North Carolina

2026 Sports Event Planner's Guide
SportsNC and its winning team of partners invite you to choose North Carolina for your future sporting event.

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SportsNC and its winning team of partners invite you to choose North Carolina for your future sporting event. Anchored by Visit North Carolina, North Carolina Amateur Sports, and the North Carolina Sports Association, SportsNC channels the expertise of local sports commissions and authorities, chambers of commerce, and convention and visitors bureaus into helping you create tailored experiences and ensuring that every tournament, game and trip is a success.

With world-class indoor and outdoor venues, top professional and collegiate teams, and exciting vacation destinations, North Carolina builds the action from your arrival to beyond the final whistle. As your dedicated partner, we will work with you to create unforgettable events and experiences that drive attendance, interest and success for athletes, families and fans.

From amateur events to international championships, North Carolina can provide the perfect location for any sports activity. Situated in the center of the Eastern seaboard, North Carolina is an easy drive for the nearly 39 million potential event participants who live within 300 miles of our mountains, Atlantic coastline and Piedmont landscapes. With international and regional airports, extensive rail service and well-maintained highways, travel to, from and around North Carolina is fast and convenient.

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Jordan Soccer Complex

Need field space? This facility has 1.5 acres of it and also has plenty of space for spectators to watch
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Greensboro Sportsplex

Greensboro Sportsplex is a 106,000-square-foot multipurpose facility featuring suspended hardwood floors on eight basketball and volleyball courts, four state-of-the-art indoor
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Lenoir-Rhyne University Sports Complex

Home of the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears of the SAC, Lenoir-Rhyne University delivers a top-tier student-athlete experience in NCAA Division II, and
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Henry Fork Regional Recreation Park

Where teams play hard and memories stick. With 12 fields (a mix of turf and natural grass), an 8,000-square-foot picnic
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Benton Convention Center

Situated in the heart of Winston-Salem’s vibrant downtown, the reinvented Benton Convention Center is one of central North Carolina’s prime
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Legion Sports Complex

Legion Sports Complex hosts year-round games with a 6,000-seat stadium, pool, and courts.

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