Cheer for your favorite team! Charlotte offers a variety of professional sports teams and arenas to choose from. Football with the Carolina Panthers, Baseball with the Charlotte Knights or Basketball with the Bobcats. If hockey's your game catch the Charlotte Checkers.
Additional recreation opportunities for the family in the Charlotte area include:
Charlotte Knights Castle Stadium - only minutes from the community. The Knights, our minor league baseball team, offer lots of fun for "your whole team" with family outtings, special themed game nights, and of course "Homer" the Team mascot.
US National Whitewater Center - Located on the banks of the Catawba River in Charlotte, NC, the US National Whitewater Center is the world's largest artificial whitewater river and official US Olympic Training Site. Olympic-caliber athletes, weekend warriors and casual observers share this world class sports and training center. Whether you want to play hard or relax on the river's edge, the USNWC offers a great place to take it outside.
Discovery Place - This Charlotte area museum offers incredible educational programs for adults and children alike. The stellar IMAX theatre has daily showings while the Discovery Place Kids, which will be located in Huntersville beginning in 2009, is sure to meet your child's highest expectations for learning and fun.