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[dbull75]

Thought I'd revive this thread since the 1st ACC Championship game in Charlotte is less than 2 weeks away. There are now less than 12,000 tickets left for the December 4th game. Virginia Tech won their division and will await either NC State or Florida State. NC State just has to win this weekend to advance, while FSU would get the nod if the Wolfpack loses. I would imagine that a sellout is all but a foregone conclusion for the 73,000 seat BofA Stadium. Ticket sales really picked up after Tech won this weekend and you can pretty much bet the remaining tickets will be gone after this coming weekend. This bodes well for Charlotte holding on to the championship game after 2011. It's been argued all along that it should've been held here. City leaders will love the "cha-ching" sound for the bump in local revenue I'm sure since a majority of the people attending the game will be from out of town.

[Urbanity]

On a related note - City seems to be incorporating the ACC into the Dec 2 tree lighting.   Makes me think this will be a large event this year.


From the Observer "more information' about holiday events in the city side box in the story about First night:

Dec. 2: Tree-lighting ceremony, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Trade and Tryon streets. The actual lighting will be at 6:20 p.m. and will include ACC officials and cheerleaders from the teams in town for the Dec. 4 ACC football championship game.

Edited by Urbanity, 23 November 2010 - 05:17 AM.

[dbull75]

Here's a list of events and times for this weekend's ACC Championship:

Friday, 6 p.m., "ACC Night of Legends" at Charlotte Convention Center. A well-known past player from each school will attend. There's also an awards ceremony. Tickets: $150.

Saturday, noon to 7 p.m., ACC FanFest along South Mint and Graham streets near the stadium. Open to public.

2 to 3 p.m.: Bridgette Tatum performance; Dr Pepper Stage.

3 to 3:30 p.m.: Dr Pepper can toss;

Dr Pepper Field.

3:30 to 4 p.m.: ACC Mascot Game;

Dr Pepper Field.

4 to 4:30 p.m.: Dr Pepper/Food Lion Scholarship Throw; Dr Pepper Field.

4:30 to 5 p.m.: 2010 ACC Football Legends autograph session; Legends Tent.

4:45 to 5 p.m.: Atlantic Division pep rally.

5:15 to 5:30 p.m.: Coastal Division rally.

5:30 to 7 p.m.: Montgomery Gentry country music performance; Dr Pepper Stage.

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

When: Saturday, 7:45 p.m.

Who: No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. 20 Florida State

Where: Bank Of America Stadium

TV: ESPN

[cityboi]

NcSc74, on 18 December 2007 - 06:44 PM, said:

Maybe moving the ACC headquarter to the QC will bring about the right attitude ...nah just kidding G-boro is just fine.

LOL Greensboro wouldn't allow it. The ACC Hall of Champions & Museum is under construction here right now and its an effort to make sure the ACC doesn't go any where. (There was a past effort by Charlotte officials to lure the ACC headquarters from Greensboro to Charlotte)

LOL the ACC is the reason Greensboro has a 23,500 seat arena which is large for a city without a major league sports team. The Greensboro Coliseum master plan calls for an additional 2,500 seats in the main arena and a large ACC banquet/convention hall as well. I think the banquet hall will be under construction soon. Greensboro just hosted the ACC Baseball tourney last spring  and there are plans for ACC diving championships at the aquatic center which is under construction at the Greensboro Coliseum. Im sure there are a few that would want to the city to build a football stadium so we could secure the football tournament. There is Aggie football stadium at NC A&T but I'm pretty sure it doesn't meet the requirements for an ACC football game. While the stadium has a some what large seating capacity (23,000 seats), most of those seats are bleachers. LOL Thats one thing Greensboro is very protective of and thats the ACC.

Edited by cityboi, 29 November 2010 - 09:20 AM.

[dbull75]

^Uh... you do realize that comment was from like... 3 years ago?

[cityboi]

dbull75, on 29 November 2010 - 09:41 AM, said:

^Uh... you do realize that comment was from like... 3 years ago?

better late than never LOL

Edited by cityboi, 29 November 2010 - 09:50 AM.

[Urbanity]

CBJ today has two articles re: the ACC/Charlotte

The front page article is about the ACC leaning towards choosing Charlotte as the permanent home of the ACC Football Championship.  Apparently last year's event in Charlotte was a big success.

The second article (more of a blurb) was in regards to Michael Jordan speaking with John Sworfford about Charlotte hosting future ACC basketball tournaments.

Edited by Urbanity, 29 July 2011 - 08:59 AM.

[jednc]

Urbanity, on 29 July 2011 - 08:58 AM, said:

CBJ today has two articles re: the ACC/Charlotte

The front page article is about the ACC leaning towards choosing Charlotte as the permanent home of the ACC Football Championship.  Apparently last year's event in Charlotte was a big success.

The second article (more of a blurb) was in regards to Michael Jordan speaking with John Sworfford about Charlotte hosting future ACC basketball tournaments.

I'm happy about the football championship prospects, but really excited about the idea of the ACC Tournament rotating through Charlotte more often. That tourney ranks just short of the NCAA Tourney (read Final Four) as my favorite sporting event (unless the Panthers return to the Super Bowl).

[dbull75]

The 2011 ACC Football Championship is already nearing a sellout a month before the game. As of today about 700 tickets remain out of the 53,000 that were up for sale to the general public. The other 20,000 go to both participating schools (to be determined still). I think it's safe to say that the ACC will likely move towards making Charlotte the permanent site of the game.

[Urbanity]

ACC sold out   Three weeks before the game too!

I agree that it's likely that we'll get it permanently (or at least long term!)