Riddick Stadium
Riddick Stadium at North Carolina State College was named in honor of Dr. Wallace Carl Riddick, who served as president of the institution from 1916-1923 and was later the college’s first Dean of Engineering. The Stadium is the home of North Carolina State’s Wolfpack and is the center of a number of activities in addition to football games. It has a seating capacity of approximately 20,000 and has a commodious field house at its southern end.
(editor’s note: SAS Hall was built on the site of Riddick Stadium in 2009. It is home to the department of mathematics and statistics, one of the academic departments which has recently vacated the doomed Harrelson Hall. Of Riddick Stadium, only the “commodious field house” still stands — for now.)
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01/21/2011
The western half stood for years after the eastern half was demolished for parking. I recall it was good for a Rocky-style stair climbing workout.
01/21/2011
That’s how I remember it when I first arrived at State as a freshman George. I believe it housed the police station if I’m not mistaken. I always thought it was a really cool relic of the past.
Riddick Stadium was also home, for a while at least, to the bell of the USS North Carolina. For some reason, it was stored in a room under the bleachers until it was returned to the battleship museum in 1962. The bell’s story was one of the coolest things I ever wrote for the Technician:
http://www.technicianonline.com/news/mystery-surrounds-withers-hall-bell-1.405818?pagereq=2