The 2029 FISU Summer World University Games, also known as North Carolina 2029, is a multi-sport event scheduled from 11 to 22 July 2029 in North Carolina, United States. The bid was confirmed as the host region for the games on 10 January 2023 during the 2023 Winter World University Games held in Lake Placid, New York. This will be the second time in the history that the event will be held in United States after the 1993 Summer Universiade held in Buffalo.
Bidding process
North Carolina was the only candidate in the running to host the 2029 edition. North Carolina was selected on 10 January 2023 at the FISU executive board in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Venues The following event venues have been announced through the official Instagram account and newsroom for the event.
Cary Cluster VenueSportsCapacityCary Tennis ParkTennisTBATriangle Aquatic CenterWater polo (preliminaries)1,000USA Baseball National Training ComplexBaseball (preliminaries)1,754WakeMed Soccer ParkRugby sevens10,000
Chapel Hill cluster VenueSportsCapacityBoshamer StadiumBaseball (preliminaries)4,100Carmichael ArenaVolleyball (preliminaries)6,822Dean Smith CenterVolleyball (finals)21,750Kenan StadiumClosing Ceremony50,500Anderson StadiumSoftballTBA
Durham venues VenueSportsCapacityCameron Indoor StadiumBasketball (preliminaries)9,314Duke University Softball StadiumSoftballTBADurham Bulls Athletic ParkBaseball (finals)10,000McDougald–McLendon ArenaBasketball (preliminaries)3,500
Greensboro venues VenueSportsCapacityGreensboro Aquatic CenterSwimming2,500DivingWater polo (finals)First Horizon ColiseumArtistic Gymnastics 22,000Rhythmic Gymnastics Truist StadiumAthletics21,500Special Events CenterTaekwondoTBA
Raleigh cluster VenueSportsCapacityWake Technical North Campus GymBasketball (preliminaries)TBALenovo CenterBasketball (finals)19,500Raleigh Convention CenterFencingTBAJudoTBATable TennisTBAReynolds ColiseumBasketball (preliminaries)5,500WRAL Soccer CenterArcheryTBACarter-Finley StadiumOpening Ceremony56,919Swing Racquet & PaddleTennis TBAHalifax MallArcheryTBA
Other Venues VenueLocationSportsCapacityLawrence Joel Veterans Memorial ColiseumWinston-SalemBadminton14,665Qubein CenterHigh PointVolleyball (preliminaries)4,500Schar CenterElonVolleyball (preliminaries)5,100
Sports
Aquatics
Wheelchair 3x3 basketball ()
References
External links Official website