BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte)
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| Location | 424 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 |
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| Coordinates | 35°13′41″N 80°50′56″W / 35.227988°N 80.849011°WCoordinates: 35°13′41″N 80°50′56″W / 35.227988°N 80.849011°W |
| Owner | Mecklenburg County |
| Operator | Knights Baseball, LLC |
| Capacity | 10,200 |
| Field size |
Left field: 330 feet (100 m) Center field:400 feet (120 m) Right Field:315 feet (96 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | September 14, 2012 |
| Opened | March 22, 2014 |
| Construction cost | $54 million |
| Architect | Odell Associates, Inc. in association with BallparkDesignAssociates |
| Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. |
| General contractor | Barton Malow/R. J. Leeper/Rodgers |
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| Charlotte Knights (IL) (2014-present) | |
BB&T BallPark is a baseball stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Uptown-area stadium hosts the Charlotte Knights, a Triple-A minor league baseball team in the International League.
An Uptown stadium for the Knights had been a long-running saga in Charlotte, occasionally the subject of contentious debate. Since the dawn of the new millennium, the Knights had consistently had the worst attendance in the International League. Their stadium at the time, Knights Stadium, was located in Fort Mill, South Carolina, 30 minutes south of Uptown Charlotte. Many fans were unwilling to brave the traffic on Interstate 77 to get there.
The project had been repeatedly blocked by Jerry Reese, a Charlotte lawyer who claims the land swap is illegal. Reese has ambitions to move a Major League Baseball team to Charlotte and views a Triple-A sized stadium for the Knights as a detriment.
In August 2006 the stadium became the source of more debate, as Mecklenburg County commission chairman Parks Helms said he would stall an arts project until the Charlotte City Council looked at a proposal he backed to bring baseball to Uptown.
Furthermore, it could expand the Atlantic Coast Conference's plans to return the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament to Charlotte. The ACC tournament had been held at Knights Stadium until the NCAA's ban on South Carolina having predetermined championships took effect because of NAACP pressure in relation to the boycott of the state by the organization.
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