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Bojangles Coliseum, [a] originally Charlotte Coliseum and formerly Independence Arena and Cricket Arena, is an 8,600-seat multi-purpose arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is operated by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which also oversees nearby Ovens Auditorium and the uptown Charlotte Convention Center .
In April 2017, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced a $110-million expansion to the convention center. The expansion will increase the meeting space by 50,000 square feet and add a bridge for pedestrians linking the center to the Westin Hotel nearby. The project was expected to start construction in early 2019. [2]
Mecklenburg County employs more than 5,900 workers, from social service managers and planners to nurses and librarians. Nearly 400 workers earn more than $100,000 a year, according to county data.
Ovens Auditorium is an auditorium located adjacent to Bojangles' Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Opened in 1955, Ovens has a seating capacity of 2,455 and has hosted over 7,500 events (as of April 2009). It is owned by the City of Charlotte and managed by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.
Animal investment firm and Millennium Venture Capital in December 2022 purchased the building for $24 million. The site is 2.3 acres. However, Charlotte Regional Visitors authority swapped a 1.9-acre parcel at 501 South Caldwell St for a .7-acre parcel on the site at the corner of College Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Those salaries are a fraction of those earned by the highest-paid NBA players. Stephen Curry, the highest-paid player in the NBA , made $51.9 million last season—more than 200 times what Young ...
The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority said that 29 groups have expressed concerns about their plans to host events in Charlotte, risking an estimated 103,000 hotel-nights for the city. [ 105 ] The Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau said four events had been cancelled in the Raleigh area due to House Bill 2, causing a loss of US$700,000 ...
This is a list of major companies and organizations in the Charlotte metropolitan area, through corporate or subsidiary headquarters or through significant operational and employment presence in and around the American city of Charlotte, North Carolina.