#1 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Fine Museum and Education Center
420 W 5th St Charlotte NC - 704-338-7233
~0.06 miles from Charlotte city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Marine Corps
401 W Trade St Charlotte NC - 704-344-6269
~0.13 miles from Charlotte city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Discovery Place
Charlotte NC
~0.32 miles from Charlotte city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Nature Museum
301 N Tryon St Charlotte NC - 704-337-2671
~0.34 miles from Charlotte city center
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Get close to wildlife and walk among free-flying butterflies in Butterfly Pavilion, observe live animals in Creature Cavern, buzz by Insect Alley or just hang out in Our Big Backyard. Daily programming including puppet shows and hands-on activities, provide the opportunity for structured learning and informal play for kids of all ages.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Science Museums of Charlotte
301 N Tryon St Charlotte NC - 704-372-6261
~0.34 miles from Charlotte city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte NC
~0.52 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Time Warner Cable Arena (also known locally as "TWC Arena", is an entertainment and sports venue located in the Uptown (downtown) area of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Its primary use is as the home court of the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA. It made its grand opening in October 2005 for a concert by The Rolling Stones and hosted its first Bobcats game on November 5, 2005. The arena's center-hung Daktronics video screens measure 16 feet by 28 feet, making them the largest of any indoor arena. The arena is owned by the city of Charlotte, but operated by the Bobcats. It is also currently the youngest arena in the NBA.
The arena opened in 2005 as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. On April 8, 2008, the Bobcats announced a naming rights deal with Time Warner Cable, the area's largest cable television provider, to rename the arena. As part of the deal, the Bobcats ended a somewhat restrictive deal that kept them off satellite and regional cable television. The change became effective immediately, with printed tickets for the Bobcats' April 8, 2008, game against the Minnesota Timberwolves reflecting the arena's new name and the game airing on FSN South. Time Warner Cable will also get a dedicated concourse gallery to showcase its products. It is believed to be the first simultaneous naming rights/broadcast rights deal in the history of North American professional sports.
The arena seats 19,026 for most NBA games, but can be expanded to seat up to 20,200 for college basketball games (and presumably NBA playoff games).
The arena also serves as home to the Charlotte Checkers, a minor-league hockey team that plays in the ECHL. When the Checkers play there, capacity is reduced to 14,100.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Time Warner Cable Arena
333 East Trade Street Charlotte NC
~0.54 miles from Charlotte city center
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Time Warner Cable Arena is home of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the ECHL's Charlotte Checkers and is the premier destination for top-rated concerts and events.
http://www.timewarnercablearena.com
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte NC
~0.57 miles from Charlotte city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Convention Center
Charlotte NC
~0.57 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Charlotte Convention Center opened in 1995 and was designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
The Charlotte Convention Center opened in 1995 and attracts more than half a million visitors each year. It was designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS).
It has 280,000 square feet (26,000 m2) of contiguous exhibit space. The ballroom spans 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) with banquet seating for up to 1,800 guests. Pre-function areas extend the ballroom space by 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2). There is also more than 90,000 square feet (8,000 m2) of flexible meeting space in 46 rooms.
The LYNX and the Charlotte Trolley lines pass straight through the center of the convention center.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Convention and Visitor
122 E Stonewall St Charlotte NC - 704-331-2700
~0.59 miles from Charlotte city center
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It's a running joke in Charlotte that visitors only need to visit the Queen City once. Why? Because they end up moving here afterwards. That may not always be the case, but with a community so rich in captivating culture, colorful cityscapes, and cosmopolitan character, the thriving quality of life here is abundantly clear.
http://www.charlottecvb.org
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Ericsson Stadium
Charlotte NC
~0.60 miles from Charlotte city center
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Bank of America Stadium is a football stadium located in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the home facility of the Carolina Panthers NFL franchise. It also hosts the annual Meineke Car Care Bowl which features teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big East. The stadium has also been the site for several past and future games featuring the East Carolina University Pirates. Before the naming rights to the stadium were bought by Bank of America, it was called Ericsson Stadium.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Afro American Cultural Center
401 North Myers Street Charlotte NC - 704-374-1565
~0.93 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Afro-American Cultural Center (AACC) of Charlotte is a distinguished, 33-year old institution that preserves, promotes, and presents African-American art, history and culture through comprehensive programs and presentations in the visual arts, performing arts, and through innovative educational programs
http://www.aacc-charlotte.org/
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Johnson C Smith University
100 Beatties Ford Rd Charlotte NC - 704-378-1000
~1.02 miles from Charlotte city center
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http://www.jcsu.edu
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Navy Dept
1300 Baxter St # 133 Charlotte NC - 704-375-4267
~1.56 miles from Charlotte city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Army Reserve
1330 Westover St Charlotte NC - 704-342-5104
~2.38 miles from Charlotte city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte NC
~2.95 miles from Charlotte city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Defense Dept
800 Briar Creek Rd Charlotte NC - 704-344-6110
~3.09 miles from Charlotte city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Merchandise Mart
2500 E Independence Blvd Charlotte NC - 704-333-7709
~3.23 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Park (formerly the Charlotte Merchandise Mart)
2500 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28205
(704) 333-7709
Tags: business, trade show, downtown, wholesale market center
Venue Type: Convention / Conference Center
Neighborhood: Coliseum Drive
http://www.charlottemerchmart.com
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Cricket Arena
Charlotte NC
~3.39 miles from Charlotte city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Independence Arena
Charlotte NC
~3.46 miles from Charlotte city center
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http://www.cricketarenacharlotte.com/
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Pfeiffer University Charlotte
4701 Park Rd Charlotte NC - 704-521-9116
~4.44 miles from Charlotte city center
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http://www.pfeiffer.edu
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Museum of History
Charlotte NC
~4.48 miles from Charlotte city center
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In support of the mission to capture and share the stories of the Charlotte region through exhibits and programs, the museum has a wide variety of special educational program and event offerings.
Events by Month:
November - December - January
Homeschool Programs: Fall 2009
November 2009
November 1, 2009: Living History Sunday
Time: 1:00-4:00pm
The Charlotte Museum of History presents Living History Sundays on the first Sunday of every month.
Guests of the museum may participate in interactive historic demonstrations of colonial skills. The
demonstrations are included in regular museum admission, and will take place in various locations around the museum and homesite.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
North Carolina Museum of History
Charlotte NC
~4.48 miles from Charlotte city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Billy Graham Library
Charlotte NC
~4.55 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Billy Graham Library opened to the public on June 5, 2007, and chronicles the life and ministry of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The Library is located on the grounds of the international headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, a few miles from where Mr. Graham grew up on a dairy farm.
The Library conveys the story of Billy Graham —the man, the ministry, the message, and the mission and is styled after a dairy barn to reflect Mr. Graham's childhood on a farm.
From the lobby area of the Library, visitors enter the main path of galleries that extends into the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) complex. The galleries showcase numerous, short audio/visual presentations, pictures, sets, music, artifacts from historical occasions, and voices from people all around the world.
One gallery is entirely devoted to Ruth Bell Graham, the late wife of the evangelist. There is an animated cow, Bessie, in the lobby of the Library, as well as a dairy bar café and bookstore called "Ruth's Attic." All visitors enter the Library through doors at the base of a 40-foot (12 m) glass cross.
The tour is self-guided. Also located on the Library grounds is the Prayer Garden, where Mrs. Graham was buried on June 17, 2007.
She was against being buried there, and preferred her home in the mountains to be her final resting place until just before she died.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Air National Guard
5225 Morris Field Dr Charlotte NC - 704-391-4100
~4.65 miles from Charlotte city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Presbyterian Wesley Care
3700 Shamrock Dr Charlotte NC - 704-384-8300
~4.68 miles from Charlotte city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Aviation Museum
Charlotte NC
~5.15 miles from Charlotte city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Carolinas Aviation Museum
Charlotte NC
~5.15 miles from Charlotte city center
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In mid-1991, the founders of the Carolinas Historic Aviation Commission, Floyd and Lois Wilson, heard that two hangars of historic significance to aviation on the grounds of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport were scheduled to be torn down. The smaller of the two was the original hangar built in 1936-37 for Charlotte’s first municipal airport, which Southern Airways then occupied.
In July 1991, the Wilsons met with three other aviation enthusiasts to discuss what could be done to save these two hangars. All agreed to meet again the next month, inviting others who were interested in preserving aviation history to join them.
In September 1991, 20 people met and agreed on the name for their group: Carolinas Historic Aviation Commission (CHAC). In October 1991, the group decided to incorporate and in January 1992, the first issue of the monthly newsletter, Contact, was published. They also determined that CHAC’s purpose would be to preserve the past, present and future aviation history of North and South Carolina, and a CHAC logo was designed.
On February 3, 1992, CHAC received its first articles of incorporation from the state of North Carolina, thus beginning a five-year process to achieve permanent 501(c)(3) non-profit status. That spring, a membership card design was selected, and it was agreed that everyone who joined through December 1992, would be a Charter Member.
In September 1992, CHAC acquired its first aircraft from the U.S. Army, a North American T-28B Trojan. CHAC now had an airplane and no place to put it until Airport Director; Jerry Orr gave CHAC storage space at the Holman Moody hangar, which was being used as a storage facility for retired city buses.
In January 1993, CHAC was given a home at the former Southern Airways hangar, today, the home of the Carolinas Aviation Museum. What greeted our members that cold January day as they came on the property was a neglected, metal relic of a hangar: rusted-open hanger doors off their tracks, broken windowpanes, knee-high weeds, and mounds of dirt dumped on the taxiway from construction projects at the airport and debris from Hurricane Hugo.
Today, that neglected building is a ghost of the past. The Carolinas Aviation Museum is a tribute to the vision, hard work and the belief of its many volunteers and national supporters that preserving the Carolinas’ aviation history is vital to this region’s cultural well-being
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte Bobcats
Charlotte NC
~5.24 miles from Charlotte city center
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The Time Warner Cable Arena (also known locally as "TWC Arena", is an entertainment and sports venue located in the Uptown (downtown) area of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Its primary use is as the home court of the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA. It made its grand opening in October 2005 for a concert by The Rolling Stones and hosted its first Bobcats game on November 5, 2005. The arena's center-hung Daktronics video screens measure 16 feet by 28 feet, making them the largest of any indoor arena. The arena is owned by the city of Charlotte, but operated by the Bobcats. It is also currently the youngest arena in the NBA.
The arena opened in 2005 as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. On April 8, 2008, the Bobcats announced a naming rights deal with Time Warner Cable, the area's largest cable television provider, to rename the arena. As part of the deal, the Bobcats ended a somewhat restrictive deal that kept them off satellite and regional cable television.[2] The change became effective immediately, with printed tickets for the Bobcats' April 8, 2008, game against the Minnesota Timberwolves reflecting the arena's new name and the game airing on FSN South.[3] Time Warner Cable will also get a dedicated concourse gallery to showcase its products. It is believed to be the first simultaneous naming rights/broadcast rights deal in the history of North American professional sports.[4]
The arena seats 19,026 for most NBA games, but can be expanded to seat up to 20,200 for college basketball games (and presumably NBA playoff games).
The arena also serves as home to the Charlotte Checkers, a minor-league hockey team that plays in the ECHL. When the Checkers play there, capacity is reduced to 14,100.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Charlotte
Us Marine Corps Reserve Center
6115 N Hill Cir Charlotte NC - 704-598-0015
~5.34 miles from Charlotte city center
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