The ACC announced Thursday that North Carolina cities Charlotte, Greensboro, Cary, Durham and Raleigh will play host to numerous future neutral-site conference championships, as approved by the league’s membership.
Half of the conference’s 28 sponsored sports are affected, including the ACC women’s basketball tournament and ACC men’s tournament as well as baseball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and men’s and women’s tennis.
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The ACC’s football championship game is scheduled to be played on the first Saturday in December at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte through 2030.
“We are incredibly proud to announce this tremendous package of neutral-site championships that will be held in the state of North Carolina where the league was founded more than 70 years ago,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said in a release. “Each of these outstanding cities and venues will provide a first-class experience for our student-athletes, coaches, institutions, alumni and fans over the next seven years. We are also pleased to have been able to deliver so quickly on our commitment to continue to hold numerous tournaments and championships in cities across the State of North Carolina as part of the ACC Board of Directors’ decision to relocate the conference office headquarters to Charlotte.”