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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; NASCAR Hall of Fame</title>
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		<title>Chiquita finds NASCAR Plaza appealing</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/11/29/chiquita-finds-nascar-plaza-appealing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Aguirre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiquita Brands International ended months of speculation today when it announced that it will relocate its worldwide headquarters to Charlotte from Cincinnati. It&#8217;s new home: NASCAR Plaza, built in 1999 and, according to a March Mecklenburg Times story, featuring a 61 percent vacancy rate. A 19-story office complex at 550 South Caldwell St. that connects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schumacher  retiring in January</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/21/schumacher-%e2%80%a8retiring-in-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Schumacher, an assistant Charlotte city manager who played a role in integrating the expansion of the Convention Center with the NASCAR Hall of Fame and a 19-story office tower, is retiring Jan. 1. Schumacher has worked for the city’s Engineering and Property Management Department. But during the last four years, he’s worked on city land-use issues, among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsold on uptown&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/21/unsold-on-uptown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darrell Boyette&#8217;s cigar shop, Tinderbox, is in Overstreet Mall, a collection of stores inside some of uptown&#8217;s high-rise buildings. It&#8217;s Tinderbox&#8217;s smallest location, and Boyette, the general manager, sees 80 to 100 customers every day at the store, which he says operates during &#8220;bankers&#8217; hours&#8221; &#8212; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. &#8220;We chose this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR hall marketing hits a speed bump&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/03/nascar-hall-marketing-hits-a-speed-bump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Already falling well short of attendance and revenue projections, the NASCAR Hall of Fame was dealt a blow in January when the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority sliced the hall&#8217;s budget by $4.7 million. Part of the cuts included an $826,292 reduction in the hall&#8217;s advertising budget. For the struggling $195 million uptown attraction, which celebrates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still waiting for the acceleration&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/29/still-waiting-for-the-acceleration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce Stewart was expecting more. When the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened nearly a year ago, he thought business at his diner, Lola&#8217;s, would hit the gas pedal. After all, Lola&#8217;s, on South Brevard Street, is across the street from the hall, so if anyone&#8217;s business should have benefited from the attraction over the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR hall turns 1 next month but faces deficit and disappointing attendance</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/22/nascar-hall-turns-1-next-month-but-faces-deficit-and-disappointing-attendance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Dulin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte is just weeks away from celebrating the NASCAR Hall of Fame&#8217;s first birthday May 11. But it remains to be seen whether the more than $190 million project is being hamstrung by the recession or is one of the city&#8217;s biggest boondoggles. What&#8217;s not up for debate: The hall has fallen short of expectations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR Hall of Fame&#8217;s security system to be toured</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/20/nascar-hall-of-fames-security-system-to-be-toured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NASCAR Hall of Fame&#8217;s security system will be in the spotlight when the Electronic Security Expo comes to Charlotte this summer. ESE attendees will learn about the system&#8217;s design and life-safety systems. The tour is scheduled for June 7.]]></description>
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		<title>How we won it: What it took for Charlotte to bag the 2012 DNC&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/02/23/how-we-won-it-what-it-took-for-charlotte-to-bag-the-2012-dnc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries took a crucial turn May 6 when North Carolina voters chose then-Sen. Barack Obama over then-Sen. Hillary Clinton by almost 15 percentage points, giving him an edge in a tightly contested campaign. Obama would go on to win the election, edging out John McCain in North Carolina by a razor-thin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR hall is leisure business letdown&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/21/nascar-hall-is-leisure-business-letdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened in May, David Montgomery, sales manager at the Westin Charlotte Hotel, thought the museum would generate travelers taking weekend trips to see the new attraction. But so far, NASCAR-driven hotel guests are more frequently checking in wearing business suits than Dale Earnhardt Jr. hats. &#8220;We expected it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASCAR Hall of Fame attendance projections lowered</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/06/nascar-hall-of-fame-attendance-projections-lowered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to estimates released Wednesday, first-year attendance at the NASCAR Hall of Fame is expected to fall to as much as half of original projections. For fiscal 2011, between 250,000 to 400,000 people are expected to visit the hall of fame. In the years leading to the hall&#8217;s May 11 grand opening, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority projected [...]]]></description>
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