Most city center hotels are a short walk to the Carolina Panther's Ericsson Stadium. Hotels at Independence are only a few minutes drive from football games. Many Hornets fans prefer hotels in the Woodlawn area for rapid access to the game and a variety of restaurant choices. Woodlawn intersects with South Boulevard for nightlife lovers. If you are in Charlotte with your kids and interested in Carowinds, a Paramount theme park, you'll find a range of hotels bordering the facility.
Many hotels offer special discounts on Carowinds tickets and have other family-friendly offers.
Gallery Crawls the first and third Friday of every month bring out everything from New Age drummers to mid-eastern belly dancers. North Davidson Street was once the main street of a mill village. Now you'll find art galleries, bars and live music venues. If you want to get an overview of Charlotte's past and present, contact Queen City Tours. Their twenty-dollar daily tour travels through the original four wards of old Charlotte, the gentrified area of Dilworth with its trolley and ends up at Atherton Mills on South Boulevard.