![Hoping to rebuild their downtowns, more NC cities are turning to baseball | UNC Charlotte Urban Institute | UNC Charlotte Hoping to rebuild their downtowns, more NC cities are turning to baseball | UNC Charlotte Urban Institute | UNC Charlotte](https://ui.charlotte.edu/sites/ui.charlotte.edu/files/fields/news/field_news_landscape_image/SEV_Interior_-_Corporate.jpg)
Hoping to rebuild their downtowns, more NC cities are turning to baseball | UNC Charlotte Urban Institute | UNC Charlotte
![Charlotte Knights on Twitter: "BEAUTIFUL night for baseball at #bbtballparkclt tonight. Photo credit: @laurawolffphoto https://t.co/ltr2YAfETH" / Twitter Charlotte Knights on Twitter: "BEAUTIFUL night for baseball at #bbtballparkclt tonight. Photo credit: @laurawolffphoto https://t.co/ltr2YAfETH" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAEcWdpVoAA4PxT.jpg)
Charlotte Knights on Twitter: "BEAUTIFUL night for baseball at #bbtballparkclt tonight. Photo credit: @laurawolffphoto https://t.co/ltr2YAfETH" / Twitter
![Aerial view of the BB&T Ballpark, home of the Charlotte Knights Triple-A minor-league baseball team in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina | Library of Congress Aerial view of the BB&T Ballpark, home of the Charlotte Knights Triple-A minor-league baseball team in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:43300:43319/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg)