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Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium. Saturday, October 17, Time TBA.
2 travellers, 2 nights, Fri, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 18.
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North Carolina at Duke
Saturday Time TBA, Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium.
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Family-run sports bar since 1978; a mixed crowd of locals and fans.
Durham sports bar with 17 large TVs, wings, burgers and sandwiches, draft beer and live music. It shows Duke games through the season.
Mon-Thu 3 PM-midnight, Fri 2 PM-1 AM, Sat noon-1 AM, Sun noon-midnight. Call (919) 682-0228.
Sports pub crowd; named the Triangle's best sports bar in 2024.
Irish pub at the Five Points corner with 20 rotating taps, pub classics plus Indian street food, and a big heated patio with games. Shows football, basketball, soccer and hockey.
Mon-Tue 2-11 PM, Wed 2 PM-midnight, Thu-Sat 11 AM-2 AM, Sun 11 AM-10 PM. All ages until 8 PM, then 21 and over.
RDU Raleigh-Durham International. It is about 20 minutes by car to Duke and about 14 miles, 20 minutes, to downtown Durham. Rideshare, taxis, rental cars, hotel shuttles and GoTriangle buses all serve the airport.
Courtesy shuttle from the Yellow Zone, about 20 minutes from GC and H lots, Yearby Avenue. Courtesy shuttle; the lots are free Duke Chapel, then a five-minute walk to the stadium. Park and walk, Pink Zone, about 6 minutes from Jogging Trail Lot. Free Stadium gates. Park and walk, Purple Zone, about 8 minutes from Chemistry Lot, Circuit lots or Research Drive Garage. Free Stadium gates (8 minutes from Chemistry, 12 to 14 from Circuit, 19 from Research Drive Garage). Park and walk, Green Zone, about 12 minutes from Duke University Road lots. Free Stadium gates. Rideshare or taxi, about 15 minutes from Anywhere in Durham. Science Drive Visitors Lot off Science Drive.
Campus traffic checkpoints and the Towerview Road closure stay in place until one hour after the game. The courtesy shuttle to the GC and H lots runs until one hour postgame, with the queue at Duke Chapel. Rideshare cars stage in the Science Drive Visitors Lot from the start of the fourth quarter.
Rideshare and taxis use the Science Drive Visitors Lot off Science Drive, reached from NC 751/Cameron Boulevard. It is a 20-minute drop-off and pickup zone with no parking. After the game, drivers stage inside the same lot from the start of the fourth quarter. No staging on Science Drive or at campus bus stops.
Don't bring a backpack: bags must be clear and no larger than 12 x 12 x 6 inches. Don't count on cash: the stadium and the general public lots take cards and mobile pay only.
For Saturday games, the Jogging Trail and Chemistry lots open at 7 AM, the Duke University Road lots open five hours before kickoff, and the Circuit lots and Research Drive Garage open three hours before. Iron Duke lots open at 6 AM. For weeknight games, lots open at 5 PM. Stadium gates open 90 minutes before kickoff. Devils Gate in the heart of Duke's campus is the main pregame area, with tailgating, music, food and games before every home game. Rentable packages include 10x10 or 20x20 tents, tables, chairs, coolers with ice and a premium parking pass.
Duke campus: 10 min by Walk across campus. Washington Duke Inn, at 3001 Cameron Boulevard, sits on Duke's campus next to the golf course and has the Bull Durham Bar. The JB Duke Hotel is also on campus. Ninth Street and the Duke Medical Center area: 10 min by Short drive or rideshare. The Hilton Garden Inn sits one block from Ninth Street; the AC Hotel and the Lodge at Duke Medical Center are by Duke Hospital. Ninth Street has casual bars and late food.
The stadium sits on Duke's West Campus, so there is no bar strip at the gates. Ninth Street, by East Campus, has Dain's Place, Hunky Dory and late-night Cosmic Cantina. Downtown Durham, about a mile from campus, has Bull McCabe's, Devine's and Tobacco Road Sports Cafe.
Guided, hour-long tours of Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke's 9,314-seat basketball arena next door to the football stadium, for up to 20 guests. Book at least 48 hours ahead at goduke.com/Tours. Tours meet inside the Duke Basketball Museum.
Self-guided visits to the Duke Basketball Museum and Rubenstein Pavilion, with trophies, memorabilia and touch-screen exhibits. Visitor parking at the Science Drive Garage and Science Drive Visitors Lot is $2 an hour.
The Johnson Family Team Store on Tribull Plaza, outside the Bostock Gate, opens at 9 AM for noon kickoffs and 10 AM for other weekend games, until kickoff. For weeknight games it is open 10 AM to 4 PM.
Two nights for a Saturday game: arrive Friday, game Saturday, home Sunday. The Clemson game on Friday, November 20 kicks off at 7:30 PM, so arrive Thursday or Friday morning.
Finding rooms for your dates
Stay in the city and ride in for the game.
Where visiting fans stay
Duke campus
10 min by Walk across campus. Washington Duke Inn, at 3001 Cameron Boulevard, sits on Duke's campus next to the golf course and has the Bull Durham Bar. The JB Duke Hotel is also on campus.
Ninth Street and the Duke Medical Center area
10 min by Short drive or rideshare. The Hilton Garden Inn sits one block from Ninth Street; the AC Hotel and the Lodge at Duke Medical Center are by Duke Hospital. Ninth Street has casual bars and late food.
Hotels in Ninth Street and the Duke Medical Center area on Expedia
Downtown Durham
10 to 15 min by Drive or rideshare. About a mile from campus, with converted tobacco warehouses, rooftop bars, the American Tobacco Campus and most of the city's nightlife.
North Carolina
2-1
Duke
4-0
Duke has won 5 of its last 5.
North Carolina has won 2 of its last 5.
ESPN's model gives Duke a 72 percent chance at home.
North Carolina
Duke
Win chances come from ESPN's model.
Gates, bags, payment and access at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Entry opens 90 minutes before kickoff, including Blue Devil Tower. Fireworks mark 60 minutes to kickoff. Everyone walks through metal detectors.
Wilson Gate (east, behind Section 4), Bostock Gate (north, behind Section 16), Northwest Gate (behind Section 22) and Powers Gate (west, behind Section 26).
The stadium is cashless: cards and mobile pay only. A Duke Federal Credit Union ATM sits outside the stadium by the Team Store near the Bostock Gate.
Beer, seltzer and canned cocktails are sold to guests 21 and over, with ID, until the end of the third quarter. No alcohol in or out of the gates.
No re-entry except in an emergency. Duke is a tobacco-free campus, including vapes, on game days.
The Dollar Shave Club Devils Deck is an open-air terrace with standing room, open seating, a buffet, a cash bar and TVs showing other games. Pick the Devils Deck option on the seat map when buying tickets.
Free for regular-sized vehicles in color-coded lots: Pink (Jogging Trail), Purple (Chemistry, Circuit, Research Drive Garage), Green (Duke University Road) and Yellow (GC and H, with a courtesy shuttle).
Donor lots need an Iron Duke permit for that game, shown at checkpoints. They open at 6 AM for Saturday games and 5 PM for weekday games.
Checkpoints run from three hours before kickoff to one hour after, on NC 751/Cameron Boulevard, Duke University Road, Towerview Road and Circuit Drive. Towerview Road is closed to cars from Union Drive to the Wannamaker Drive roundabout.
Blue Zone B-7 and B-4 lots, entered by Wannamaker Drive off Duke University Road, with one car per placard. Overflow goes to the Science Drive Garage. Text DUACCESS to (919) 808-5576 for a lift-equipped van.
Buses park free in the Duke University Road 2 Lot with a permit reserved through Duke Tickets, and drop off at the Towerview Road roundabout at Wannamaker Drive.
Clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags up to 12 x 12 x 6 inches, a one-gallon clear plastic bag, or a small clutch up to 8 x 5 x 1 inches. Medical and childcare bags are allowed after inspection.
The day before Fri, Oct 16
Arrive in Durham
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Landmark
Julian Abele finished this Gothic chapel in 1935. It stands 210 feet tall with a 50-bell carillon, and the game-day shuttle stops right here.
Tour
Spend an hour inside Duke's basketball arena, open since 1940. See the Duke Basketball Museum and snap a photo in Krzyzewskiville, but book 48 hours ahead.
Drink
The old Lucky Strike cigarette factory now runs downtown Durham's night life. Tobacco Road Sports Cafe's patio looks right over the ballpark.
Game day Sat, Oct 17
Tailgate
Duke's pregame hub sits at Devils Gate with music, food, and games. Public lots here are free before every home game.
Ritual
The team walks through Devils Gate with the band and cheerleaders. They move 2 hours and 10 minutes before kickoff.
Be in your seat
Kickoff, North Carolina at Duke
Final whistle
Campus traffic checkpoints and the Towerview Road closure stay in place until one hour after the game. The courtesy shuttle to the GC and H lots runs until one hour postgame, with the queue at Duke Chapel. Rideshare cars stage in the Science Drive Visitors Lot from the start of the fourth quarter.
The day after Sun, Oct 18
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Duke's pregame hub sits at Devils Gate with music, food, and games. Public lots here are free before every home game.
Free
Spend an hour inside Duke's basketball arena, open since 1940. See the Duke Basketball Museum and snap a photo in Krzyzewskiville, but book 48 hours ahead.
$
The team walks through Devils Gate with the band and cheerleaders. They move 2 hours and 10 minutes before kickoff.
Free
The old Lucky Strike cigarette factory now runs downtown Durham's night life. Tobacco Road Sports Cafe's patio looks right over the ballpark.
$$
Julian Abele finished this Gothic chapel in 1935. It stands 210 feet tall with a 50-bell carillon, and the game-day shuttle stops right here.
Free