WINSTON-SALEM DASH
Truist Stadium
Architecture & History
Truist Stadium opened in 2010 as BB&T Ballpark and anchors downtown Winston-Salem's sports entertainment district. The 5,500-seat Populous-designed facility replaced historic Ernie Shore Field.
Build specs
- OPENED
- 2010
- CAPACITY
- 5,500
- ARCHITECT
- Populous
- DIMENSIONS
- LF 315 · CF 398 · RF 315
Statues & Exterior
EXTERIOR FEATURES
Downtown Winston-Salem Anchor
Surrounding area
Built on the edge of downtown Winston-Salem, the stadium helped anchor the city's revitalization and sits within walking distance of restaurants and hotels in the Fourth Street corridor.
Names & History
2020–present
Truist Stadium
Named after Truist Financial — the Charlotte-headquartered bank formed from the BB&T and SunTrust merger.
2010–2020
BB&T Ballpark
Named after BB&T Bank, the Winston-Salem-headquartered bank that was one of the largest in the Southeast before the Truist merger.
The Food
Piedmont NC Lexington BBQ Sandwich
Pit BBQ Stand
Winston-Salem is deep Piedmont NC territory — Lexington-style BBQ country. Pork shoulder with a thin tomato-vinegar dip sauce and red slaw. The most argued BBQ style in the South, served at its home ballpark.
Cheerwine Float
Beverage Stand
Cheerwine — the cherry soft drink born in nearby Salisbury in 1917 — is the definitive Piedmont NC beverage. A Cheerwine float with vanilla soft serve is a Winston-Salem summer institution.
Winston-Salem Pimento Cheese Dog
Hot Dog Stand
The Piedmont NC variation: an all-beef frank topped with house pimento cheese and a drizzle of NC hot sauce.
Dash Dog
Throughout ballpark
Classic all-beef frank with Piedmont-style mustard and chili.
The Beer
Foothills Brewing Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout
Foothills Brewing · Winston-Salem, NC
Foothills is Winston-Salem's home craft brewery. Sexual Chocolate is their world-famous imperial stout — one of the most sought-after annual releases in North Carolina craft brewing.
Wise Man Brewing Company Wise Guy IPA
Wise Man Brewing · Winston-Salem, NC
Wise Man is another Winston-Salem craft anchor — the Wise Guy IPA is their flagship, a clean West Coast-leaning IPA that represents the city's growing craft scene.
Miller Lite
MillerCoors
Piedmont NC's dominant volume lager.
Cheerwine
Cheerwine Corp · Salisbury, NC
Non-alcoholic but culturally essential — the cherry soft drink born nearby in Salisbury is served at every Piedmont NC venue.
Sun & Weather Guide
Winston-Salem Piedmont summer heat
Winston-Salem summer day games reach 90°F with typical Piedmont NC humidity.
Forsyth County evening air
Evening games at Truist Stadium are comfortable after 6:30PM from April through September.
Insider Tips
The One Thing
The Dash are a White Sox affiliate playing in Winston-Salem's revitalized downtown. The surrounding Fourth Street corridor has grown significantly since the park opened.
Best Seat in the House
Home plate sections 105–110 give you the clearest view of the downtown Winston-Salem skyline beyond the outfield.
Getting There
Truist Stadium is in downtown Winston-Salem, off Bus-421. Parking in adjacent surface lots and downtown garages.
Pilgrim Stops Near Winston-Salem
Weird, wonderful, and worth the detour.
World's Largest Chest of Drawers
A 38-foot Victorian dresser with giant socks hanging out the bottom drawer stands on a corner in High Point, NC — the Furniture Capital of the World. The socks honor the textile industry.
NASCAR Hall of Fame Charlotte
NASCAR's Hall of Fame, in a building with an actual banked race track running through it.
Carowinds Charlotte
A 95-mph roller coaster that crosses the North Carolina-South Carolina state line mid-ride.
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