2024 ACC Baseball Championship Returns to Charlotte
Venue is home of the Charlotte Knights, Triple-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox
Posted On: December 15, 2023 By :The 2024 ACC Baseball Championship will return to Truist Field in Charlotte from May 21–26, the third time in four years the tournament will be played at the home of the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.
“We are incredibly excited that the 2024 ACC Baseball Championship will return to the city of Charlotte, the new home of the ACC,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “The Charlotte Knights, in conjunction with the Charlotte Sports Foundation, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority and Visit Charlotte, continue to be outstanding partners and we greatly appreciate their support of the league and our member institutions.”
The 2024 event will be the ACC’s 50th Baseball Championship and the 26th played in North Carolina. Nearly 59,000 fans attended the 2022 ACC tournament in Charlotte, the fifth-highest attendance in tournament history. North Carolina defeated NC State in the championship game in front of a sellout crowd of 10,500, the largest crowd to attend an ACC Championship Game.
“We can’t wait to welcome ACC baseball fans to Uptown Charlotte in 2024,” said Danny Morrison, executive director of the Charlotte Sports Foundation. “Truist Field is a first-class venue and the ACC, Knights, CRVA and other partners will put on a fantastic event.”
Truist Field opened in 2014 and is the host facility for the Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The stadium hosted the 2016 Triple-A All-Star Game and has been the site of more than 25 collegiate baseball games.
“We would like to thank the ACC for its continued commitment in bringing this week-long collegiate baseball event to our region,” said Dan Rajkowski, Charlotte Knights chief operating officer. “We are also very thankful for the continued support from the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, as well as our great partners at the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority and the Charlotte Sports Foundation.”
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