We have a new home for Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) broadcasts: ESPN Radio 730 AM is the flagship home of Knights baseball beginning with Opening Day, April 11, 2014. All 144 games of the team’s inaugural season at BB&T Ballpark in Uptown Charlotte will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio 730 AM, espn730.com, […]
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Charlotte Knights unveil new look for 2014
The Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) unveiled new logos and branding to coincide with a move to a new ballpark for the 2014 season. In keeping with a medieval theme, the Knights new image showcases gold and silver, colors synonymous with royalty. The team’s four on-field caps feature a base color of black with […]
New Knights ballpark to feature widest videoboard in MiLB
The Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) unveiled some more BB&T Ballpark news today: the ballpark will feature the widest videoboard in Minor League Baseball. Opening Day at BB&T Ballpark is set for Friday, April 11, 2014. The BB&T Ballpark video project will feature a 30-by-82 foot HD videoboard consisting of nearly three million LED […]
Knights announce return date to Charlotte
The official return of the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) to Charlotte is set for April 11, 2014, when the team opens BB&T Ballpark. The date was announced at a press conference today. Members of the Charlotte Knights front office staff, along with Frances Crockett, former co-owner and GM of the Charlotte O’s, were […]
Steel going up at new Knights ballpark
Construction of the new Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) ballpark reached another milestone: the first steel girders went up in recent days. From the Charlotte Observer: Knights vice president Dan Rajkowski on Tuesday called the raising of steel beams a “monumental event for us.”… The first steel beams have been put up in what […]
Reese drops remaining lawsuits opposing new Knights ballpark
After drawing the threat of sanctions from the presiding judge, gadfly Jerry Reese has agreed to drop any more lawsuits opposing a new Uptown ballpark for the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League), set to open in 2014. Lawyer and developer Reese has been a thorn in the side of Charlotte and Knights officials, filing […]
Staff notes: Brown to Charlotte, Franklin to Joliet
A couple of staff appointment to note as the Winter Meetings get underway: Scott Brown is the new general manager of the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League), while Chris Franklin is the new GM of the Joliet Slammers (independent; Frontier League). Scott’s a veteran of Minor League Baseball; we’ve known him since his days […]
Next up for Charlotte Knights: a ballpark financing plan
With city funding of a new Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) ballpark assured, the team has one more huge hurdle: finalizing a financing plan before the end of the month. That’s quite a deadline, but one that team VP Dan Rajkowski has been preparing for since Mecklenburg County first approved its funding contribution to […]
Knights: We’ve met big condition for new ballpark
Management of the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) say they’ve scored two significant, long-term sponsorship agreements — agreements that were a condition of their new-ballpark deal with Mecklenburg County. Providing such proof by March 31, 2012 was a condition required to maintain the validity of the Knights’ lease agreement with the county. The Knights […]