Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife Nicole joke with the media after announcing a donation to Miracle Park on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. Miracle Park, an inclusive place in Rock Hill where people with all different abilities can participate in a full-range of sports.
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife Nicole, talk to the media after announcing a donation to Miracle Park on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. Tepper said he is no longer considering building a domed stadium in downtown Charlotte.
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper said he’s no longer considering building a domed stadium in downtown Charlotte in the post-COVID-19 era.
Tepper said in 2019 he hoped to build a retractable roof stadium in Charlotte within the next 10 years, in part to draw other big sporting events to the city like the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. But Tepper has backed off that idea after the coronavirus pandemic turned the sports world upside down, prompting teams to limit seating for fans last year.
“There is no way in hell I would build a domed stadium in Charlotte, especially after COVID,” Tepper said Tuesday. “The weather is too beautiful and if anything it (COVID-19) shows you it is an advantage to have that kind of (open-air) building.”
Tepper made the remarks following an event in Rock Hill where he and his wife, Nicole, donated $500,000 to Miracle Park, a place where those with special needs can participate in sports. Panthers Charities donated an additional $200,000 to the park, which is set to open in August.
Tepper offered no update on a timetable for when he hopes to build a new stadium in Charlotte, indicating that will largely depend on outside funding from the city and fans.
“At some point that building will fall down,” Tepper said of the team’s current downtown stadium, which opened in 1996. “But like I said before, I’m not building a stadium alone. The community is going to have to want it. If I’m (paying) a third, the community is (paying) a third and eventually in the future, and it could be a long way out, the PSL (permanent seat license) owners are a third, that’s a partnership. And if people don’t want it, they don’t want it. I’m not going to force it on anybody.”
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