The Charlotte Arena is the planned arena for the Uptown area of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the NBA's men's basketball team Charlotte Bobcats from 2005 on. The arena name is tentative, and will likely be changed via a sponsorship deal before the venue opens. The city's WNBA women's basketball team, the Charlotte Sting, will also use the arena, but will not play there until 2006, since the new arena will not be ready for the Sting's summer season in 2005. The Bobcats are playing their inaugural season (2004-05) in the existing Charlotte Coliseum, where the Sting now play.
Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The UptownArena and CBA) is an 18,500-seat entertainment and sports venue currently under construction in the Uptown area of Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 2002 a proposal was finally approved by the city, despite the failure of the arena referendum to obtain voter approval, which would finance construction of the arena.
Ground was broken on the new arena in July 2003, with a grand opening date set for October 2005 for the new home of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.
The UptownArena is the planned arena for Charlotte, North Carolina, for the NBA's men's basketball team Charlotte Bobcats from 2005 on.
The arena name is tentative, and will likely be changed via a sponsorship deal before the venue opens.
("Uptown" is the local term for Charlotte's central business district.) The city's WNBA women's basketball team, the Charlotte Sting, will also use the arena, but will not play there until 2006, since the new arena will not be ready for the Sting's summer season in 2005.
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