Bowman Gray among stadiums being considered for CIAA title game

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina  -  The focus at last week’s CIAA Tournament was on basketball, but there also was talk about football.

The CIAA is in the process of deciding where its 2013 football championship game will be played. Possible locations include Durham County Stadium — the championship-game site the past five years —Memorial Stadium in Charlotte and Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem.

Commissioner Jacqie Carpenter said she hopes a decision can be made at the conference’s spring meetings in late May.



BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

“We were just talking about football and where that game might be going,” Carpenter said. “I like the facility at Durham, and it could continue to grow there, but I’m not sure it’s where the membership or our staff is thinking about at this point.”

Carpenter would like to move the championship game around, to give other schools a chance to be the host. Shaw plays its home games at Durham County Stadium, but the stadium isn’t on the Shaw campus.

Carpenter said she would like to see the game played on campuses, so schools can benefit from the exposure. She attended a Winston-Salem State game at Bowman Gray last season and said she was impressed.

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