Post by gwalphachiba on Jun 12, 2012 9:49:25 GMT -5
The Charlotte City Council on June 11, 2012 voted 7- 4 in favor of giving $8 million toward a new baseball stadium uptown (Mint St.). The Big South Conference headquarters are in Charlotte.
The plan calls for the Knights to receive $7.25 million from hotel and motel tax revenues, with the rest coming from an uptown booster group.
The Knights still have to secure a total of $54 million by June 30th.
That total would include $8 million from the city and another $8 million in county grants for construction and improvements around the site.
The remaining $38 million must then come from seat sales, stadium naming rights, sponsorships, and other sources.
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The Chicago White Sox affiliate team, Charlotte Knights, has played in Fort Mill, S.C., for more than 20 years. They are a AAA baseball team of the International League. The Knights say they can start construction in October 2012, with play to begin in April 2014. The team is in a four-year lease deal with York County SC. The current stadium seats 10,000. On July 4, 2007, a franchise record 15,427 fans attended the game between the Knights and the Durham Bulls. Knights Castle hosted the 1997 and 1998 Big South Conference Baseball Tournaments, won by unc g and liberty, respectively. It also hosted the 2000 and 2011 atlantic coast conference Baseball Tournaments, won by georgia tech and wake forest, respectively.
Dream April 2015 Saturday & Sunday Tournament: Gardner-Webb U, south carolina, wake forest, coastal.
Sat. 2 pm GWU vs. coastal, 7 pm wake forest vs south carolina
Sun 2 pm coastal vs south carolina, 7 pm GWU vs. wake forest (fireworks end of game)
The plan calls for the Knights to receive $7.25 million from hotel and motel tax revenues, with the rest coming from an uptown booster group.
The Knights still have to secure a total of $54 million by June 30th.
That total would include $8 million from the city and another $8 million in county grants for construction and improvements around the site.
The remaining $38 million must then come from seat sales, stadium naming rights, sponsorships, and other sources.
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The Chicago White Sox affiliate team, Charlotte Knights, has played in Fort Mill, S.C., for more than 20 years. They are a AAA baseball team of the International League. The Knights say they can start construction in October 2012, with play to begin in April 2014. The team is in a four-year lease deal with York County SC. The current stadium seats 10,000. On July 4, 2007, a franchise record 15,427 fans attended the game between the Knights and the Durham Bulls. Knights Castle hosted the 1997 and 1998 Big South Conference Baseball Tournaments, won by unc g and liberty, respectively. It also hosted the 2000 and 2011 atlantic coast conference Baseball Tournaments, won by georgia tech and wake forest, respectively.
Dream April 2015 Saturday & Sunday Tournament: Gardner-Webb U, south carolina, wake forest, coastal.
Sat. 2 pm GWU vs. coastal, 7 pm wake forest vs south carolina
Sun 2 pm coastal vs south carolina, 7 pm GWU vs. wake forest (fireworks end of game)