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No More Bobjohnsons?
Color me extremely skeptical that the Charlotte Bobcats change ownership soon. Not unless Bob Johnson has radically changed his price point for the team and has basically agreed to finance…
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Ho-Hum. Bob Johnson Wants Out
Big surprise. Rick Bonnell has finally gotten someone to admit that Bob Johnson is trying to unload the Bobcats — for 15 to 25 percent more than anyone thinks the…
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Pay Attention to the Coyote Saga, Charlotte
No, not a Western. A fight between the NHL, some owners, the city of Glendale, and a bankruptcy judge. It sounds very complicated and it is, but the important bit…
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Nuther Uptown Arena Gaffe
Tonite’s Gaither Homecoming has been put off until December 8th “due to an unforeseen maintenance issue with the building’s rigging system.” Really. This means the building will go unused until…
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More Wacky Uptown Arena Tales
The Charlotte Business Journal picks up and runs with the points we made a couple weeks ago about what is shaping up as a weak fall of concert bookings for…
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Earth to Bob: Beers Cost $7
Bobcat Johnson has topped himself. In town and available only because his daughter’s Charlotte Jumpers’ Classic is taking up the Uptown Arena for the next few days — think we’ll…
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Your $400m. Streetcar. Ta-da!
Yet more proof — the $470m. North line that needs $70 million in future property tax dollars to get built came first — that our $9b. transit plan cannot be…
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The Great Arena Booking Myth
Says here that the Bobcats — and by extension the city of Charlotte — are turning to high-powered booking agency AEG to land more musical acts for the Uptown Arena.…
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South Line Media Blitz
Hurray! Today was media day for the $463 million South line — question for the media, anybody ask if it still costs $463 million? — so expect a flood of…
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Transit Debate Recap
Those that missed it — or want to make sure they were not hallucinating parts of it — can re-live the entire event by starting here. Prince of All Media…
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Mayor McCrory's Very Bad Day
Talk about a double-whammy. A primary challenge from CMS Board member Ken Gjertsen, built specifically around the question of the half-cent transit tax repeal. Then a general election facing state…
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More Bobcat Belt Tightening
Charlotte needs some serious answers regarding the status of one of City Manager-Until-June Pam Syfert’s biggest deals — the Uptown arena and the Charlotte Bobcats. News that the team has…