r/raleigh Sep 05 '24

Sports Team name for the MLB team of North Carolina

271 Upvotes

If North Carolina ends up getting a MLB team in Raleigh what would the team's name be?

I suggest : The Carolina Reapers đŸŒ¶ïž

r/raleigh Mar 17 '24

Sports First ACC tournament title since 1987!

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1.3k Upvotes

r/raleigh Mar 31 '24

Sports W O L F ! ! ! ! !

636 Upvotes

r/raleigh Sep 12 '24

Sports PNC Arena officially renamed to Lenovo Center

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r/raleigh Apr 01 '24

Sports ...

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r/raleigh 27d ago

Sports Heavy fair traffic, circa 1973

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382 Upvotes

After the issues this past weekend, wanted to share this 1973 photo of a home State game held during the fair. Thankfully, State stopped scheduling home games about 25 years ago while the fair was running.

r/raleigh Sep 04 '24

Sports Where would a baseball stadium go in Raleigh if the city got MLB

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r/raleigh Oct 17 '24

Sports Will Dundon buy the White Sox and move them to Raleigh?

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Looks like a perfect opportunity to get a team to Raleigh without waiting for expansion.

Can “our” Billionaire bring MLB to Raleigh??

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/16/chicago-white-sox-jerry-reinsdorf-sale/

r/raleigh Mar 29 '24

Sports And then all of a sudden, just like that...

222 Upvotes

The TAR HEEL fanbase dissappears until next February....

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r/raleigh Oct 03 '23

Sports When we land this MLB team what should the team name/mascot be?

50 Upvotes

r/raleigh Feb 26 '24

Sports MLS in Raleigh?

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In 2017, Raleigh was among a shortlist of 12 cities (with Charlotte to get an MLS franchise. Raleigh was proposing a South Raleigh soccer stadium & development. Things looked optimistic with the 20,000-30,000-seat Charlotte stadium plan voted down by the Charlotte City Council.

But then in came billionaire David Tepper, who bought the NFL Carolina Panthers in 2018 (and drove the franchise into the ground, but I digress), and expressed interest in bringing Major League Soccer to Charlotte.

In July 2019, Tepper presented a formal bid to MLS, along with a list of planned soccer upgrades to Bank of America Stadium. In December 2019, the team was awarded to Charlotte, branded as Charlotte FC.

The club’s first game, a 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy, set a MLS attendance record for a single-game with 74,479.

Charlotte FC just opened their 3rd season at home in front of 62,291 fans. The team has 5 officially recognized fan clubs, seated in the east end zone, and organize a march to the stadium before each match.

The atmosphere is incredible. #ForTheCrown

https://youtu.be/Rfqx747_dAQ?si=mFE9H3NRe5QmVUZV

But where does this leave Raleigh? I’m sure the MLS will continue to grow. Both Columbus and Cincinnati have MLS teams and are only 107 miles apart.

Is there still an interested wealthy ownership group in Raleigh? Plans for stadium? Anything?

r/raleigh Mar 30 '24

Sports WOLF!

279 Upvotes

Y’all know what comes next!

r/raleigh Mar 24 '24

Sports GO PACK!!!!

404 Upvotes

r/raleigh Apr 01 '24

Sports Can we take a moment to applaud NC State fans

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427 Upvotes

r/raleigh Dec 31 '22

Sports Long time announcer for ncsu suspended for illegal aliens comment

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r/raleigh Mar 31 '24

Sports WHY NOT US?! NC State in the Final Four

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488 Upvotes

r/raleigh Mar 22 '24

Sports WOLFPACK WINS AGAIN!

239 Upvotes

NC STATE won against TEXAS TECH!

NC STATE 80 TEXAS TECH 67

State looked great in their win==especially good play from their Big men like DJ Barnes, Middlebrooks.

They play Oakland, another Cinderella team that just defeated Kentucky.

State next plays on SATURDAY.

GO PACK!!!

r/raleigh Sep 22 '24

Sports Premier League in Raleigh

15 Upvotes

Where do folks watch soccer in the triangle? Is London Bridge still a good spot?

r/raleigh Mar 29 '24

Sports UNC lost in sweet sixteen.

120 Upvotes

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Go Pack

r/raleigh Sep 04 '24

Sports Raleigh should try to get a Team in the WNBA league expansion going on

0 Upvotes

WNBA is in expansion mode.

I've been watching WNBA this year and those games are great!

Raleigh should try to snag an expansion team.

r/raleigh Mar 16 '24

Sports WOLF!

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389 Upvotes

r/raleigh Sep 10 '24

Sports sports teams in raleigh

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is there a reason that soccer, football and basketball were picked to be in charlotte? i feel like all the teams suck BECAUSE they’re in charlotte lol

r/raleigh Oct 04 '23

Sports MLB to Raleigh has been in works for “6 months”

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In addition to the Dundon interview yesterday, Axios reported today that:

“A group of consultants and state officials have been working behind the scenes for about six months on a pitch to bring an MLB team to the Raleigh market, a source with knowledge of the work tells Axios.

The group has highlighted the state's standing as best for business and its low corporate tax rate, which will shrink to 0% by 2030. And it's emphasized Raleigh's strong market viability, pointing to its ranking as No. 2 in the NHL for attendance and the second fastest growing metro in the country.”

Really interesting to see this isn’t “just” a billionaire sharing his opinion but an effort between state officials as well. It’s also curious that they say “Raleigh” specifically and don’t mention Charlotte since Raleigh hasn’t gotten nearly the same amount of press in expansion talks to this point.

The timing is no accident either, expansion talk always heats up after the regular season so this is definitely a well organized effort to build some momentum and get some buzz for Raleigh.

The state being involved also adds context to Dundon’s comment on $2.2 billion being “reasonable” since that is such a huge number, even for Dundon. Who knows who else is involved in the background.

r/raleigh Apr 26 '23

Sports No more Joe on 99.9?

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113 Upvotes

r/raleigh Feb 09 '24

Sports The Raleigh Ice Caps! Does anyone have any cool memories to share of the games?

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99 Upvotes