Things To Do
Need something to do in the city of Fayetteville? See below for a multitude of entertainment and civic options.
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From recreational activities to historic exhibits, festivals to holiday happenings, there are hundreds of events to discover on the calendar. Visitors easily find their brand of fun all year long in the greater Fayetteville area. Click here for more information.
Area Attractions
The Airborne & Special Operations Museum (ASOM) is part of the United States Army Museum System and is located in historic downtown Fayetteville. It opened on August 16th, 2000, the 60th anniversary of the original United States Army’s Test Platoon’s first parachute jump, and its main gallery offers a self-guided tour, in chronological order, through the history of the airborne and special operations soldiers, from 1940 to the present.
The Cape Fear Botanical Garden is a nonprofit botanical garden founded in 1989. It is situated on 80 acres beside the Cape Fear River and just two miles from downtown Fayetteville.
SEGRA Stadium, home to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, opened to much fanfare in April 2019. The Houston Astros, owners of the Advanced Class-A Woodpeckers team, signed a 30-year stadium lease with the City, ensuring their long-term commitment to our community. The team played 70 home games during the 2019 season, with over 250,000 people in attendance across the entire season. The stadium was named by Ballpark Digest as Ballpark of the Decade upon the conclusion of its inaugural season. Many other large events are held at the stadium throughout the year, from concerts, to weddings, to retirement ceremonies.
The North Carolina Veterans Park is located adjacent to the ASOM and is the first state park dedicated to military veterans from all branches of the Armed Services. Features of the park include a fused glass service ribbon wall, an interactive globe, a chandelier made from 33,500 “dog tags”, a community lawn area and a story garden where you can listen to touching personal accounts of veteran’s military experiences and their lives today.
The Crown Complex is a county-owned, state-of-the-art, five-venue complex comprised of a 4,500-seat arena, a 9,200-square foot ballroom, a 10,880-seat coliseum, an exposition center with 60,000 square feet of unobstructed space and a 2,440-seat theatre. The Complex is home to the Fayetteville Marksmen hockey team and hosts a variety of other sporting events, family shows, concerts and special productions year-round.