Spectrum Center
Entertainment and sports venue located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spectrum Center is an indoor arena located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. The arena seats 19,077 for NBA games but can be expanded to 20,200 for college basketball games.
Entertainment and sports venue located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina
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Former names | Charlotte Bobcats Arena (2005–2008) Time Warner Cable Arena (2008–2016) |
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Address | 333 East Trade Street |
Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Coordinates | 35°13′30″N 80°50′21″W |
Public transit | CTC/Arena |
Owner | City of Charlotte |
Operator | Hornets Sports & Entertainment |
Capacity | Basketball: 19,077 (expandable to 20,200) Pro Wrestling: 20,200 (maximum) Concerts: |
Surface | Multi-surface |
Construction | |
Broke ground | July 29, 2003 |
Opened | October 21, 2005 |
Renovated | 2016 |
Construction cost | $260 million ($390 million in 2022 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Ellerbe Becket[2] Odell Associates, Inc. The Freelon Group, Inc. |
Project manager | PC Sports[3] |
General contractor | Hunt/R.J. Leeper[4] |
Tenants | |
Charlotte Hornets (NBA) (2005–present) Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) (2005–2010) Charlotte Sting (WNBA) (2006) Charlotte Checkers (AHL) (2010–2015) | |
Website | |
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