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  Knights Stadium - Charlotte Knights
Knights Stadium became the 26th minor league park I had visited since the beginning of 2001, but it was the first one I’ve been to that had an upper deck, which was the home of the $5 general admission seats.
Although the Knights led all of AA baseball in attendance in 1991 and 1992 when they were in the Southern League, attendance has dwindled since the Knights became a AAA franchise when the International League expanded in 1993.
Charlotte has discussed building a new downtown ballpark, but talks stalled after the city turned its efforts to luring an NBA team back to town after the Hornets bolted for New Orleans, and a new downtown basketball arena will replace the 14-year “old” Charlotte Coliseum before the Knights return to North Carolina.
www.baseballpilgrimages.com /AAA/charlotte.html   (1094 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS
CHARLOTTE -- Labor Day marked the end of the regular season for the Charlotte Knights, but talk of bringing baseball to Uptown Charlotte shows no signs of slowing down.
Officials with the Knights are working with the Charlotte Center City Partners to move their baseball stadium from Fort Mill to uptown, but they still have work to do to gain support from city and county leaders.
There is one thing every Knights fan would like to see, a championship for their home-town team.
www.news14charlotte.com /content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=126169&SecID=2   (449 words)

  
 LAKE NORMAN AND CHARLOTTE NEWSLETTER
The Charlotte Knights will have to wedge their planned $35 million uptown ballpark into one of the tightest spaces in AAA baseball.
Under an ambitious plan by the Knights and local officials, the team would move from its stadium in Fort Mill, S.C., where its attendance ranks low on the list of the nation's 30 AAA teams, to a new, 10,000-seat ballpark.
The Louisville Bats, the Knights' rivals in the AAA International League, moved into their 13,600-seat stadium, on 18 acres near the Ohio River, in 2000.
www.charlottebythelake.com /NEWSLETTER/july07.htm   (2203 words)

  
 Local News | News for Charlotte, North Carolina | WCNC.com | Sports - Baseball
FORT MILL, S.C. - The Charlotte Knights Baseball Club is proud to announce that Marc Bombard will serve as manager for the 2007 season.
In 2006, Charlotte lead the IL in RBI's, On-Base percentage and Runs, while the team's batting average was second overall.
The Charlotte Knights are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
www.wcnc.com /localsports/knights/stories/wcnc-021307-al-knights_baseball.7cf9993f.html   (584 words)

  
 Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Charlotte Knights outfielder Jerry Owens is one of four Knights to drive in at least 40 runs going into the second half of the International League season.
The Knights did everything right before recess, turning fundamental baseball into a reason to make the trip to across the state line to Fort Mill.
Charlotte has two of the league's top three pitchers in number wins, led by Triple-A All-Stars Heath Phillips' 11-3 and Charlie Haeger at 10-2.
www.thecharlottepost.com /07_13_sports.html   (544 words)

  
 Charlotte Knights Caps at Star Struck
Minor League Baseball Cap - Charlotte Knights Road Cap by New Era
Minor League Baseball Cap - Charlotte Knights Batting Practice Cap by New Era
Minor League Baseball Cap - Charlotte Knights Alt 1 Cap by New Era
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 Knights Inn Charlotte Airport - Charlotte North Carolina Hotel
Knights Inn Charlotte Airport in Charlotte North Carolina has nightly rates from $40.00 to $45.00.
Charlotte, NC : Welcome to the Knights Inn of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlotte, sitting proudly atop a hill and with a host of glistening skyscrapers, is visible from many miles away when approaching by road.
www.trails.com /all-hotels/hotel-info.asp?hotelid=42135   (371 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS
Commissioners voted Tuesday to have the county manager work with the Knights and the Charlotte Center City Partners on a financial feasibility study.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Knights are not likely to move to the Center City, but they might be close by.
The Knights have said that if they cannot move closer to Charlotte, their poor financial situation might require them to move to another region altogether.
www.news14charlotte.com /content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=91763&SecID=2   (285 words)

  
 Knights in talks on financing - Charlotte Business Journal:
At the same time the land deals are moving ahead, the Knights have begun talks with Wachovia Corp. and Bank of America Corp. for financing to cover construction costs for a proposed $35 million stadium and an additional $8 million in related infrastructure improvements, team officials say.
Knights owner Don Beaver has spent the past decade trying to secure a public-private deal to move the minor-league franchise uptown.
Charlotte consistently ranks near the bottom of the International League in attendance, and team officials expect to double ticket sales if they can secure an uptown stadium.
charlotte.bizjournals.com /charlotte/stories/2007/05/14/story10.html?f=et183&b=1179115200^1460560&hbx=e_vert   (965 words)

  
 John Locke Foundation - Charlotte
The Charlotte Area Transit System and city officials are in utter denial about the financial reality of their $9 billion transit plan.
CHARLOTTECharlotte zoning enforcers are responding to neighborhood association requests to crack down on illegal portable signs, but residents of least one neighborhood are worried the city has gone too far.
CHARLOTTE — University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles assigned a member of his staff to investigate whether there was misconduct by UNC Charlotte in its study of the future light-rail system in Charlotte.
charlotte.johnlocke.org   (992 words)

  
 Queens University of Charlotte - Charlotte
Charlotte is one of the fastest growing business and arts communities in the nation, a thriving metropolitan center known for outdoor recreation, quality of life and a vibrant business community.
Charlotte is ideally located in the heart of the American Sunbelt, an active place with a whole lot going on.
Charlotte has 14,000 acres of parks and 19 recreational centers, ranging from playgrounds to sprawling 1,020-acre sites.
www.queens.edu /queens/about/charlotte.asp   (514 words)

  
 Pawtucket 7, Charlotte 4 - Boston.com
Ron Calloway hit a two-RBI double as part of a five-run seventh inning as the Pawtucket Red Sox rallied for a 7-4 win over the Charlotte Knights on Saturday night.
Charlotte built a 4-1 lead against Pawtucket starter David Pauley, scoring two runs in the first on Ernie Young's sacrifice fly and Ryan Sweeney's single, plus single runs in the fifth and sixth.
Charlotte's Valerio De Los Santos, normally a reliever, replaced scheduled starter Sean Tracey, who was recalled by the parent Chicago White Sox.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/minors/articles/2006/07/15/pawtucket_7_charlotte_4   (247 words)

  
 Visit Charlotte :: Home
Charlotte is eager to introduce itself to you.
With character to spare, it's no secret that this city delivers cultural distractions and attractions, dining and nightlife for every persuasion, and a Southern ambiance all its own.
So meet Charlotte and explore all the wonderful and unforgettable attributes it has to offer.
www.visitcharlotte.com   (202 words)

  
 Pawtucket 3, Charlotte 0 - Boston.com
Kason Gabbard gave up just two hits in seven innings for his first Triple-A win and Corky Miller drove in all the runs in the Pawtucket Red Sox 3-0 win over the Charlotte Knights on Thursday night.
Charlotte's Ruben Rivera doubled with two outs in the fifth but was stranded at second base.
Josh Fields drew a leadoff walk in the seventh and advanced to second on Casey Rogowski's sacrifice bunt, but Gabbard retired the next two batters on grounders.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/minors/articles/2006/07/13/pawtucket_3_charlotte_0   (228 words)

  
 Knights Inn Charlotte Airport Charlotte North Carolina Hotels
Knights Inn Charlotte Airport Charlotte North Carolina Hotels
Check availability and room rates at the Knights Inn Charlotte Airport for your dates of travel.
Easy to find off Interstate 85, this Knights Inn stands only three miles from Charlotte/Douglas International Airport and close to the Queen City's pro football and basketball sports venues, convention center, downtown, and Lowe's NASCAR Speedway.
www.northcarolinahotelfinder.com /198360.html   (164 words)

  
 Smaller is better for Charlotte Knights' cozy new ballpark | StarNewsOnline.com | Star-News | Wilmington, NC
A plan for a new $35 million ballpark for the Charlotte Knights calls for the team and their fans to squeeze into one of the smallest sites in Triple-A baseball.
The proposed 7.8-acre site in Charlotte's financial district would mean the Knights could move into the city after attendance numbers at their home in nearby Fort Mill, S.C., have fallen toward the bottom of the list among the nation's 30 Triple-A teams.
One thing the Knights would say goodbye to is onsite parking.
www.wilmingtonstar.com /article/20070715/NEWS/707150422/-1/State   (720 words)

  
 Knights Stadium--Paul's Minor League Baseball Stadium Pages
But when Charlotte tied the game in the bottom of the eighth, and extra innings became imminent, well, it became unlikely we'd get to see the game end.
Much to my surprise, the Knights went ahead and had the fireworks show anyway while everyone ran desperately through the downpour to their cars.
The Knights are building a new downtown ballpark to replace Knights Stadium, and this is a case where one is warranted.
www.geocities.com /bigghoti/minors/charlotte.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Charlotte Knights
The Charlotte Knights, a Triple A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, play in Knights Stadium in Fort Mill, SC.
The game was back and forth for a while, but the Red Wings pulled ahead in the 7th for the last time and really stomped the Knights 16-6.
played in Charlotte in the 1980 season and his picture is featured on the front of the stadium.
www.baseballroadtrip.net /AAA/International/Charlotte/Charlotte.html   (531 words)

  
 Virginia Club of Charlotte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We will be joining the Charlotte Carolina Club, so it would be great to get a big turn-out and show UVA some support!
The Virginia Club of Charlotte is about to kick off its 2006 membership drive and invites you to get involved.
Membership in the Virginia Club of Charlotte provides you two newsletters a year, invitations to all events, discounted pricing at events, and e-mail updates and announcements.
www.uvaclubs.com /charlotte   (148 words)

  
 Ballpark Digest -- Ballpark Visits -- Knights Stadium / Charlotte Knights
Although Knights Stadium is a newer ballpark (opening in 1990), it's not very nice and not very convenient.
The Knights have attempted to lessen the brutal quality of the ballpark by hanging banners honoring former Charlotte baseball greats (going all the way back to Clark Griffith, who owned the original Charlotte Hornets as well as Griffith Stadium, the former home of minor-league baseball in the Queen City).
The ballpark is also marred by the hand of Alexander Julian, the Charlotte native whose striped designs were trendy in the late 1980s; because of his celebrity as a designer, Charlotte sports teams were falling all over themselves to hire him for some stylistic work.
www.ballparkdigest.com /visits/knights_stadium.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Charlotte, NC
Today, Harding University High School — a magnet school built in 1992 with a college prep curriculum (thus, replacing the old school) — is a national model of outreach and upbuilding as well as teaching.
For example, there’s the runway for improv comics of the future, the laugh-filled Charlotte Comedy Theater, located (as of Friday, July 13) at 1308 E. The Plaza (yep … their former stomping grounds).
About Charlotte, NC This site, "About Charlotte", gives the reader an inside look at one of the most progressive yet comfortable cities in the nation.
www.about-charlottenc.com   (6383 words)

  
 CABL Charlotte Knights
The Knights have already doubled the win total of last year and this is only the third weekend of the season.
With more playing time together the guys are starting to gel and really show what they are capable of.
Look for the Knights to be a tough team throughout the rest of the season.
www.orgsites.com /nc/charlotteknights/index.html   (83 words)

  
 Free Tickets to Charlotte Knights Baseball!
Charlotte Knights Baseball- The Charlotte Knights are the Triple-A Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
Their facility is a 10,002 seat stadium in Fort Mill, SC just ten miles south of Center City Charlotte.
The Charlotte Knights are a Beaver Sports Property whose corporate office is in Hickory, NC.
www.lastminutegolfer.com /Sites/knights_charlotte.asp   (159 words)

  
 Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues - Knights Stadium - Charlotte Knights
Notes: Located in a Charlotte, North Carolina suburb, just south of the South Carolina state border, it has been the home to both Double A and Triple A teams since its completion in 1990.
The former NBA Charlotte Hornets franchise worked out at their practice facility just beyond the right field foul pole.
The color scheme and pattern for the seats was designed by the fashion designer Alexander Julian, a Charlotte native.
www.geocities.com /paulsminorleagueparks/Fort_Mill.htm   (140 words)

  
 Knights Stadium - Ballpark of the Charlotte Knights
Knights Stadium - Ballpark of the Charlotte Knights
When Knight's Stadium was built, the claim was that if the Charlotte area was ever awarded a major league franchise, it would be expanded so that it could host major league baseball.
The Bottom Line: Knight's Stadium is a comfortable, clean, but somewhat ordinary stadium.
www.small-parks.com /Char.htm   (280 words)

  
 Moving into scoring position - Charlotte Business Journal:
Charlotte Knights executives expect the team to be a much bigger hit with fans once the franchise moves uptown.
A county-backed economic-development grant approved this week sets the stage for the Charlotte Knights to make an aggressive bid for opening an uptown ballpark in time for the 2009 season.
If you are already a Charlotte Business Journal subscriber please create or sign into your bizjournals.com account to link your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article.
charlotte.bizjournals.com /charlotte/stories/2007/07/16/story4.html   (576 words)

  
 Charlotte Knights Tickets, Tickets to Charlotte Knights
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 Charlotte Knights Tickets, Tickets to Charlotte Knights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Knights INN - Charlotte, NC - Knights INN Rates and Reviews - SideStep
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