Spectrum Center
Spectrum Center is a stadium in Charlotte, United States that opened in 2005. Its recorded capacity is 19,444.
Key facts
Spectrum Center is a stadium in Charlotte, United States that opened in 2005. Its recorded capacity is 19,444. It is owned by Charlotte. It is operated by Charlotte Hornets. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Time Warner Cable Arena. Current tenants are Charlotte Sting, Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte Hornets.
- Location
- Charlotte, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 19,444
- Opened
- 2005
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Charlotte
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
Spectrum Center is at latitude 35.225, longitude -80.839167, in Charlotte, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.225 |
| Longitude | -80.839167 |
| City | Charlotte |
| Region | Charlotte |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Spectrum Center has carried 2 recorded names. Charlotte Bobcats Arena (no sponsor) ran 2005 to 2008. Time Warner Cable Arena (no sponsor) ran 2008 to 2016. The average tenure of a name here is 5.5 years.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Charlotte | 2005 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Charlotte Hornets | 2005 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Sting | National Basketball Association | Present | Current | Source |
| Charlotte Hornets | National Basketball Association | Present | Current | Source |
| Charlotte Hornets | National Basketball Association | 2005 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Time Warner Cable Arena | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Charlotte Bobcats Arena | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43777 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43776 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41645 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41644 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41643 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 19077 | 19444 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1376660049 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Spectrum_Center | Spectrum Center | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 187 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: