OT: Charlotte Bojangles Coliseum to bring back the Checkers?

[Anton Babchuk]

i like this move only because i like to read people complaining about cities subsidizing sports teams

the tears are delicious

too bad i'll probably get shot and stabbed while attending a game tho

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

I have mixed reactions. On that stretch of Independence (or any stretch before Matthews, for that matter), I would be legitimately concerned about repeatedly leaving my car outside while I watched the games, as well as the walk to and from the car. Also, the light rail/downtown location was a huge plus, but a smaller barn is better suited to minor league hockey. The cozy atmosphere will probably be more entertaining than having half of a major league arena curtained off. The rent's probably a fraction of the price, too. Wonder if that'll translate to cheaper tickets.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The parking lot there is pretty safe, right? You pretty much park right in front of the building and walk straight in...

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

The parking lot there is pretty safe, right? You pretty much park right in front of the building and walk straight in...

It might be, I've honestly never been. When I lived in Charlotte, I tended to avoid that side of town except to just pass through.

 

[Unsustainable]

It's probably safer since they took out the stop lights.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It might be, I've honestly never been. When I lived in Charlotte, I tended to avoid that side of town except to just pass through.

It's not a part of town where one would just randomly stroll down the street at night, but that has as much to do with the lack of any good reason to walk down those streets as it does with safety. The expansion of 74 pretty much wiped out any sense of "neighborhood" around there, so anybody just walking around is likely to be a shady character.

The arena itself is pretty much an in-and-out location. Same with Ovens next door. They're kind of isolated by the freeway so the parking attendants control who gets in and out.

All that said, the 7th St/Monroe Rd corridor is underrated, and it runs really close to the arena on the other side. If I were still there, I'd probably be looking at dinner in that neighborhood (or at South 21... omg) as a pregame option.

 

[DaleCooper]

I worked basically right behind the Coliseum on Monroe Road around 10 years ago and never really perceived it as a particularly high crime area. More than the suburbs, sure, but seems like an overreaction. Ovens Auditorium is right there as well. There are a couple residential neighborhoods around it, businesses on Monroe Road, and then Independence Boulevard is pretty much your typical overbuilt American highway surrounded by a mixture of blight and big box stores that can't figure out if it is supposed to be a local road or a freeway.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The parking lot there is pretty safe, right? You pretty much park right in front of the building and walk straight in...

That was basically my experience the one game I went to at Bojangles back when it was Cricket Arena to see my Inferno play the Checkers.

 

[HisIceness]

i like this move only because i like to read people complaining about cities subsidizing sports teams

the tears are delicious

too bad i'll probably get shot and stabbed while attending a game tho

RIP impeach estaalo

 

[garnetpalmetto]

RIP impeach estaalo

Eh. I'm sure even in death he'd find done way to troll us all

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

It's not a part of town where one would just randomly stroll down the street at night, but that has as much to do with the lack of any good reason to walk down those streets as it does with safety. The expansion of 74 pretty much wiped out any sense of "neighborhood" around there, so anybody just walking around is likely to be a shady character.

The arena itself is pretty much an in-and-out location. Same with Ovens next door. They're kind of isolated by the freeway so the parking attendants control who gets in and out.

All that said, the 7th St/Monroe Rd corridor is underrated, and it runs really close to the arena on the other side. If I were still there, I'd probably be looking at dinner in that neighborhood (or at South 21... omg) as a pregame option.

I worked basically right behind the Coliseum on Monroe Road around 10 years ago and never really perceived it as a particularly high crime area. More than the suburbs, sure, but seems like an overreaction. Ovens Auditorium is right there as well. There are a couple residential neighborhoods around it, businesses on Monroe Road, and then Independence Boulevard is pretty much your typical overbuilt American highway surrounded by a mixture of blight and big box stores that can't figure out if it is supposed to be a local road or a freeway.

Yeah, maybe so. I was there for about 4 years, but never made it out to a show at the Coliseum or Ovens Auditorium, so my only experiences with that section of town are from riding through. Just never had a good impression, but I never stopped long enough to find out how accurate it was.

RIP impeach estaalo

rip in peace

 

[Anton Babchuk]

shockin twist: hav been #dead this whole time and am posting from #beyondthegrave

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[Carolinas Identity*]

shockin twist: hav been #dead this whole time and am posting from #beyondthegrave

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i believe u mean:

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