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Shopping
Winston-Salem is home to one of the largest shopping malls in North Carolina in Hanes Mall. Other shopping areas exist in the city, including Thruway Shopping Center, the city’s first shopping center, Hanes Point Shopping Center, Hanes Commons, Pavilions, & Silas Creek Crossing.
Arts
Winston-Salem is often referred to as the City of the Arts because it created the first arts council in the United States in 1949. These include the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Twin City Stage, Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance, the Piedmont Opera Theater, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Stevens Center for the Performing Arts, the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, the Hanesbrands Theater, and the Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts. Winston’s Arts District is centered around Sixth and Trade Streets, where you can find galleries and ARTivity on the Green art park.
Sports
Winston-Salem hosts the Winston-Salem Dash, a Class A Minor-League baseball team, affiliated with the Chicago White Sox. The Dash now plays its home games at the new BB&T Ballpark, which opened in 2010 with a beautiful downtown backdrop. The Carolina Thunderbirds minor league hockey began to play in 2017 at the LJVM Coliseum Annex.
Wake Forest University is an original member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays basketball, football, soccer and more in town. The Wake Forest soccer team won the NCAA championship in 2007. The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum is home to Wake Forest University and some Winston-Salem State basketball games.
