Friday, July 8, 2022

$15 million in state budget would keep ACC headquarters and some championship games in N.C. - Charles Duncan, Spectrum News 1

Hoping to keep the Atlantic Coast Conference in North Carolina, legislators want to put $15 million aside to get the collegiate athletic conference to stay in North Carolina. But it may involve moving the conference's headquarters to Charlotte, lawmakers say. The ACC has called Greensboro home since the conference was founded in 1953. Legislators say the ACC was considering moving its headquarters to Florida. “Our goal was to keep the ACC in North Carolina,” said Rep. John Hardister, a Guilford County Republican and majority whip in the state House.