What are some fun things to do in Charlotte, NC?... besides the Carowinds.
2007-01-09 09:22:51 · 4 answers · asked by Gigi 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
The Carolina Renaissance Festival
Afro-American Cultural Center, preserves, promotes and presents African-American art, history and culture
Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers
Benedictine College and Monastery, on the historic registry for the college, the monastery and grotto
Blumenthal Performing Arts Centre
Carolinas Aviation Museum, dedicated to the preservation of historic aircraft
Carolina Raptor Center, dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of birds of prey
Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte Convention Center
The Charlotte Museum of History
Children's Theatre of Charlotte, one of the top youth theatres in the country
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, a 111 acre (0.5 km²) botanical garden located just west of Charlotte in Belmont
Discovery Place, a science museum and IMAX Dome theater
Historic Latta Plantation, a cotton plantation turned living history farm
Historic Rosedale Plantation
Historic Rural Hill Farm
ImaginOn, cutting-edge educational children's library and theater
Kings Mountain National Military Park, the site of a decisive Revolutionary War battle, located approximately 30 miles (50 km) west of Charlotte in Blacksburg, SC.
Levine Museum of the New South
Lowe's Motor Speedway
The Mint Museums, two separate facilities, one dedicated to fine art and the other to craft and design
Paramount's Carowinds, regional amusement park located on the border of North and South Carolina
Reed Gold Mine, site of the first gold find in the United States
U.S. National Whitewater Center, state of the art facility opened in August 2006.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens
Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary
[edit] Sports
Club Sport Founded League Venue Logo
Charlotte RFC Rugby Union 1971 USA Super League Skillbeck Athletic Grounds
Charlotte Knights Baseball 1976 IL Knights Stadium, Fort Mill
Carolina Panthers Football 1993 NFL Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte Checkers Ice Hockey 1993 ECHL Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte Eagles &
Charlotte Lady Eagles Soccer 1993 USL-2
W-League Waddell Stadium
Charlotte Bobcats Basketball 2004 NBA Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte is home to the NFL's Carolina Panthers, which debuted in the league in 1995. The Panthers play in Bank of America Stadium, located in Uptown. The team won the NFC Championship of the 2003-2004 NFL season when it beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 14-3, in Philadelphia. In Super Bowl XXXVIII on Feb. 1, 2004, the Panthers were defeated, 32-29, by the New England Patriots. They have been in two other NFC Championship games: in 1996 (their second year) and 2006.
Charlotte was home to the World Football League's Charlotte Hornets during 1974 and 1975. The city has also been home to two Arena Football League teams, the Charlotte Rage and Carolina Cobras. The NCAA football Meineke Car Care Bowl is played annually in December at Bank of America Stadium.
Charlotte briefly had a Major Indoor Lacrosse League team in 1996, the Charlotte Cobras. The team did not fare well, however, and after a single 0-10 season, the Cobras folded.
In 2004, Charlotte was awarded its second NBA expansion team named the Charlotte Bobcats. The team plays in the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, which opened in fall 2005 in downtown Charlotte.
From 1988 to 2002, Charlotte hosted an NBA franchise named the Charlotte Hornets. The franchise relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana in 2002 after bitter animosity between the team's fans and principal owner George Shinn led to slumping attendance and ill feelings towards the Hornets.
The WNBA Charlotte Sting had played in Charlotte since 1997 and left in 2006. Charlotte is home to the Charlotte Eagles of the United Soccer Leagues and plays host to the annual Wachovia Championship, an increasingly prestigious stop on the PGA Tour.
Charlotte is the hub of stock car racing, with major races being held at nearby Lowe's Motor Speedway, considered by most fans and participants in the sport to be NASCAR's 'home track'. A vast majority of NASCAR teams and race shops are located within 40 miles of Charlotte, and most NASCAR drivers maintain a residence in or near the city. Seventy-three percent of American motorsports employees are based within two hours of downtown Charlotte. The NASCAR Hall of Fame is set to open in Charlotte in early 2009.
Baseball has a long, rich history in the Queen City, dating back to 1901 when the Charlotte Hornets were formed. The Triple-A Charlotte Knights, the top minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, currently call the Charlotte area home (the team's stadium is located in nearby Fort Mill, South Carolina).
Charlotte is on the list of cities that the Florida Marlins are considering for relocation; team officials are expected to visit the city in late February or early March 2006 to discuss a move with city leaders and consider a plan to build a privately-funded stadium downtown. But city leaders stated as of April that they would not fund or support any attempt to bring the Florida Marlins to Charlotte.
Via the Hartford Wolf Pack and Binghamton Senators of the AHL, the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL are a farm team for the NHL's New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators respectively. The Charlotte Checkers now play at the new Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Additionally, Charlotte is also home to a professional inline hockey team, the The Charlotte Outlawz.
Charlotte is home to the headquarters of the Big South Conference despite having no schools playing in the Big South (although near-by schools Winthrop University, from Rock Hill, South Carolina (full), and Gardner-Webb University, from Boiling Springs, North Carolina (football only) are members).
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2007-01-09 10:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We now have the white water park near Charlotte. Several museums, Discovery Place, Pops in the Park, Check the schedule for sports teams and events at Bobcats Arena, Lake Norman, Shopping, Shopping, Shopping.
Not sure if you are visiting in warm or cool weather.
We are 3 hrs from skiing in the mountains and 3 hours from the beach.
Have fun. Also try www.gocarolinas.com
2007-01-09 09:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by Colette B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-03 19:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovery place, see a knights game summer, shop ice skate down town now, 50 degrees maybe 70 go to a park, indoor water park up town rays splash planet. check out the childrens theater if you have kids. Check out zuma fun for kids and parents. White water park outside Charlotte, good!!
2007-01-10 03:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by swimmyfishy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋