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Time Warner Cable Arena
333 East Trade St
Charlotte, NC
Opened: October 21, 2005
Time Warner Cable Arena, originally known as Charlotte Bobcats Arena, now called the Spectrum Center, is an indoor arena located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. The arena seats 19,077 for NBA games but can be expanded to 20,200 for college basketball games.

The arena opened in October 2005 as Charlotte Bobcats Arena. The name was changed to Time Warner Cable Arena when the naming rights were purchased in 2008. When Charter Communications purchased Time Warner Cable in 2016, the name was again changed to reflect the Spectrum trade name.

The arena was originally intended to host the original Hornets franchise in the early 2000s. The Hornets' arena, the Charlotte Coliseum, was considered outdated despite being only 13 years old.

As North Carolina is a hotbed for college basketball thanks to constant success among its major universities, it was expected that the arena would host many NCAA basketball games, and that expectation was correct. The Spectrum has hosted the NCAA Tournament in 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018. It also hosted the first ever 16-1 upset in the NCAA Tournament since the 64-team field was adopted. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County upset the University of Virginia 74-54 on March 16, 2018. In addition, the arena hosted the ACC men's basketball tournament in 2008, 2019 and 2025 and the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament in 2010. Also, the Charlotte 49ers basketball teams play a number of high-profile games at the arena.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Mar 22, 2015San Diego State @ Duke #49 - 68
Mar 22, 2015Michigan St. @ Virginia #60 - 54
Mar 20, 2015Georgia @ Michigan St. #63 - 70
Mar 20, 2015Belmont @ Virginia #67 - 79
Mar 20, 2015Robert Morris @ Duke #56 - 85
Mar 20, 2015St. Johns @ San Diego State #64 - 76
Nov 16, 2013Virginia @ Davidson 70 - 57
Jan 2, 2013Duke @ Davidson 67 - 50
Dec 22, 2012Florida State @ Charlotte 79 - 76
Mar 20, 2011Washington @ North Carolina $83 - 86

# - 2014-15 NCAA Tournament
$ - 2010-11 NCAA Tournament