Charlotte can't support Major League Baseball. No Major League team is going to relocate to this city in this economy or in a thriving economy. We'd fill the stadium up weekends because the bleachers would be full of fans from the Greenvilles and Greensboro. But on Tuesday night?
So let's build a minor league ballpark downtown. The Charlotte Knights have always been willing to pay more than their share. Charge minor league prices and create an after work option for thousands.
Kudos to the Mecklenburg Country Commissions for seeing the possiblities.
If it weren't for the frivolous lawsuits that delayed construction, lawsuits filed by a real estate attorney who claims he knows a big league team that wants to move to Charlotte, the Knights already would be playing downtown. He won't name the team.
I think it's the Hogwarts.
QFT!
Posted by: Keith | July 15, 2011 at 02:44 PM
Q: What do you do with an elephant that has three balls?
A: You walk the elephant and pitch to the rhino.
Posted by: Jim | July 15, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Shouldn't have ever moved to Fort Mill in the first place. They would have had bigger crowds, and probably would have landed a Major League Team because of the support. Bring 'em on, I'd love to go to some games, even during the week. Miss the ol' Crockett Park. Good Times
Posted by: DaveT | July 15, 2011 at 05:24 PM
$14,300,000,000,000.00 in debt and HairBoy wants a playpen. Unbelievable.
Posted by: Juan Valdez | July 15, 2011 at 11:09 PM
I don't need to be concerned with doing the Black Thug Shuffle after a game while going to my car. Keep them in Fort Mill. Minor League baseball belongs in a rural setting, not the "big city" that Charlotte pretends to be.
Posted by: Various Authors | July 16, 2011 at 08:19 AM
As usual Sorensen is wrong. Its a sardine can downtown and he wants more? He said to tear down the mega nice 24k seat 1987 built Tyvola Rd Arena and build a terriby ugly small Time Warner 17k seat armory that cost 10 times more. He said to put the NASCAR HOF downtown. He hated the "Carolina" name for the Panthers.
The guy is an idiot and dosent believe half of what he says himself. go fig
Soon he will be wanting a new airport downtown, UNCC 49ers inside the belt, and all burbs there. Put everything inside the tiny circle. Such stupdity. He has never been right about anything for 20 yrs since the Star ran him off.
And it was Shinn he ran off who got pro sports with the Hornets and then bought the tiny 1A Os tean off Marsh playing in a Little League park and brought 3A just below Carowinds that is 5 minutes by I-485 and I-77.
Always do the opposite of what Sorensen says. He should have been a comedian.
Posted by: QC Know It All | July 16, 2011 at 09:34 AM
I hate you suburban idiots. If you want things to do move to the city or shut up. No fun for you fort mill/ lizard lick
Posted by: Mbgil@gmail.com | July 16, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Yeah, VA, NOBODY has an urban ballpark...except Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Indianapolis, Memphis, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Louisville, Chattanooga, Jacksonville, Toledo, AND Montgomery. It'll never work.
Posted by: MichaelProcton | July 16, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Its it odd to name a few things how the founding fathers of Charlotte had the vision to build the old Griffith pro basball stadium way down in Dilworth off Marsh 100 yrs ago?
What about the old Colisium way out 2 lane Independence in 1957?
New Colisium way off Tyvola in 1985?
UNCC way out off HW 49?
Douglas Airport way out off Wilkinson Blvd in 1947?
The list goes on. Obv they were more ahead of their times way back when.
A few "suburban" US professional sports stadiums.
Florida Marlins Miami Gardens, Florida Sun Life Stadium
Miami Dolphins Miami Gardens, Florida Sun Life Stadium
Texas Rangers Arlington, Texas Rangers Ballpark
Tampa Bay Rays St. Petersburg, Florida Tropicana Field
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Anaheim, California Angel Stadium
New Jersey Nets Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center
Detroit Pistons Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills
Buffalo Bills Orchard Park, New York Ralph Wilson Stadium
New York Jets East Rutherford, New Jersey New Meadowlands
New York Giants East Rutherford, New Jersey New Meadowlands
Washington Redskins Landover, Maryland FedExField
New England Patriots Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium
Arizona Cardinals Glendale, Arizona University of Phoenix
New Jersey Devils Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center
New York Islanders Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Colisieum
Florida Panthers Sunrise, Florida BankAtlantic Center
Carolina RailHawks FC Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park
Miami Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lockhart Stadium
Tampa Bay St. Petersburg, Florida
Progress Energy Park
Detroit Waza Taylor, Michigan Taylor Sportsplex
Chicago Sky Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena
Connecticut Sun Uncasville, Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
Atlanta Beat Kennesaw, Georgia Soccer Stadium
Philadelphia Independence West Chester, Pennsylvania John A. Farrell Stadium
Posted by: mike torrence | July 17, 2011 at 09:38 AM
" Posted by: Mbgil@gmail.com | July 16, 2011 at 10:08 AM "
Right back at you jackazz. We dont like dodging bullets or getting mugged. Are you that ignorant with that 4th grade level education? Cross the state line and you are in immediately in Char city limits.
Burb life is excel. No 3rd world. Crime is ziltch. Clean & safe. Family oriented. Great schools. Low taxes. No congestion. Legal firearms encouraged for protection.
Listen up knucklehead. You are not taking our 3A Knights to that Sec 8 3rd world downtown for fans to get mugged and robbed. Now go smoke your crack. They're staying. Deal with it.
You couldnt afford a shack must less an average home at 700k. Peasant.
Posted by: tega cay knights | July 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM
@Tega cay knights
Totally off topic but why would you need a gun for protection if you say crime is zilch?
Btw, if the point of commenting is to share your viewpoint gross generalizations cloud the point you're trying to make, just saying.
Posted by: Ysoserious? | July 17, 2011 at 05:49 PM
@tegacay
Zero chance they stay in Fort Mill. Went to a game last week and there were maybe 200 people there. Moving downtown will bring many more fans and money which is really all that matters. Besides, everyone knows that in the US we have two 3rd world countries, South Carolina and Lousiana. Sucks.
Posted by: Daren | July 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM
WRONG TOM! If they want to build a stadium in the actual city limits, fine, the knock down the remnants of Eastland Mall and put it there. You have plenty of space for parking, plus space to put a few small office towers to create a business park on the opposite side of the lot to help revitalize that part of town. Besides, the city planners are already moving ahead with a street car that would eventually go down Central to that area, might as well put something there to go to!
Posted by: Rick | July 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM
They def hate f*gs in South Carolina and Louisiana.
Posted by: larry | July 20, 2011 at 07:18 AM
No, absolutely not. We do not have the backing to support a team. Charlotte is not a baseball town. A total waste of money. I hope we never bring an MLB team here either.
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