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in dollars) | architect = Ellerbe Becket Odell Associates, Inc. The Freelon Group, Inc. | project_manager = PC Sports〔(Charlotte Arena - Quick Facts )〕 | general_contractor = Hunt/R.J. Leeper〔(Carolina Character )〕 | former_names = Charlotte Bobcats Arena (2005–2008) | tenants = Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets (NBA) (2005–present) Charlotte Checkers (AHL) (2010–2015) Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) (2005–2010) Charlotte Sting (WNBA) (2006) 2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament 2010 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 2012 Democratic National Convention | seating_capacity = Basketball: 19,077 (expandable to 20,200) Ice Hockey: 14,100 Pro-Wrestling: 20,200 (maximum) Concerts: *End stage 180 degrees: 13,376 *End stage 270 degrees: 15,236 *End stage 360 degrees: 18,249 *Center stage: 18,504 *Theatre: 4,000–7,000 | publictransit = CTC/Arena }} Time Warner Cable Arena (originally Charlotte Bobcats Arena and commonly The Hive, Time Warner Arena, or The Cable Box), is an entertainment and sports venue, located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Charlotte, and operated by the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. It made its grand opening in October 2005 as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, with a concert by the Rolling Stones and hosted its first Bobcats game on November 5, 2005. The arena's center-hung video screen, known as "Hornets TV", measures 16 feet by 28 feet, which was the largest scoreboard size of any indoor arena at the time of its completion. On April 8, 2008, the Hornets, then known as the Bobcats, announced a naming rights deal with Time Warner Cable, the area's largest cable television provider, to rename the arena. As part of the deal, the Bobcats ended a somewhat restrictive deal that kept them off satellite and regional cable television. The change became effective immediately, with printed tickets for the Bobcats' April 8, 2008 game against the Minnesota Timberwolves reflecting the arena's new name and the game airing on FSN South. The arena seats 19,077 for most NBA games, but can be expanded to seat up to 20,200 for college basketball games (and presumably NBA playoff games). The arena also served as home to the Charlotte Checkers, an ice hockey team that plays in the AHL, until the end of the 2014-15 season. When ice hockey is played at the arena, capacity is reduced to 14,100, though 4,000 of those seats have obstructed views. On February 1, 2011, it was announced that Time Warner Cable Arena would be the venue for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, to be held in Charlotte.〔Spanberg, Erik (February 1, 2011) ("Charlotte to follow Denver as host city of Democratic National Convention" ), Denver Business Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2011.〕 ==Sports== Though the arena was built with the Bobcats/Hornets in mind, the arena hosts many types of sports and entertainment events. As North Carolina is a hotbed for college basketball, it was expected that the arena would host many NCAA basketball games. Among the games Time Warner Cable Arena has hosted include: *NCAA Tournament: 2008, 2011, 2015 * ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: 2008, 2019 (future) *Southern Conference men's basketball tournament: 2010 The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the oldest historically black collegiate conference in the United States, has held its men's and women's basketball tournaments at the arena since 2006. The Charlotte 49ers have also tentatively agreed to play several high-profile games there over the next several seasons. In addition to the Hornets, the arena had one other permanent tenant for almost a decade. The Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL vacated historic Bojangles Coliseum to play in the new arena in the fall of 2005. When the ECHL Checkers gave way to an AHL team with the same name, the AHL team remained at the arena. Unlike other multipurpose arenas that can accommodate both basketball and hockey, the arena was primarily designed for basketball use. It can nevertheless accommodate an NHL-sized ice hockey rink, but the seating capacity for hockey is 14,100, and the seating arrangement is asymmetrical. This resulted in a lot of seats with obstructed views, which resulted in poor sightlines. Primarily because of those factors, on December 16, 2014, it was announced that the Checkers would move back to Bojangles Coliseum starting with the 2015-16 AHL season.〔http://www.gocheckers.com/articles/952-charlotte-city-council-approves-funding-to-renovate-bojangles-coliseum〕The Charlotte Sting of the WNBA moved, along with the Bobcats/Hornets, from the old Charlotte Coliseum to the then-new venue in 2005, played for one season and then folded due to low attendance. The NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Pit Crew Challenge, part of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, is held on the Wednesday night of the race week at the arena, creating an indoor atmosphere so the pit competition will occur, rain or shine. In January 2007, the Professional Bull Riders association hosted a Built Ford Tough Series event at this venue. The event was known as the "Dale Jr. PBR Clash", named after NASCAR driver and longtime PBR fan Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who teamed up with the PBR to put this event together. The PBR will visit Time Warner Cable Arena once again in the fall of 2011.〔http://www.pbrnow.com/release/?id=6771〕 In June 2015, it was announced that the arena would host the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. 〔http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25221691/report-charlotte-will-host-2017-nba-all-star-game〕 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「Time Warner Cable Arena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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