Next season's Wake Forest-Notre Dame football game, which will be played in Winston-Salem, nearly came to Charlotte.
As Ron Green Jr. reported in Tuesday's Observer, Deacons athletics director Ron Wellman said it would be unfair to Deacons fans for the game to be moved out of Winston-Salem.
But a source close to the negotiations to bring the game to Charlotte said there was another reason. "Sponsorship issues," the source said.
Could be that Winston-Salem-based BB&T -- one of Wake Forest's biggest corporate sponsors which has its name on the Deacons' stadium -- wasn't thrilled to have such a high-profile game played at Bank of America Stadium. -- David Scott
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Did clash of sponsors sink Wake-Notre Dame game in Charlotte?
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medoerOr it could have been they would have been embarrased to have less than 25,000 in 72,000 seat stadium
That stadium is already accustomed to 50,000 empty seats, what's another game?
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