Reduced rates part of long-term pact with cityCHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- The CIAA is making its home and basketball tournament long-term Charlotte residents.
The league, Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority officials signed off on the deal at a Wednesday press conference at Time Warner Cable Arena, where the championship will be contested through 2020. Included in the pact is $100,000 to relocate the CIAA’s offices from Hampton, Va., in 2016, reduced rates for downtown hotel rooms and tournament tickets. On the basketball side, early-round games will be shifted to Bojangles Coliseum starting in 2017, which increases scheduling flexibility for the NBA Hornets.
Because the CIAA tournament has been here so long, it seems like this is where it should be in perpetuity,” Mecklenburg County commissioners Chair Trevor Fuller said. “We’ll settle for six years.”
Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams conceded the reduction of hotel rates were key to the deal. Fans consistently groused Center City hotel prices were too expensive, and the league sought concessions, which should top out around $250 per night during tournament week. The agreement gives the league control of 3,000 hotel rooms for the week.
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