In the summer of 2015, the Wolfpack’s impressive array of football facilities became even more enviable, as the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility opened for business. The facility boasts a full, 120-yard football field with a roof height sufficient for punts and suspended goalposts.
In addition to the field, the Wolfpack’s new state-of-the-art indoor practice facility boasts additional training and conditioning space beyond both endzones and four sprint lanes down the full length of the field.
Other features include an in-ground and above-ground pads for long jump, triple jump, high jump and other track events, end zone and 50-yardline viewing platforms, clerestory windows and glass roll-up doors to allow natural daylight, a complete sound system, and support areas for equipment, strength and conditioning and sports medicine.
The privately-funded $14 million facility is named in honor of NC State alums Derick S. Close (‘82) and James S. King (‘62), who donated the lead gifts for the project. Close and King currently serve on the Wolfpack Club Board of Directors, while King is a past president of that board. Close previously served as chairman of the Goal Line Drive Campaign that raised funds for the Murphy Center and the South End Zone project. King served on the Construction Oversight Committee that help facilitate the construction of the Murphy Center, Vaughn Towers and the North End Zone addition.
