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Old Posted Apr 15, 2012, 2:55 PM
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  • Many new buildings including 6 new towers over 100 meters, two of them over 200 meters.

  • New downtown arena hosting NBA, AHL (hockey), college tournaments, and concerts.

  • Epicenter development - new entertainment district downtown featuring restaurants, bowling alley, theater, hotel, stores, etc.

  • NC Music Factory - redevelopment of old warehouse district into nightclubs, restaurants, a Fillmore, and an outdoor amphitheater downtown.

  • First second of the LYNX light rail line opened and new transit oriented development.

  • Expansion of the airport with a 3rd parallel runway, becoming 6th busiest (in traffic) in the nation.

  • The new Wells Fargo cultural campus downtown which includes the Betchler Museum of Modern Art, new Mint Museum, 1,200 seat Knight Theater, and African American Cultural Center.



  • Being chosen to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

  • Opening of the US National Whitewater Center

    Credit: M Denzek. Source.
  • Construction and expansion of many miles of greenways and the cleanup and uncapping of Sugar Creek.

Honorable mention: Opening of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
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