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Sports Events

Durham has a proven track record as host to major sports events - from the Rose Bowl in 1942, to the USA-USSR Track Meet, to the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, to the Special Olympics World Summer Games and the NCAA Golf and Track and Field Championships.

For assistance with planning a sporting event in Durham, call (800) 446-8604.


The Convention and Visitor Bureaus in Durham, Chapel Hill / Orange County and Greater Raleigh, along with the Chambers of Commerce in Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, developed these Criteria for Evaluating Multi-City Sporting Events guidelines to offer insight into how large, multi-city sporting events are evaluated prior to submitting a bid.