Question: In what Carolina city is the venue where the team once known as the Bobcats plays ?

text: Charlotte, North Carolina
Sports
Main article : Sports in Charlotte , North Carolina Charlotte is home to three major professional sports franchises : the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ( NFL ) , the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and Charlotte FC , a future team in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) . [ 111 ] [ 112 ] The Panthers have been located in Charlotte since the team 's creation in 1995 , and the current Hornets franchise has been located in Charlotte since its creation in 2004 . The Panthers play their home games in Bank of America Stadium , while the Hornets play in the Spectrum Center . [ 113 ] The Panthers have won six division titles from ( 1996 , 2003 , 2008 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 ) and two NFC championships in 2003 and 2015 . [ 114 ] Carolina has reached the Super Bowl twice but has been unsuccessful in both losing to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 and against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 in 2016 . The original Hornets NBA franchise was established in 1988 as an expansion team , but it relocated to New Orleans , Louisiana in 2002 after animosity grew between the team 's fans and principal owner George Shinn . [ 115 ] The NBA quickly granted Charlotte an expansion franchise following the departure of the Hornets , and the new franchise , the Charlotte Bobcats , began to play in 2004 . [ 116 ] The team retook the Hornets name when the New Orleans-based team renamed itself the New Orleans Pelicans in 2013 . [ 117 ] The name change became official on May 20 , 2014 . [ 118 ] On the same day , the franchise reclaimed the history and records of the original 1988–2002 Hornets . [ 119 ] MLS awarded its expansion team to Charlotte in 2019 and it is set to begin play in 2022 . [ 120 ] Charlotte is represented in ice hockey and baseball at the 'AAA ' professional level by the Charlotte Checkers and the Charlotte Knights . The Carolina Panthers were established by Jerry Richardson and several partners , mostly local business owners . In fall 2017 , Jerry Richardson put the franchise up for sale , and in May 2018 , billionaire businessman David Tepper purchased the team . [ 121 ]
Charlotte (/ˈʃɑːrlət/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 872,498, making it the 16th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose population ranks 23rd in the U.S., and had a population of 2,569,213, in 2018. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2018 census-estimated population of 2,728,933. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the second-largest city in the southeastern United States, just behind Jacksonville, Florida. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. It is listed as a gamma global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Residents are referred to as Charlotteans. Charlotte is home to the corporate headquarters of Bank of America, Truist Financial, and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, which along with other financial institutions has made it the second-largest banking center in the United States since 1995.
Club Sport Founded League Venue
Carolina Panthers Football 1995 National Football League Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte Hornets Basketball 1988 National Basketball Association Spectrum Center
Charlotte FC Soccer 2019 Major League Soccer Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte Hounds Lacrosse 2011 Major League Lacrosse American Legion Memorial Stadium
Charlotte Checkers Ice hockey 2010 American Hockey League Bojangles ' Coliseum
Charlotte Knights Baseball 1976 International League Truist Field
Charlotte Independence Soccer 2015 USL Championship Sportsplex at Matthews
Charlotte Eagles Soccer 1993 USL League Two Sportsplex at Matthews
Charlotte Lady Eagles Soccer 1993 W-League Sportsplex at Matthews