By Scott Baughman
Published: July 13,2011
Mecklenburg County commissioners approved a deal Tuesday night to allow the Charlotte Knights to move forward with plans for an uptown stadium on county-owned land. The deal passed in a 7-2 vote. It stipulates that: • by Aug. 31 the Triple-A baseball team must deposit $100,000 into an escrow account toward its obligation for county [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: July 8,2011
Qualifying for a loan in today’s economic environment is a daunting task for many. For the Charlotte Knights, it is the next mountain to climb in order for the minor league baseball team to build a new stadium in uptown on county-owned land. The team has little more than a year to start construction on [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: July 5,2011
Summer in Charlotte is in full swing, and that could mean good business for arenas and venues that offer a concert and a cool reprieve from the heat or just a way to unwind. But in these days of economic recovery, consumers are also watching their wallets. Big shows can bring big price tags for [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: June 22,2011
The Charlotte Knights are closer to building a stadium in uptown Charlotte now that Mecklenburg County commissioners have agreed to keep the project moving forward. But the project will need additional approval from commissioners before it becomes a reality. After a recommendation from the commission’s economic development committee, the board voted 7-1 Tuesday to have [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 21,2011
Last week, Mecklenburg County commissioners on the Economic Development Committee heard from officials with the Charlotte Knights as the team sought more time to build a stadium uptown. The county owns the land that the Triple-A team is eyeing for the stadium, and the team has a lease from the county for the site. But [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 31,2011
Charlotte attorney Jerry Reese has filed more than one lawsuit trying to block the stadium project by the Knights. The first, filed in 2007, opposed a series of land swaps by the city, Mecklenburg County, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and developer Cornerstone Realty. But judges have struck down Reese’s suits, in which he alleges [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 31,2011
The Charlotte Knights have slain the lawsuit dragon delaying their new stadium in uptown. Now, the Triple-A ball club must convince some skeptical Mecklenburg County commissioners that the project is still a good use of the land. In their pitch, the Knights are pointing to Indianapolis, a city about 440 miles away, and what they [...]
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