Spectrum Center

Spectrum Center is Charlotte's uptown arena at 333 East Trade Street — home of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets and the city's biggest stage for touring comedy and music. The Main Bowl reconfigures from a 4,000-seat theater setup up to roughly 17,000 seats for a full arena show, so the same room hosts Hornets basketball, arena concerts and single comics working the whole house: Dave Chappelle's Karmageddon and Leanne Morgan's The Time of Our Lives Tour both play here, alongside Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out Live. Nearly 30,000 off-street parking spaces sit within a 15-minute walk, concessions and the arena restaurants are run with Levy, and the building is all-ages unless a specific event sets its own restriction.