Entertainment Districts in Durham

American Tobacco Campus is one of the most successful historic preservation and entertainment development projects in American history — a 500,000-square-foot Bull Durham tobacco factory complex transformed into restaurants, bars, offices, and the DPAC. Its extraordinary adaptive reuse of Bull Durham's historic industrial architecture, its role in anchoring downtown Durham's remarkable revitalization, and its concentration of outstanding dining and entertainment create one of the South's most remarkable entertainment districts.

American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham presents restaurants and bars in restored historic tobacco warehouse buildings, anchoring the city's downtown revitalization.

American Tobacco Campus is the most dramatically successful historic adaptive reuse project in the American South — the former Lucky Strike cigarette factory (where the famous radio broadcast "LS/MFT — Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" originated) now converted to outstanding restaurants, technology companies, and entertainment venues. Durham's extraordinary reinvention of its tobacco heritage and the ATC's remarkable combination of historic architecture and contemporary creative tenants create an entertainment district of genuine American industrial transformation significance.

Durham Central Park hosts the Durham Farmers Market and outdoor concerts, anchoring a growing entertainment corridor adjacent to the American Tobacco Campus.

Ninth Street near Duke University presents an eclectic mix of restaurants, coffee shops, and bars serving Durham's campus-adjacent community.