Tepper And MLS/BoA

[!stUp]

Interesting article . It may be "old news", but I find the line about BoA being a "Soccer Specific Stadium" intriguing.

https://www.wbtv.com/2019/10/16/charlotte-leaders-tepper-exploring-possible-mls-hq-eastland-mall-site/

[Bartin]

So he would take $100-200M to take the upper deck of BoA to make it a soccer only stadium then build a new stadium for the Panthers with another $500M+ from the city/state elsewhere.

I did wonder why the hell he needed $100-200M to make BoA soccer compatible. This would make sense.

[!stUp]

Of course WBTV only gives you 1/3 of the real story...I'll betcha.

[morgan55]

1 hour ago, bull123 said:

Saw something about old Eastland Mall site?

Haha yea right

[MtnJax]

10 minutes ago, morgan55 said:

Haha yea right

It's being looked at for potential MLS team HQ. Similar facility as what is being built in Rock Hill for the Panthers

[Riverboat Ron]

What about building it in Mt. Holly?

[Forty-Eight]

I love the uptown atmosphere. Just please dont move the Panthers anywhere else even if we have to play in BOA stadium for the next 100 year. I love going there. 

[jfra78]

2 hours ago, Riverboat Ron said:

What about building it in Mt. Holly?

They can build right across from the Freightliner plant

[Ja Rhule]

3 hours ago, bull123 said:

Saw something about old Eastland Mall site?

It’s actually amazing.  They thinking about establishing Barcelona FC academy here instead of Spain.  I think the new MLS team in Charlotte might be part of Barcelona development program and Barca have one of the best academies in the world.  Eastland mall would be a huge HQ with practice fields and likely a hotel.  It would change that area quite a bit.

[jfra78]

7 minutes ago, ARSEN said:

It’s actually amazing.  They thinking about establishing Barcelona FC academy here instead of Spain.  I think the new MLS team in Charlotte might be part of Barcelona development program and Barca have one of the best academies in the world.  Eastland mall would be a huge HQ with practice fields and likely a hotel.  It would change that area quite a bit.

Perfect area of town for something like that

[Ja Rhule]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Perfect area of town for something like that

Oh yea, for sure.  Huge Spanish population in that area and massive chunk of land.  Makes a lot of sense.

[Panthercougar68]

1 hour ago, ARSEN said:

It’s actually amazing.  They thinking about establishing Barcelona FC academy here instead of Spain.  I think the new MLS team in Charlotte might be part of Barcelona development program and Barca have one of the best academies in the world.  Eastland mall would be a huge HQ with practice fields and likely a hotel.  It would change that area quite a bit.

I would love it. I live in East Charlotte and grew up going to Eastland Mall. The area needs a spark like this and with the gold line ending there is might be more reality than people think.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

53 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

I would love it. I live in East Charlotte and grew up going to Eastland Mall. The area needs a spark like this and with the gold line ending there is might be more reality than people think.

Agreed.  Loved Eastland Mall in my youth.  Passed through the area a few years back and it was pretty sad to see how badly things have declined since the 70s and 80s.  

I think it would be a mistake to move the Panthers from downtown and BOA.  However, it would be brilliant to redevelop the Eastland Mall area for a new MLS team if they can manage the traffic flow in and out of the area during games.