Charlotte Knights AAA Ballpark in Third Ward

[SentioVenia]

Crane installing lights down the third-base line this morning.  Sorry for the poor photo quality.

 

[15895]

I hope the office or hotel tower is cylindrical or triangular. I hope the buildings arent too similar to the design of the stadium. Especially if it's two buildings.

[nonillogical]

Regarding the restaurant space, I think it is still coming, because they are only just now beginning to work on pouring concrete for the main entrance steps, the top of which forms the base of that restaurant building. I think the most recent site plan revision would have taken this into account if it had been changed, and that area still needs a barrier to the right side of the entrance.

[MazzoMedia]

This timelapse covers construction of the stadium during the month of August.

http://youtu.be/CNRC-2n4PYU

[ssh214]

This timelapse covers construction of the stadium during the month of August.

http://youtu.be/CNRC-2n4PYU

thanks for sharing! can't believe that was all in one month!

[MazzoMedia]

I havent been posting single day timelapses of the stadium, but just felt like sharing this one from today.

http://youtu.be/I_orZulT5Kg

[ssh214]

I havent been posting single day timelapses of the stadium, but just felt like sharing this one from today.

http://youtu.be/I_orZulT5Kg

Thank you for the update! Much appreciated!

[kermit]

Now that we are just two months from completion of the ballpark the silence on the outfield office and hotel space is getting louder....

[Guest]

Now that we are just two months from completion of the ballpark the silence on the outfield office and hotel space is getting louder....

It has "Strong Interest"

[DMann]

It has "Strong Interest"

Things are in place, the time it is taking is to  get the property situated to be revenue producing on land leased to the Knights for $1 per year.

[nonillogical]

It looked to me yesterday like they are about to start constructing the building near the entrance on Mint that will house the restaurant (and maybe ticketing? looks like more than 1 space in the renderings). There were quite a lot of cinder blocks stacked up in that area.

[CLTProductions]

I will go check it out on lunch and see if pictures will do it justice

[navigator319]

Since so much of the park is done visually it is not as dramatic seeing the changes week to week. 

 

Lots of glass now on the suites, outfield wall moving along, final light bank installed, interior work, trucking tons of dirt out from the inside, etc..

[Guest]

Did anyone confirm whether or not they are building the building by the entrance yet?

[AuLukey]

Did anyone confirm whether or not they are building the building by the entrance yet?

 

I looked but I honestly didn't see anything worth noting.  There were a few piles of brick, I never spotted any cinder blocks, but maybe I didn't look hard enough.  If they were there, the workers definitely weren't working on them.

[Miesian Corners]

Teaser on WBTV tonight about the Knights announcing a new development at BB&T Park tomorrow morning.

[CLTProductions]

Teaser on WBTV tonight about the Knights announcing a new development at BB&T Park tomorrow morning.

Cynicism says its going to be something minor. But lets hope it is something big!!

[15895]

Cynicism says its going to be something minor. But lets hope it is something big!!

that building near the entrance that Ricky ask about

[Guest]

that building near the entrance that Ricky ask about

hah, they probably landed an olive garden for that space...

[HopHead]

Can anyone verify if the webcam is still working? I checked this the other day when it was raining and it had a picture where it was sunny out. Seems like this hasn't changed in the last several days at least.

 

http://webcampub.multivista.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=aPublicWebcam.page&WebcamPublicPageUID=4ea6ec27-b1f3-4bcc-8a01-32f9e0d49d93

[CLTProductions]

Anyone have an idea when the announcement will happen? Also, it doesnt look like the webcam is active.

[MazzoMedia]

Anyone have an idea when the announcement will happen? Also, it doesnt look like the webcam is active.

 

Maybe the announcement is that they are getting a new webcam!  LOL.  I noticed it was down about 2 weeks ago when my timelapse scripts stopped working.

[dubone]

It's a shame the webcam is down.

 

 

I was on vacation for most of last month, but now that I'm back and so much of the facade is done, I have had a lot of thoughts as I have gone by.  Of course, I hate seeing faux stucco as it really screams impermanence and cheapness, but I guess it has become the standard issue material.

 

I love that they kept the height to 2 stories and dug deep for the field.  It really helps it feel far more human scale and attractive from the sidewalk level.   All that early talk of dead space and destruction of the urban fabric are easily seen now to be unfounded, especially compared to the holy mess that was there for the last two decades.

 

It also turns out to be totally laughable that people used to predict that the stadium would overshadow and reduce the quality of the Bearden Park.  It is clear now that the park in its final location is extremely high quality and feels much more accessible from Tryon Street, and will benefit over time from being next to the BB&T Ballpark, while also having a number of high quality developable parcels.    It also will hopefully help Brevard Court/Latta Arcade grow and improve for supporting nightlife for the new residents in the neighborhood.

[kermit]

hah, they probably landed an olive garden for that space...

 

just about.

 

The announcement was about the size of the jumbotron (its big)

https://twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/387973201994977280/photo/1

[Guest]

So no soup salad and breadsticks!? :-(