NCSU Football Parking Information

Permitted parking facilities for Carter-Finley football
games will open 5 hours prior to kick-off. Fan access is
not available prior to this.

Persons of legal age may consume malt beverages and
unfortified wine in Carter-Finley Stadium parking facilities
in connection with football tailgating. Rules regarding
alcohol consumption at NC State Athletic events are
posted at: www.ncsu.edu/policies/campus_health_safety_
welfare/POL4.20.2php

Alcoholic Beverage kegs are prohibited in all permitted
parking areas including vendor or university-sanctioned
events.

Carter-Finley visitors shall carry a picture ID in accordance with University regulations.

All persons consuming alcohol in the parking lots shall carry a picture ID that also shows the person’s birth date.
Tents shall remain contained within the allocated parking
area of a tailgating group.

Tailgate participants should discard all trash in the trash
cans provided throughout the parking areas. If trash
cans are full, tailgate participants shall bag and tie their
own trash and leave it at the parking bumper for collection
after the game.

Please remember to recycle your cans and bottles. Look
for the WE Recycle bins throughout the parking lots
and on the stadium concourse.

Tailgating music shall be at a level considerate to your
neighbors as dictated by campus police.

Rowdy, threatening, or inconsiderate behavior such as
profane and abusive language, fighting or drunkenness
shall not be tolerated within any tailgate area or within
the stadium.

Violation may result in ejection, arrest,
and/or loss of ticket privileges for future athletic events.

Carter-Finley Stadium was opened in 1966 as home to the North Carolina State University Wolfpack football team. The stadium replaced the obsolete on-campus Riddick Stadium and was originally named Carter Stadium in honor of Harry C. & Wilbert J. "Nick" Carter, both graduates of the university. They were major contributors to the original building of the stadium. The name of Albert E. Finley, another major contributor to the University, was added later. While located on University land, the stadium is a few miles to the west of the academic campus on Trinity Road just off of Hillsborough Street. The capacity is 60,000 seats for 2009.

Carter-Finley Stadium's season tickets have been sold out for nine straight years.

Prior to the 2001 season, the university began a program of modernization of Carter-Finley. The southern endzone was enclosed seats, and the state-of-the-art Murphy Center (named for Wendell Murphy) was built. Following the 2004-2005 football season, Carter-Finley was again expanded with the completion of the "Vaughn Towers", a complex of luxury boxes, club seats, and media facilities which opened for the 2005-2006 football season.

For the 2006 season, a new north end zone grandstand has been added. 5,730 new chairback, bench and handicap-accessible seating, with another 1,630 permanent bleacher seats built underneath the video scoreboard make Carter-Finley a bowl and give it a capacity of 57,583 spectators. Additional upgrades to the stadium include a new north endzone plaza with concession stands and the addition of two video screens in each corner of the south endzone. Carter-Finley Stadium has the smallest clearance between the stands and the sidelines of any stadium in the ACC.

Pink Floyd performed at the stadium during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour on May 4, 1988 & during The Division Bell Tour on May 10, 1994.

On October 4th, 2009, the stadium hosted a concert from the U2 360° Tour featuring U2 & their opening band Muse. This was the first time the venue had hosted a similar event since the modernization of the stadium.

Retired jerseys on the facade of Carter-Finley Stadium includes those of Roman Gabriel, Torry Holt, Philip Rivers, Bill Yoest, Dennis Byrd, Dick Christy, Jim Ritcher, and Ted Brown. Carter-Finley also displays banners from NC State's Bowl appearances which include the Gator Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Liberty Bowl.