Wakemed Soccer Field, located in Cary North Carolina, is a 150 acre park. Opened in 2002, this impressive facility includes seven soccer fields and a 10,000 seat stadium. Wakemed Soccer Field has hosted many “NCAA College Cups and ACC Championships.” The North Carolina FC, members of the United States Soccer League, began their season on this field. Continuing their impressive streak, Wakemed Soccer Park is proud to announce the arrival of the U. S. Men’s National Soccer Team. In late March 2018, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team will be playing in an international match against Paraguay! This match will take place at Sahlen’s Stadium at Wakemed Soccer Park. Wakemed Soccer Park is handicapped accessible, so everyone can enjoy the game. This facility is also home to lacrosse fields.

Things to do

Launching Pad Trampoline Park

Launching Pad Trampoline Park, having been awarded the title of, “Largest Trampoline Park in the Triangle,” will entertain your team with various activities.

The main jump will provide hours of fun for your team! Even the most active of members will be satisfied with the incredible 60 trampoline beds spanning 7,000 square feet. This walled trampoline court encourages participants to “bounce off the walls!” All ages are welcome to participate in the main jump court. Visitors will also appreciate two regulation dodgeball courts, and four basketball dunk lanes. Your team will have fun jumping into a huge foam pit with 9,000 comfortable cubes. Please welcome the two newest attractions, a jousting pit and a ropes ladder. Launching Pad Trampoline Park requires every participant to wear grip socks. In addition, a kid’s jump court is available for children 48 inches and under. Besides the exciting trampoline activities, bring your team to experience other fun activities.

Come try the XD Motion Simulator Ride. Guests will enjoy “3D Digital Projection” technology which shows visitors a vivid picture on the 15 foot screen. While the image is being shown to them, customers will simultaneously experience, “tactile effects.” Be prepared to experience wind, surround sound and G-force Acceleration! While guests are immersed in this intense game, they have the opportunity to travel through a haunted mine, ride a roller coaster, travel throughout space, or swim in the deep ocean. If this activity has stirred your curiosity for another thrill, you are invited to Laser Frenzy. An interactive laser maze, Laser Frenzy combines crisscrossing lasers, mirrors, and other special effects, in order to engage players. Launching Pad Trampoline Court also includes a 32 game, state-of-the-art arcade. If all these activities have caused you and your team to work up an appetite, the snack bar awaits your arrival!

Bring your team to enjoy Hot Pretzels, Popcorn, Nachos, and more at the Launching Pad Trampoline Park’s Snack Bar. For all activities, guests are required to sign either an online or print waiver. 6421 Hilburn Dr, Raleigh, NC 27613

Raleigh Escape Room

Raleigh Escape Room takes escape room fun to the next level, while valuing the safety of each of their guests. Participants will experience 90 minute “shows” or game room experiences. Actors will spend 30 minutes reviewing important details of the room before groups have a chance to explore the challenges of each room in 60 minutes. Raleigh Room Escape asks that customers arrive 15-20 minutes before their scheduled game. For the safety of visitors, this escape room does not allow anyone under the age of 12 to partake in the shows. All participating customers are asked to sign a waiver. However, Raleigh Escape Room will give students a discount if they bring their student identification card. Your team will have fun with an array of creative rooms.

“Quarantine” is suggested for escape room novices, who still wish to experience a thrill. In this game, the assistant to the doctor has created a cure for the doctor’s “extreme insanity and cannibalistic behavior.” When the cure proves ineffective, you are tasked with creating a proper cure before time expires. Unique qualities of this show include actors, soundscapes, and theatrical lighting. If this escape room makes your adrenaline flow, you are invited to “Contain the Tramping Ground.” In this show, you and your team have been asked by an organization to find treasure amongst ruins. However, you quickly realize that you have been tricked. The fate of the world rests in your hands. Try to save the world and your own life! Have these two games succeeded in making you feel unconquerable? Come to the show, “Trapped in a Room with a Zombie Mutation.” This room is suggested for children 14 years or older only. 1500 Brookside Dr, Raleigh, NC 27604

Wheels Family Fun Park

There is something for everyone at Wheels Family Fun Park. Rental space, roller skating, Play Gym, go-karts, batting cages, and the new maze are all available for your team’s enjoyment.

The Play Gym is the tallest attraction in the park, standing three stories tall. The attraction comes equipped with six slides, three ball pits, tubes, climbing ropes, and zip lines.  The “lightning fast go-karts” are open all year. These karts will zip you around a quarter-mile track. When you are done flying around a track, relax on the recently renovated 18-hole mini-golf course. This golf course provides visitors with new greens, beautiful, landscaping, and a wonderful music system. Don’t forget the newest attraction, the Maze. Guests are required to enter with a passport and discover four checkpoints on the way to the finish line. Adding to the excitement, race against your teammates, and the clock! Don’t leave without challenging yourself at the batting cages. This attraction includes five cages with baseball and softball pitches available. The different speeds include slow, medium, and fast.

The roller skating rink and three different seating areas are available for rent. These seating areas include two outdoor areas and one expansive indoor dining room. When you and your team have completed the numerous activities, relax at the Wheels Grill. The Wheels Grill includes wings, pizza, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, french fries, and salad. Wheels Family Fun Park specializes in private and team parties, and is open throughout the year. 715 N. Hoover Rd, Durham, NC 27703

Triangle Rock Club

Are you searching for an activity to do with your team? A unique source of adventure and character building, the programs at Triangle Rock Club teach courage and confidence. Your team can participate in a “lock-in”. This lock in runs from 10 p. m to 7am and includes rock climbing, games, group activities, and movies. When these events have finally exhausted you, Triangle Rock Club has provided a “nap area.” This facility also offers two hours of party climbing fun. This two hour climbing fun includes admission, a harness, and belayers. Please check the website for more details specific for your group. 6022 Duraleigh Rd Raleigh, NC 27612

Tree Runner Raleigh

Tree Runner Raleigh is North Carolina’s newest adventure park for aerial adventure. Instructors will spend 30 minutes teaching your team with the highest quality climbing gear. Visitors can challenge themselves, or just have an easy climb or zip through the trees. Three difficulty levels and seven courses allow all abilities and ages to have fun. The website claims ages “7-107” can enjoy this park. No prior experience is necessary. Elements in this park include Tarzan swings, zip lines, rope bridges, and swinging logs. All members of your team start from one main platform regardless of the difficulty of the course they may choose. Each member of your team will still interact with one another even though they are on different courses. If your team calls ahead, Tree Runner Raleigh is willing to create a course especially for your team. Are you looking for something to do with your team in the evening? Come experience the thrill of Glow Night! Incredibly, the entire park is decorated with lights. All the courses, the elements, and the zip lines, are illuminated with brightly colored lights. Tree Runner Raleigh requires that guests sign a waiver.  Please check the website for age and height restrictions. The Junior Park is now open and group discounts are available for five or more for the younger children. 12804 Norwood Rd Raleigh, NC 27613

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Places to Eat

Betski’s

Is your team interested in casual, ethnic dining? Opened in 2006, by John Korzekwinski, J. Betski’s is an authentic Polish and German restaurant. When the weather is nice, customers have the option of enjoying their meals on the patio. Your team will appreciate the casual atmosphere while exploring delicious delicacies.

Open for lunch and dinner, the menu items include potato and cheese pierogi, a pierogi and sausage platter, roasted beet salad, seared beef fillet medallions with caraway dumplings, and a fish fillet selection. If you have saved room for dessert, try the walnut apricot strudel, a chocolate-hazelnut torte with sea salt and crispy bacon, and more.

Are you planning an event with your team? J. Betski’s offers guests the option to have their event catered. In addition, customers can also utilize the rental space offered by this restaurant for private parties. Would you like to have a souvenir from your visit? Ask the staff about T-Shirts from this restaurant. Your team will be amazed at the wonderful culinary experience created by J. Betski’s. 10 W Franklin St Raleigh, NC 27604

Tuscan Blu

Tuscan Blu proudly boasts “authentic Italian in Downtown Raleigh.” This restaurant is located in the “Warehouse District.” Bring your team to wonderful flavor of Italy! Open for lunch and dinner, the menu items include La Burrata, Antipasto Toscano, Prosciutto Di Parma E Melone, Carrese, house salad, gorgonzola salad, classic Caesar salad, Lasagna Dalla Noona, Ravioli Toscani, and Fettuccine Alfredo con Pollo. This restaurant also offers gluten free options. Tuscan Blu is available to cater your next event. In addition, the restaurant will partake in “Triangle Restaurant Week.” 327 W. Davie St. #108 Raleigh, NC 27603

Doherty Irish Pub

Is your team interested in an Irish dining experience? Look no further than Doherty Irish Pub. When the weather is nice, visitors can enjoy their cuisine on Doherty Irish Pub’s lovely patio. This restaurant also gives their patrons the opportunity to hear live music. This restaurant is open for lunch and dinner. In addition it is also open for Sunday Brunch. The menu items for Sunday Brunch include traditional Irish breakfast, corned beef hash, french toast platter, Irish biscuits & gravy, pancake platter, the Doherty omelet, the veggie omelet, and more. This restaurant offers guests the ability to order online. In addition, visitors can either dine in or take their food out.  1979 High House Rd Cary, NC 27519

Nile Cafe

Nile Cafe  is an Egyptian and Greek restaurant. This restaurant prides itself on preparing each menu item fresh. Come see why the Nile Cafe boasts, “We create delicious memories.” Open for lunch and dinner, the menu includes salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches, and gyros. Their main entrees include beef and lamb kabobs, beef, lamb or chicken Shawarma, Spinakopita and Mousaka. Try their daily lunch specials. Always family-friendly, this restaurant has a kids menu for children 12 and under. Don’t skip the Baklava for dessert! To order for delivery please check the website. 8204 Tryon Woods, Dr. Ste 111 Cary, NC 27518

North Carolina is a wonderful place for your team to visit. A variety of unique activities in the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Area, combined with a plethora of international restaurants, contribute to the unmistakable energy emanating from this travel destination.