Celebrating the Marriage of Crystal & Christian
Things To Do
Mint Museum Uptown
Located in what was the original branch of the United States Mint, Mint Museum Randolph opened in 1936 in Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood as North Carolina’s first art museum. The Mint Museum is dedicated to leadership in collecting, exhibiting, conserving, researching, publishing, interpreting, and sharing art and design from around the world. These commitments are central to the museum’s core values of leadership, integrity, inclusiveness, knowledge, stewardship, and innovation, promoting understanding of and respect for diverse peoples and cultures.
Bank of America Stadium
For nearly 30 years, Bank of America Stadium has been a prominent landmark in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, playing home to both the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and more recently the Major League Soccer (MLS) team, Charlotte FC. Since Tepper Sports & Entertainment acquired it in 2018, the Stadium has undergone a remarkable transformation. From hosting around 12 football-focused events per year, it now boasts close to 40 ticketed events annually, turning the area into a premier year-round entertainment destination. The diverse array of events attracts audiences spanning NFL, NCAA, and high school football enthusiasts, as well as fans of MLS and international soccer. Additionally, the Stadium hosts blockbuster concerts featuring iconic artists like Beyoncé, Luke Combs, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Garth Brooks.
NASCAR Hall of Fame
The NASCAR Hall of Fame is an interactive entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. The high-tech venue, designed to educate and entertain race fans and non-fans alike, opened May 11, 2010, and includes artifacts, hands-on exhibits, a 278-person state-of-the-art theater, Hall of Honor, Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, NASCAR Hall of Fame Gear Shop and an attached parking garage on Brevard Street. The 5-acre site also includes a privately developed 19-story office tower and 102,000-square-foot expansion to the Charlotte Convention Center, highlighted by a 40,000-square-foot ballroom. The NASCAR Hall of Fame is owned by the City of Charlotte, licensed by NASCAR and operated by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority. The goal of the facility is to honor NASCAR icons and create an enduring tribute to the drivers, crew members, team owners and others that have impacted the sport in the past, present and future.
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Located at 130 North Tryon Street (at the corner of 5th Street and North Tryon Street) and opened in 1992. Blumenthal Arts Center houses three performance spaces: Belk Theater, Booth Playhouse, and Stage Door Theater.
Fourth Ward Park
spacious three acres, it features fountains, a children’s playground, and many specimen plantings including flowering Apricot, Serviceberry, Cunningham, Japanese Maple, Spring Dogwood, Buttercup Bush, Edgeworthia, and various types of Helleborus. There are two primary entrances: at 6th St. and Poplar St., and 7th St. and Pine. The park is dotted with artistic flourishes by artists with Charlotte connections. Of particular note are the ceramic birdhouses, created by former McColl Artist in Residence Joan Bankemper. They are artistic and functional delights enjoyed by the young and the young at heart. Fourth Ward residents and Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation have a strong partnership that includes regularly scheduled workdays where staff and residents meet to “tidy up their yard,” by raking, mulching, and planting annuals in the numerous flower beds throughout the park.