GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University is celebrating its homecoming, better known as the 'Greatest Homecoming on Earth' (GHOE), with events packing out the Greensboro Coliseum all weekend long.
The NC A&T Student Government Association (SGA), Student University Activities Board (SUAB), and Diamond Life Concerts have announced three homecoming events scheduled for October 28-30 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
More than 25,000 people will be in attendance for this year's events. All tickets are available on Ticketmaster.
2022 Homecoming Events:
NC A&T Homecoming Step Show
Friday, October 28
Tickets: $25 in advance; $27.50 day of the show
Aggie Homecoming Concert starring Lil Baby with special guests Chloe Bailey, Nardo Wick, Gorilla, and more!
Saturday, October 29
Tickets: SOLD OUT!
2022 Aggie Homecoming Gospel Concert starring Tye Tribbett with special guest Le'Andria Johnson
Sunday, October 30
Tickets: $29.50 & $49.50. All seats are reserved.
The Greensboro Coliseum Complex, along with other agencies, advises people to arrive early, and carpooling is strongly encouraged.
The Greensboro Police Department will be managing major intersections in the vicinity of the Coliseum and variable messaging systems will be deployed to advise drivers of parking and traffic information.
Due to COVID-19, the past two years of homecoming, events have been scaled back or canceled altogether.
“I think it uplifts the community and makes them more excited and gets everybody back in the groove I know it helps the campus you know during the semester we start getting burnt out this kind of revitalizes us a little bit,“ said sophomore Rafael Cruceta.
Even the university has seen an increase in ticket sales.
NCA&T spokesperson, Todd Simmons said, "we could tell several months ago this was going to be back to normal for A&T just because of the volume of ticket requests for all of the different events.“
The increased volume of tickets means an increase in visitors to our city.
NC A&T told me today that the school expects the festivities to bring in over 20 million dollars to the area.
That’s a huge boom for businesses like the Hampton Inn and Suites on Gate City Blvd.
General Manager, Priti Patel explained, "we are definitely seeing a lot more reservations, we are already sold out for this weekend we’ve got staffing we are just ready to go.“
Downtown Greensboro Inc. agrees that events like this are much needed.
Director of strategic initiatives, Rob Overman said, “it most certainly is a breath of fresh air a lot of our restaurants are still recovering from the impacts of the pandemic and all the sacrifices they had to make. So it’s great to have an event of this size and caliber to come back and give a boost to our local economy, especially for those restaurants I really still are looking to recover.”