Dorton Arena at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds

The J.S. Dorton Arena was built to serve agriculture, industry, commerce and the general welfare of North Carolina. The building is 300 feet in diameter, elliptic in shape, with a central concrete floor 221 feet long and 127 feet wide at the widest point of the ellipse. There are 4,750 permanent seats, 360 box seats and 2,500 portable seats that can be installed when a stage is used. Seating capacity when used with a stage is 7,610.