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Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Midland
and Mt. Pleasant. The county has a rich
history with auto racing—the area is home
to Charlotte Motor Speedway—but
numerous other sports are common here
as well, including wrestling, cheerleading,
basketball, running, volleyball, fishing
and soccer.
Hotel rooms: 2,791
Major facilities: Cabarrus Arena &
Events Center has a 5,000-seat arena
and 150,000 square feet of event space.
Carolina Courts offers 47,120 square
feet of multi-use courts. Frank Liske
Park is a 200-acre park with a nine-acre
lake for fishing, four lighted softball
fields, an 11-field soccer complex and
six lighted tennis courts. CMC
NorthEast Stadium is a 4,700-seat
baseball park. Golf Course at Irish Creek
is an 18-hole course with a
400-acre lake.
Contact: Cabarrus County
CVB, www.whereracinglives.com.
Charlotte
Charlotte, North
Carolina's largest city,
is home to numerous
professional sports
teams, as well as a vari-
ety of top-notch venues
and will soon welcome
one more. Scheduled to
open in the next few
years, the 160-acre
Matthews Sportsplex
will feature 12 multi-
use fields for sports like
soccer, lacrosse, base-
ball and rugby, along
with a stadium that can hold up to 2,700.
Hotel rooms: 31,950
Major facilities: Time Warner Cable
Arena is a multi-purpose venue that can
hold approximately 19,000. Bank of
America Stadium is a football stadium that
can seat up to 73,000. Memorial Stadium
can accommodate up to 24,000. Grady
Cole Center is a multi-purpose venue that
can seat up to 3,000.
Contact: Charlotte Regional Visitors
Authority, www.charlottesgotalot.com.
Durham
Durham is in the northeast corner of North
Carolina's central Piedmont region,
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High
Point
CVB
High Point hosts sporting events like
the North Carolina Special Olympic
Fall Games.
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