The Charlotte City Council in North Carolina has voted to approve an $800 million renovation plan for the stadium that houses NFL team the Panthers.
Plans call for the city to pay for $650 million of the renovation of Bank of America Stadium. Panthers owner David Tepper will keep the team in Charlotte through 2045 and pay the remaining $150 million.
Improvements, including upgraded video and audio systems and modernized infrastructure, are slated for completion by 2029.
The Bank of America Stadium was originally completed by the start of the 1996 season. It ushered in a new wave of stadiums in the NFL as more than two dozen stadiums have opened since 1996. The Carolina Panthers played their first game at the stadium on September 14, 1996.
Bank of America Stadium is one of the NFL’s premier stadiums from the inside to outside. Located in downtown Charlotte, the façade of Bank of America Stadium is very unique, consisting of massive archways and domed towers. It features a striking black obsidian granite façade. A pair of black panthers, each eight-feet-tall and weighing 2,000 pounds, perched on ten-foot pedestals, are located on both sides of each of the three 80-foot arched entrances.
