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The Spectrum Center is an indoor arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.Located in Uptown, it is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The arena was only 19 years old, owned by the city of Charlotte, but was already considered outdated because of a lack of luxury boxes and suites. The arena was designed for college basketball as part of Charlotte's push to maintain their presence in the ACC basketball tournament rotation. [73]
After the 2013–14 season, the Bobcats changed their name back to the Hornets and reclaimed the history and records of the 1988–2002 Hornets. As a result, the Hornets are now deemed as having suspended operations from 2002 to 2004, while the Pelicans are deemed as having joined the league in 2002 as an expansion team.
Charlotte Coliseum was a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina.It was operated by the Charlotte Coliseum Authority, which also oversees the operation of Bojangles Coliseum, which was called Charlotte Coliseum prior to 1988, the Charlotte Convention Center, and Ovens Auditorium.
Baseball has been played at a high level in Charlotte since at least 1892 when the Charlotte Hornets [1] debuted in a competition known as the South Atlantic League, later a team called the Charlotte Presbyterians [2] took part in the North Carolina Association before reverting to the Hornets name and bouncing around a number of leagues until 1972.
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2014–present) U.S. Cellular Arena (2000–2014) Wisconsin Center Arena (1998–2000) MECCA Arena (1974–1995) 1951–1955 10,783 1950 Milwaukee, Wisconsin [80] Wharton Field House: 1946–1951 6,000 1928 Moline, Illinois [81] Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Bobcats Charlotte Hornets (original) Charlotte Coliseum
At a May 20, 2014, press conference announcing the Charlotte Bobcats' official team name change to Hornets, it was also announced that the Pelicans agreed to transfer the records and statistics of the original Hornets (1988–2002) to the current Charlotte franchise, thus unifying all of Charlotte's NBA basketball history under one franchise ...
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The Hornets began playing in 1988 as an expansion team, before relocating to New Orleans in 2002 and renaming themselves as the ...