Author Archives: Matthew Tyndall

Jake Delhomme booted from the Panthers

4 Mar 10 – 11:18 pm

Despite their intense loyalty to Jake Delhomme over the years, including when his critics were screaming loudest, the Carolina Panthers made the painful move Thursday night to cut ties with one of their signature players and release their veteran quarterback.
More at the Charlotte Observer
Is this a good thing or a bad thing for the [...]

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Win Tickets for Black Eyed Peas in CLT

26 Jan 10 – 12:02 am

I got a feeling that Feb. 20 is going to be a good night, especially if you are at the Black Eyed Peas show at Time Warner Cable Arena. We can make that night even better by giving you a free pair of tickets. If you want to make sure you are going to be [...]

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Bon Jovi Tickets Winner

11 Dec 09 – 10:24 am

Congrats to @PJhines for winning the Bon Jovi Tickets. You have two tickets to go see Bon Jovi April 22,2009 at Time Warner Cable Arena. Everyone else you can get your tickets here.

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Charlotte 49ers playing Duke tonight in NIT tournament

17 Nov 09 – 5:17 pm

The 49ers (2-0) will meet ninth-ranked Duke (2-0) at 6 p.m. today in a second-round game at Cameron that will be televised on ESPN. Tonight’s winner will advance to New York for the NIT semifinals on Nov. 25.

time: 6pmchannel: ESPN
This is going to one of the biggest games for the Charlotte 49ers in recent years. [...]

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Win Bon Jovi Tickets!

16 Nov 09 – 11:44 am

Do you give love a bad name (sorry can’t stop with the song reference thing)? Bon Jovi will be in town April 22, 2010 at Time Warner Cable Arena and we have a pair of tickets to give away here to a lucky reader. If you want to go ahead and grab you tickets you [...]

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Bruce Springsteen Ticket Winner

28 Oct 09 – 3:58 pm

photo: Massay; view this photo on Flickr
The lucky CLT Blog reader that win the pair of tickets to see Bruce Springsteen is:

@zzazazz (Ed McDonald)
Send us a DM so we can tell you how to get your tix.
We selected random winners via Lucky Twit. Here’s the video capture of the results.

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Bruce Springsteen Ticket Giveaway

17 Oct 09 – 11:19 am

photo: Massay; view this photo on Flickr
I was born in the USA and have a pair of tickets to give away to a reader of CLT Blog to the upcoming Bruce Springsteen Show at Time Warner Cable Arena. I mean who doesn’t want to go see “The Boss” live in concert? If you want to [...]

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Contest: win a free Live Nation Club Passport

22 Sep 09 – 4:13 pm

So of course everyone loves all the great concerts at the Fillmore at the NC Music Factory. How about going to the rest of the concerts for free? Not only that, you can also attend all upcoming concerts at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. Live Nation has hooked us up with Club Nation [...]

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CLT Blog Online Town Hall w/ John Lassiter, complete recording

28 Jul 09 – 8:10 pm

video credit: Nathan Richie, Dave Potts, Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Viddler
Earlier this week, a poll conducted in Charlotte surveying 401 registered voters via telephone found that John Lassiter is leading Anthony Foxx 42 to 26 percent, with 32 percent undecided, in the upcoming mayoral race. Jim Morrill from the Observer has doubts about [...]

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49er Charlie Coley No. 2 at Dunk Contest

3 Apr 09 – 6:21 pm

video: ESPN
UNC Charlotte’s own Charlie Coley had a pretty amazing night last night at the college slam-dunk contest in Michigan. Coley was able to get a perfect score on his first dunk but ended up no. 2 for the night when he was edged out by a point by New Mexico’s Tony Danridge in a [...]

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