Carolina Panthers owner visiting SC leaders to discuss new headquarters, practice complex

[TheSpecialJuan]

Team owner David Tepper is scheduled to visit with Gov. Henry McMaster and state legislative leaders next week about moving the team’s headquarters and practice facilities to York County, The Post and Courier has learned.  

The Panthers could join a growing number of Charlotte-area companies that have hopped over the North Carolina line in recent years to take advantage of South Carolina’s lower taxes and economic incentives.

The team started eyeing the Palmetto State last year to build a complex similar to a $1.5 billion development opened by the Dallas Cowboys that includes outdoor and indoor fields, team headquarters and a museum, called The Star. 

Tepper has not hidden his desire to build new practice facilities after buying the Panthers from Jerry Richardson last year for a league-record $2.2 billion. The team practices near Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, but the facilities lack the state-of-the-art amenities of its NFL rivals. 

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/carolina-panthers-owner-visiting-sc-leaders-to-discuss-new-headquarters/article_1b4ab2fa-4053-11e9-a7a0-eb0d7fb6fd28.html

[hepcat]

Exciting stuff. There are no joke, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS with better practice facilities than the Panthers. This is long overdue and will improve play on the field

[KillerKat]

14 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Exciting stuff. There are no joke, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS with better practice facilities than the Panthers. This is long overdue and will improve play on the field

I think it would be hard to take an upcoming professional NFL game seriously after just practicing in a hotel lobby room =\

[GeorgeHanson]

3 hours ago, hepcat said:

Exciting stuff. There are no joke, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS with better practice facilities than the Panthers. This is long overdue and will improve play on the field

The Colquitt County Packers in Moultrie, GA have an indoor practice facility, you can read about it here:

https://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/local_news/stadium-arms-race-propst-pushes-better-facilities/article_136fe5ec-8955-11e8-b08e-1f8287552c4c.html

Amazing how Jerry Richardson never caught any flak over this. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

2 hours ago, GeorgeHanson said:

The Colquitt County Packers in Moultrie, GA have an indoor practice facility, you can read about it here:

https://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/local_news/stadium-arms-race-propst-pushes-better-facilities/article_136fe5ec-8955-11e8-b08e-1f8287552c4c.html

Amazing how Jerry Richardson never caught any flak over this. 

wow

[CPF4LIFE]

This is long overdue. I already said before its sad how outdated this team is compared to the rest of the league. JR should been forced to sell a long time ago.

[beastson]

I'm glad JR is gone.

[Anybodyhome]

The Carolina Panther Cedar Street facility:

[countryboi]

Old Knights stadium..Im saying it again....its owner by the Cato corp but they not doing poo with it and its empty and its just right across the border. 

[PanthersBigD]

The Knights moved to Charlotte because no one went to games way TF out in Rock Hill. Just like people stopped going to Hornets games at the 'Hive.' The land is definitely cheaper, and I'm sure the city would bend over backwards for any zoning changes he wanted, it just seems so disconnected. I wonder how many other practice facilities in the NFL are that far away from their stadiums. 

[Carl Spackler]

In this case, the stadium will be far away from the team's base. 

[trueblue]

22 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

The Knights moved to Charlotte because no one went to games way TF out in Rock Hill. Just like people stopped going to Hornets games at the 'Hive.' The land is definitely cheaper, and I'm sure the city would bend over backwards for any zoning changes he wanted, it just seems so disconnected. I wonder how many other practice facilities in the NFL are that far away from their stadiums. 

Cowboys practice site is 37 miles from Jerry World

The new Raiders joints will be about 15 miles away from each other 

[The Huddler]

7 hours ago, hepcat said:

Exciting stuff. There are no joke, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS with better practice facilities than the Panthers. This is long overdue and will improve play on the field

i think itll help attract FAs

[The Huddler]

13 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

In this case, the stadium will be far away from the team's base. 

not if a new one is built