A sellout crowd is expected this weekend for Charlotte FC's home opener. But it will look different at Bank of America Stadium this year — the upper bowl won't be open, reducing the capacity from more than 74,000 down to around 35,000.
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🎥 North Carolina's Film Office is doubling down on recruiting television series to the state.
🎞️ That's led to small-screen wins, plus the possibility that a series filming here will return for multiple seasons, North Carolina Film Office director Guy Gaster tells Axios.
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Charlotte FC is rolling out $26 tickets for the 2026 season.
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The 2025 Charlotte Music census offers a detailed snapshot of the city's music industry, from working musicians to venues and other industry workers.
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🏟️ A timeline of Bank of America Stadium from when the site was selected in the 1980s to renovation plans through 2030:
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UNC Charlotte professor Kelly Cartwright is helping shape a new PBS Kids television series called "Phoebe & Jay."
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⛰️ Carolina Thread Trails' work on new public trails at Spencer Mountain is underway.
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🏈 Flag football is expanding in both access and popularity, and it's serving as a catalyst for the growth of girls' and women's sports. www.axios.com/local/charlo...
Scotland is the latest team to choose North Carolina as its FIFA World Cup base camp. Charlotte FC's Atrium Health Performance Park will serve as Scotland's training site.
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🏀 Yes, Kon Knueppel is a top five NBA Draft pick, but he's a lot like any other Charlotte transplant who moved here for work. He's trying to figure out his new home, from things to do to restaurants to visit.
🍕 He's a fan of Pizza Baby.
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🀄️ The Queen's Mahjery, a new mahjong studio, will open in Oakhurst Commons off Monroe Road this summer. www.axios.com/local/charlo...
✈️ Travelers from Charlotte Douglas International Airport really like going to Orlando, Florida and London, England.
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The land where the church sits is being sold to the Levine Museum of the New South, which plans to build its new campus on the site. The museum is also exploring how to preserve the building.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will be closed Monday, Feb. 2, and all extracurricular activities have been cancelled. CMS will not use a make-up instructional day.
Charlotte seemed to slow down for a moment as people grabbed real and makeshift sleds, flocking to whatever hill they could find during Saturday's snowstorm.
Yes, we used a baking sheet as a sled and the same inner tubes we take down the Catawba.
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The Levine Museum of the New South is purchasing the .57-acre Grace Covenant Church property at 1800 South Blvd. for $7.5 million, with plans to renovate the site.
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🏒 Months before #HeatedRivalry took off, the
@checkershockey.bsky.social were planning their themed nights for the upcoming season. They chose 1/31 as Book Club night. The pre-game event has drawn so much demand that they've opened it up to more people. www.axios.com/local/charlo...
✈️ Starting this March, Charlotte's getting a direct flight to Abu Dhabi. Here's everything you need to know about the new Etihad Airways flight, plus 10 popular nonstop flights out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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Ninety-one-year-old David "Dave" Hostetler Sr. has been competing in the Senior Games since 2009, and he doesn't plan to stop.
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Park and Rec has acquired 140.1 acres in fiscal year 2026, as of Dec. 22, 2025.
🛝 88.8 acres for parks
🏃♀️ 18.2 acres for greenways
🌳 33.1 acres for nature preserves
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Panthers' playoff game is the hottest ticket in town.
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HUGE news for Capital One customers (especially the Venture X) who have been dealing with long lounge wait times.
A Capital One Lounge is coming to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. www.axios.com/local/charlo...
About nine miles of greenway opened around the Charlotte area in 2025.
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🏈 The last time the Panthers hosted a playoff game, the Bank was packed for the NFC championship game on Jan. 24, 2016. The Panthers beat the Cardinals and punched their ticket to the Super Bowl.
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📚 "The Women," Kristin Hannah's 2024 historical fiction novel, was again Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's most checked-out book overall in 2025, just as it was in 2024.
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The new mile of McAlpine Creek Greenway includes one of the county's longest boardwalks — 2,610 linear feet.
Sycamore is on its way out at Charlotte's airport amid charges against the brewery's co-founder.
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Retailers and bars across the Carolinas have pulled Sycamore beer from their shelves, coolers and taps after the brewery's co-founder was arrested and charged with statutory rape of a child and breaking into a Stanly County home.
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Charlotte is among U.S. cities included in the U.S. Soccer Federation's bid to host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. www.axios.com/local/charlo...
🏟️ The date has been set — Charlotte will host the 2026 MLS All-Star game on July 29 at Bank of America Stadium. Charlotte was awarded the game over the summer.
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