Groves Stadium (1940)

Groves Stadium (1940-1957)
Trentini Stadium (1957-current)
Tenants
Full name	Groves Stadium
Location	Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates	35°59′12″N 78°30′56″W / 35.986601°N 78.515629°W / 35.986601; -78.515629Coordinates: 35°59′12″N 78°30′56″W / 35.986601°N 78.515629°W / 35.986601; -78.515629
Owner	Wake Forest University (1940-1957) Wake Forest-Rolesville High School (1957-current)
Operator	Wake Forest University (1940-1957) Wake Forest-Rolesville High School (1957-current)
Capacity	20,000 (peak)
Opened	1940
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football (1940-1956) Wake Forest-Rolesville High School (1957-current)

Groves Stadium, currently known as Trentini Stadium, is a stadium in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. It hosted the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons football team until the school moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Bowman Gray Stadium. Since then, the stadium has hosted the homes games of Wake Forest High School. The stadium held 20,000 people at its peak and was opened in 1940. It is currently named after former Wake Forest University player and coach of Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, Tony Trentini. Wake Forest University's current home stadium was also known as Groves Stadium until 2006.

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Venue history

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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