Venues & Facilities

Our Sports Venues and Facilities are Unlimited

Situated along the Cape Fear River, Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, Wilmington NC is a water enthusiast's dream with endless opportunities for sports and recreation, including fishing, surfing, stand up paddleboarding, swimming, windsurfing, scuba diving, kayaking, sailing, and parasailing.​

In addition to the variety of watersports, Wilmington and our Island Beaches also offer a variety of facilities from athletic complexes, fields and stadiums to parks, golf courses and the largest convention center on the North Carolina coast. Facilities for popular sporting events include soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, golf, and football as well as the accessible sports, cycling, triathlons, disc golf, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, paintball, racquetball, bowling, rugby and more.

Contact the Wilmington and Beaches Sports Marketing staff for more sports planning event information.