Odell/HOK Sport Selected to lead Proposed Knights Baseball Project
June 1, 2006 - International League (IL1)
Charlotte Knights News Release
Fort Mill, SC - The Charlotte Knights have announced today the selection for architectural services for the new proposed Class AAA Baseball Stadium in uptown Charlotte. The Knights will begin contract negotiations for services with Odell Associates Inc. and HOK Sport. The partnerships are contingent on associated land swap approvals from the City of Charlotte, the County of Mecklenburg and the private sector.
"We are pleased to be able to enter into detailed discussions with ODELL/HOK Sport for a new proposed baseball stadium in uptown Charlotte," states President and majority owner Don Beaver. "We believe our selection team has recommended an experienced and professional group to lead the Knights to our ultimate goal of building a new stadium in uptown Charlotte. "We were very fortunate to have an outstanding list of very accomplished and professional architectural firms to select from but in the end, we were able to tie in local and national expertise to help deliver a "state of the art" facility for both the Community and the Knights."
Odell Associates began working with the Charlotte Knights in 1988 with the design of a new stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Since 1999, Odell has continued to help the Knights return the team to Charlotte's Center City. HOK has had extensive experience working with over 70 minor league parks and 24 major league teams.
"Odell Associates, with our baseball consultant HOK Sports, is delighted to be working with Don Beaver, Bill Allen, Dan Rajkowski, and the entire Knights Organization to bring baseball to Center City Charlotte," says Robert Griffin, the firm's Chairman and CEO. "To have our Charlotte Knights in an exciting new, convenient, and family-friendly Uptown baseball park will be yet another jewel in the crown of our City's Uptown and our entire regional development. Having baseball in Charlotte again is the culmination of over five years of hard, dedicated and focused effort by many talented people and organizations, Charlotte Center City Partners, the Charlotte Sports Commission, the Charlotte Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, and of course, the Knights organization, to mention just a few. We are proud to be part of the team that will bring that hard work and vision to reality."
Further details will follow regarding the process as they become.
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