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Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 on the campus of Duke University
Duke University

Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....
 in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Primarily used for American football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils

Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the France "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion....
. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt
University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The horseshoe-shaped stands are elevated six feet above the track, which has two 220-yard straightaways. Seating for the stadium is for 33,941 people. Originally named Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for the legendary Duke football coach, Wallace Wade.

stadium is most notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl
1942 Rose Bowl

The 1942 Rose Bowl was the 28th Rose Bowl game. Originally scheduled to be played in the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, it was moved to Durham, North Carolina, due to fears about an attack by the Japanese on the West Coast of the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor....
 Game.






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Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 on the campus of Duke University
Duke University

Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....
 in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Primarily used for American football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils

Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the France "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion....
. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt
University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The horseshoe-shaped stands are elevated six feet above the track, which has two 220-yard straightaways. Seating for the stadium is for 33,941 people. Originally named Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for the legendary Duke football coach, Wallace Wade.

1942 Rose Bowl

The stadium is most notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl
1942 Rose Bowl

The 1942 Rose Bowl was the 28th Rose Bowl game. Originally scheduled to be played in the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, it was moved to Durham, North Carolina, due to fears about an attack by the Japanese on the West Coast of the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor....
 Game. Duke had won the invitation to the game as the eastern representative for the second straight year. However, with the attacks on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base....
 coming just weeks after the end of the 1941 season, travel restrictions were placed on the West Coast, thus meaning not only could the Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl (stadium)

The Rose Bowl is an outdoor American football stadium in Pasadena, California, near Los Angeles, California. The stadium is the site of the annual college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl , held at the beginning of the New Year....
 itself not host the game, but neither could Oregon State
Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public university research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities....
, the host team from the PCC
Pacific Coast Conference

The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-10 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis and scandal....
. The Rose Bowl committee originally planned to cancel the game, but the University invited the game and Oregon State to Durham to play the game. The offer was accepted, and on a cold, rainy January 1, 1942, 55,000 fans, 22,000 of which sat on bleachers borrowed from N.C. State
North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public university, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States....
 and UNC, watched the heavily favored Blue Devils fall to the strong defense of the Beavers. It is still the only time the game has been played outside of Pasadena.

Concerts

On October 8th, 2005, the stadium hosted a large crowd for a Rolling Stones concert, as part of the band's A Bigger Bang Tour
A Bigger Bang Tour

The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour was a worldwide Rolling Stones concerts which took place between August 2005 and August 2007, in support of their album A Bigger Bang....
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