Greensboro, NC for Sports Tournaments
With world-class venues including the iconic Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Tournament Town is ready to host your event.Introduction
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
You’re welcome to visit Tournament Town – Greensboro, North Carolina – where sports legends are born. Greensboro’s state-of-the-art venues transform every event into an unforgettable experience.
Pay a visit to the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, which is at the site of the former F.W. Woolworth’s store where on February 1, 1960, four students from NC A&T State University held a lunch counter sit-in sparking the modern-day Civil Rights Movement.
Part museum, part zoo, and part aquarium, the Greensboro Science Center is the perfect way to spend the day with your family. The site also includes the SKYWILD Treetop Adventure ropes course, a zip line, and the Rotary Club of Greensboro Carousel.
The Miriam P. Brenner Children’s Museum is home to more than 20 indoor and outdoor hands-on exhibits, including the Edible Schoolyard teaching garden and two 30-foot-tall Neptune XXL Climbers. Children can explore, pretend and create everything imaginable!
The Greensboro History Museum collects objects and stories, connects generations, and challenges people to explore our city’s past, present and future. The Museum sparks wonder through bold exhibitions and creative public programs, nurturing civic engagement and lifelong learning.
The Carolinas’ favorite water park, Wet ‘n Wild Emerald Pointe has provided families with unforgettable summer memories for 40 years. Enjoy more than 40 family-friendly water attractions like high-speed slides and relaxing pools.
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“As an officer with the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and a longtime event host, I absolutely endorse Greensboro, North Carolina and Visit Greensboro, your choice for event operations and support. I have been hosting events in Greensboro for over a decade, and I found the facilities, the people, and the passion to be world class. My partners at Visit Greensboro have gone out of their way to ensure all of our events have been successful. Particularly I want to acknowledge the vision of Henri Fourrier and the hardest working partner in the industry, Brian Ambuehl!
Over the years, AAU events have brought to the Greensboro area well in excess of $100 million in economic impact in the past decade. This would not have been possible without the insight, creativity, and vision of the hard-working teammates at Visit Greensboro. I would be remiss if I admitted the absolutely outstanding Greensboro Coliseum the Greensboro Aquatic Center and their amazing staff.Scott Johnson and his team are professional, enthusiastic and hardworking. I often tell the staff at the Coliseum that you can put a great facility anywhere but you cannot find amazing staff anywhere!
Each time we come to the Coliseum, we honestly feel as if their staff are welcoming us to their home. They appreciate our customers they give them value for the money they’re spending, nothing seems to be too difficult when it comes to taking care of our customers. The facilities are safe, high-quality, and the staff never make you feel like anything is out of reach. As a Greensboro native, I am proud of “Tournnament Town” and I am thrilled to help bring those events and their economic impact ‘home'”
— Sean Kilmartin, Governor, NC Amateur Athletic Union
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Greensboro, NC Sports Facility Spotlight
GREENSBORO COLISEUM COMPLEX
Sports Covered: Basketball, gymnastics, figure skating, wrestling, volleyball, roller derby, football
The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is comprised of nine venues that can host nearly any sporting event. The main staple, the Greensboro Coliseum, can seat anywhere from 4,500 – 22,000 people and has hosted NCAA and ACC Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments. Other venues within the complex include the Novant Health Fieldhouse — a 30,000-square-foot, column-free area and currently houses the Greensboro Swarm NBA G League team, and the Special Events Center, a 167,000-square-foot space that includes three exhibit halls.
In addition to NCAA and ACC Basketball Tournaments, the complex has hosted the AAU Junior Olympic Games, ACC Gymnastics Championships, USA Figure Skating Championships, World Ninja League Championships, Super 32 Wrestling, and more.
GREENSBORO AQUATIC CENTER
Sports Covered: Swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and water polo
The Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) is the largest indoor facility of its kind in the United States. The 105,323 square foot facility houses four pools and seven diving spring boards and platforms. The GAC’s versatility offers Greensboro the opportunity to host high school and collegiate events, USA Swimming meets, U.S. Masters Swimming, and U.S. Water Polo events as well as myriad local, regional, national and international competitions.
TRUIST STADIUM AT NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY
Sports Covered: Track and field, javelin, shot put, hammer/discus throwing areas
An IAAF-certified track, the Marcus T. Johnson Track at Truist Stadium at NC A&T State University is one of the country’s premier track and field facilities. Home to the NC A&T State University Aggies, the stadium can seat 23,000 spectators. It is a Mondo Super X Performance track with eight lanes as well as javelin and discus throwing areas. The track has hosting NCAA and AAU Junior Olympic Games track events.
BRYAN PARK TRUIST SOCCER COMPLEX
Sports Covered: Soccer
The Bryan Park Truist Soccer Complex includes 21 soccer fields, 20 full-sized and one designated 9v9. Of those fields, 19 are Bermuda grass and two have artificial turf. 11 fields have lights. Home of the NC Fusion – East, MacPherson Stadium is the crown jewel of the complex with a European-style roof, seating for 3,000, a press box, concessions, and parking for more than 1,900.
GREENSBORO SPORTSPLEX
Sports Covered: Basketball, volleyball, soccer, hockey
The Greensboro Sportsplex is a 106,000-square-foot multi-sports facility featuring suspended hardwood floors on eight basketball and volleyball courts, four state-of-the-art indoor soccer fields, an inline roller hockey rink, a concession stand, and locker rooms.
J. SPENCER LOVE TENNIS CENTER
Sports Covered: Tennis
The Spencer Love Tennis Center consists of 18 courts and five 10 & under tennis courts. A public/ private partnership will add an additional 12 courts, a new multipurpose athletic field, new parking, and a shelter with additional restrooms.