Saturday, April 19, 2008

The Charlotte 500, Lap 27: Charlotte Checkers

Affiliated with the New York Rangers, the Charlotte Checkers play their home games at Bobcats Arena (soon to be renamed after Bank of America or Wachovia or some other big bank). The Checkers drew a good crowd and put on a good show, lobbing lots of souvenir t-shirts and such into the crowd during intermissions. The game we went to see was unique in that two penalty shots were awarded, one for each team - some teams go an entire season without seeing a single penalty shot.

Hockey has a surprisingly rich history in Charlotte. It's not quite Montreal, or Chicago for that matter, but there is a fairly extensive history of minor league hockey in the Queen City. The Checkers are worth the price and the arena is easily accessible from all parts of town, plus it's within walking distance of the best parts of uptown Charlotte.

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