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Monday, September 8, 2014
CIAA to move early games to Bojangles’ Coliseum in 2017
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- In a one-on-one battle against costs, the CIAA will trade some uptown exposure for a smaller price tag in its future basketball tournaments.
The conference, in a cost-cutting move, announced Wednesday that early round games in its men’s and women’s basketball tournament will be played at Bojangles’ Coliseum instead of Time Warner Cable Arena, starting in 2017.
The late-round games – including the championship – will stay uptown.
The CIAA and the city have said that uptown remains a major draw for the tournament because fans can watch games and go to bars and restaurants without getting in their cars.
But moving early games to the older, smaller venue on Independence Boulevard will save money, which is a high priority for the collection of historically black colleges and universities.
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