
1.5 miNW
City hall
Winston-Salem City Hall, Winston-Salem
38 min walk • Winston-Salem City Hall is a historic city hall located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was designed by the architectural firm Northup and O'Brien and built in 1926. It is a three-story, "U"-shaped Renaissance Revival building. It is a brick building with a first floor of rusticated stone.
1.4 miNW
Museum, Children's museum
Children's Museum of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem
35 min walk • Kaleideum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was created from the July 2016 merger of Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County. Currently, the museum operates two locations — Kaleideum Downtown and Kaleideum North.
1 miW
Church
St. Philips Moravian Church, Winston-Salem
27 min walk • St. Philips Moravian Church is the oldest surviving African American church building in North Carolina. The Moravian church was built in 1861 on the east side of South Church Street near Race Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. St Philips was enlarged in 1890 and remained in continuous use until 1952.
1.2 miW
36°5'10"N • 80°14'33"W
Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem
30 min walk • Museum, Historical place, History museum
1.1 miNW
Cemetery
Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem
29 min walk • The Salem Cemetery is located at 301 Cemetery St. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1 miSW
Universities and schools
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem
26 min walk • The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees.

Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem

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Bowman Gray Stadium – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)