Spectrum Centre Officially Home to the Hornets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Hornets) — Hornets Sports & Entertainment and Charter Communications today announced that Spectrum Center has officially replaced Time Warner Cable Arena as the name of the Hornets’ home arena in Uptown Charlotte. The new name follows Time Warner Cable’s merger with Charter Communications and reflects the brand name of Charter’s all-digital TV, internet and voice offerings.
The venue’s new website is spectrumcentercharlotte.com. The updated social media handles for the arena are Facebook.com/spectrumcentercharlotte, @spectrumcenter on Twitter and @spectrumcenter on Instagram.
Over the last several months, Spectrum branding replaced that of Time Warner Cable throughout the building, including exterior and interior signage, the playing court and the new state-of-the-art scoreboard.
Time Warner Cable entered into an agreement in 2008 for naming rights of the uptown Charlotte arena, which is operated by Hornets Sports & Entertainment. In addition to being the home of the Hornets, Spectrum Center hosts approximately 150 events annually, including professional and collegiate sports, major concerts, family shows and conventions. Since opening on Oct. 21, 2005, the arena has hosted nearly 15 million visitors at nearly 1,700 events.
The premier destination for sports and entertainment in the Carolinas, Spectrum Center will host 17 events in 33 days starting with tomorrow’s Kellogg’s Tour of Gymastics Champions and Saturday’s Hornets Home Opener against the Boston Celtics. The stretch includes 10 Hornets games, three concerts, two comedy performances, the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions and WWE Monday Night Raw.
