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BB&T BallPark is a baseball stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Uptown-area stadium hosts the Charlotte Knights, a Triple-A minor league baseball team in the International League. ==History== An Uptown stadium for the Knights had been a long-running saga in Charlotte, occasionally the subject of contentious debate. Since the dawn of the new millennium, the Knights had consistently been a last place team in the International League in terms of attendance while playing at Knights Stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The old stadium was located 30 minutes south of Uptown Charlotte, and many fans were unwilling to brave the infamous traffic on Interstate 77 to get there. The project had been repeatedly blocked by Jerry Reese, a Charlotte lawyer who claims the land swap is illegal. Reese has ambitions to move a Major League Baseball team to Charlotte and views a Triple-A sized stadium for the Knights as a detriment. In August 2006 the stadium became the source of more debate, as Mecklenburg County commission chairman Parks Helms said he would stall an arts project until the Charlotte City Council looked at a proposal he backed to bring baseball to Uptown. Furthermore, it could expand the Atlantic Coast Conference's plans to return the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament to Charlotte. The ACC tournament had been held at Knights Stadium until the NCAA's ban on South Carolina having predetermined championships took effect because of NAACP pressure in relation to the boycott of the state by the organization. Multiple new mid-rise hotels are expected to open in the area around the new stadium, along with restaurants and retail. The first event held at the ballpark was a media softball game, which took place on March 22, 2014.〔 The first Knights game took place on April 11, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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