Doak Field at Dail Park
Doak Field at Dail Park
Doak Field opened in 1966 and has served as the home of NC State baseball for over 57 years. In January 2022, the Wolfpack baseball program announced the Doak Field at Dail Park Stadium Enhancement project. The project aims to raise $15 million to support NC State's nationally ranked baseball program. The phased project will focus on facility improvements, competitive team performance spaces and fan experience upgrades at Doak Field at Dail Park. For more information, visit the Doak Field at Dail Park Stadium Enhancement Project webpage.
On Oct. 7, 2022, NC State held a groundbreaking ceremony to honor the start of "Phase One" operations at Doak Field at Dail Park. New LED lighting with color changing capability, new red seats, a new 33'x57' video board and sound system, a new natural grass/dirt field surrounded by a synthetic surface from Fieldturf, renovated dugouts and new outfield bullpens were all completed prior to the start of the 2023 season. Future updates to The Doak will include fan experience improvements and new competitive team performance spaces.
In its first season in the newly renovated stadium, NC State finished 2023 with a 26-7 record at home at Doak Field at Dail Park. The Wolfpack finished the season with a total attendance number of 90,856, which ranks second all-time behind just 2018 (100,533) for the Wolfpack’s total attendance record. The average attendance figure of 2,753 also ranks second in program history.
Following the 2002 season, The Doak began its first major renovation ($6 million). The entire grandstand structure was razed, the playing field was leveled, and a state-of-the-art drainage and irrigation system was installed. Upon installation of the drainage system, new turf was put down, giving Doak Field one of the finest playing surfaces in all of college baseball.
As work on the field neared completion, construction began on the new stadium itself, which includes a grandstand, field house and batting cages. The stadium features approximately 2,200 chairback seats, modern and spacious restrooms, new concession stands, a ticket office, and a 1,200-square-foot press box, complete with radio and TV booths as well as an area for print media. The baseball fieldhouse includes a 1,300-square-foot players locker room with direct access to the first-base dugout, a coaches locker room, players lounge, training room, equipment room, umpires locker room, coaches offices and a reception area. Down the right-field line, indoor and outdoor batting cages were erected, allowing the Wolfpack an area for practice during inclement weather.
NC State moved 18 home games out of town during the 2003 season to accommodate the reconstruction. The first home game at the ballpark in 2003 was a 3-2 victory over UNC Greensboro on April 2. The Wolfpack played just 10 games that season at The Doak, which was still in large part a construction site.
With construction in its final phases in 2004, NC State played its entire home schedule at Doak Field, although the project was not fully completed until the end of the 2004 season.
Over the years, NC State has played 1,477 games at Doak Field and has won 73.7% of its home games (1,088-382-7 overall record). The 1997 team compiled a 30-3 home record, setting the school record for most home wins in a season and best home winning percentage (.909).
Miscellaneous notes about The Doak: Doak Field has twice hosted the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, in 1974 and 1980, with NC State taking the championship in 1974 and Clemson in 1980 ¦ The 1997 Pack compiled the longest home winning streak in Doak Field history, winning 19 straight at home.
Directions to Doak Field
From I-40: Take exit 295. This is Gorman Street. From the west, turn left at the light at the bottom of the exit. From the east, turn right at the light. Stay on Gorman Street for several miles, past Avent Ferry Road and past Western Boulevard (Western Boulevard will be a four-lane highway with fast-food restaurants on both sides of the road to your left and the NC State McKimmon Center to your right). Go straight at the Western Boulevard traffic light and then turn right at the next traffic light past Western Boulevard. This will be Sullivan Drive. Doak Field will be the second turn on the left.
From the 440 Beltline: Take the Western Boulevard exit eastbound towards NC State (follow the signs for "NCSU"). Turn left at the second traffic light onto Gorman Street, and then turn right at the first light onto Sullivan Drive. Doak Field will be the second turn on the left.
**Please note: Dan Allen Drive and Thurman Drive are closed to thru traffic.**
On Oct. 7, 2022, NC State held a groundbreaking ceremony to honor the start of "Phase One" operations at Doak Field at Dail Park. New LED lighting with color changing capability, new red seats, a new 33'x57' video board and sound system, a new natural grass/dirt field surrounded by a synthetic surface from Fieldturf, renovated dugouts and new outfield bullpens were all completed prior to the start of the 2023 season. Future updates to The Doak will include fan experience improvements and new competitive team performance spaces.
In its first season in the newly renovated stadium, NC State finished 2023 with a 26-7 record at home at Doak Field at Dail Park. The Wolfpack finished the season with a total attendance number of 90,856, which ranks second all-time behind just 2018 (100,533) for the Wolfpack’s total attendance record. The average attendance figure of 2,753 also ranks second in program history.
Following the 2002 season, The Doak began its first major renovation ($6 million). The entire grandstand structure was razed, the playing field was leveled, and a state-of-the-art drainage and irrigation system was installed. Upon installation of the drainage system, new turf was put down, giving Doak Field one of the finest playing surfaces in all of college baseball.
As work on the field neared completion, construction began on the new stadium itself, which includes a grandstand, field house and batting cages. The stadium features approximately 2,200 chairback seats, modern and spacious restrooms, new concession stands, a ticket office, and a 1,200-square-foot press box, complete with radio and TV booths as well as an area for print media. The baseball fieldhouse includes a 1,300-square-foot players locker room with direct access to the first-base dugout, a coaches locker room, players lounge, training room, equipment room, umpires locker room, coaches offices and a reception area. Down the right-field line, indoor and outdoor batting cages were erected, allowing the Wolfpack an area for practice during inclement weather.
NC State moved 18 home games out of town during the 2003 season to accommodate the reconstruction. The first home game at the ballpark in 2003 was a 3-2 victory over UNC Greensboro on April 2. The Wolfpack played just 10 games that season at The Doak, which was still in large part a construction site.
With construction in its final phases in 2004, NC State played its entire home schedule at Doak Field, although the project was not fully completed until the end of the 2004 season.
Over the years, NC State has played 1,477 games at Doak Field and has won 73.7% of its home games (1,088-382-7 overall record). The 1997 team compiled a 30-3 home record, setting the school record for most home wins in a season and best home winning percentage (.909).
Miscellaneous notes about The Doak: Doak Field has twice hosted the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, in 1974 and 1980, with NC State taking the championship in 1974 and Clemson in 1980 ¦ The 1997 Pack compiled the longest home winning streak in Doak Field history, winning 19 straight at home.
Directions to Doak Field
From I-40: Take exit 295. This is Gorman Street. From the west, turn left at the light at the bottom of the exit. From the east, turn right at the light. Stay on Gorman Street for several miles, past Avent Ferry Road and past Western Boulevard (Western Boulevard will be a four-lane highway with fast-food restaurants on both sides of the road to your left and the NC State McKimmon Center to your right). Go straight at the Western Boulevard traffic light and then turn right at the next traffic light past Western Boulevard. This will be Sullivan Drive. Doak Field will be the second turn on the left.
From the 440 Beltline: Take the Western Boulevard exit eastbound towards NC State (follow the signs for "NCSU"). Turn left at the second traffic light onto Gorman Street, and then turn right at the first light onto Sullivan Drive. Doak Field will be the second turn on the left.
**Please note: Dan Allen Drive and Thurman Drive are closed to thru traffic.**
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