Home venues in Ticket Timeline's game data
The current Charlotte Hornets franchise was founded in 2004 as an NBA expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, arriving two years after the city's original Hornets—founded in 1988—relocated to New Orleans following the 2001–02 season and were eventually renamed the New Orleans Pelicans in 2013. Charlotte's expansion Bobcats played every one of their seasons at the same downtown arena, which opened October 21, 2005, first as Charlotte Bobcats Arena, then was renamed Time Warner Cable Arena in 2008, and renamed again as Spectrum Center in 2016. In 2014, the NBA formally transferred the original 1988–2002 Hornets' history, records, and retired numbers to the Bobcats franchise, which renamed itself the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 season—so today's Hornets carry two distinct chapters: the 1988–2002 original-Hornets era (played at Charlotte Coliseum) and the 2004–present expansion-turned-Hornets era (played entirely in the building now called Spectrum Center).
- Former home (original Hornets era): Charlotte Coliseum (1988–2002)
- Current home: Spectrum Center (2005–present) — opened October 21, 2005, as Charlotte Bobcats Arena; renamed Time Warner Cable Arena (2008–2016); renamed Spectrum Center (2016–present)
Ticket Timeline's game data covers the current Hornets franchise from its 2004 Charlotte Bobcats arrival at what is now Spectrum Center; the 1988–2002 original-Hornets era at Charlotte Coliseum belongs to a different building, though it is now formally credited to this franchise's record books and retired numbers.
If your ticket says Charlotte Coliseum, that's the original Hornets' home from 1988–2002—a different building from the current downtown Spectrum Center. If it says Charlotte Bobcats Arena or Time Warner Cable Arena, that's the same building as today's Spectrum Center under an earlier name.
Charlotte Hornets play home games at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC, USA. Dates for those nights are anchored in Charlotte time. The building list above is what Ticket Timeline uses when an older ticket names a former arena or an earlier name of the same building.