Knights move closer to new stadium

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Knights baseball team is a step closer to playing its games in a new stadium.

The Charlotte City Council on Monday voted 7-4 in favor of giving the team 8 million toward the project.

The plan calls for the Knights to receive 7.25 million from hotel and motel tax revenues, with the rest coming from an uptown booster group.

Mecklenburg County is contributing 8 million and has agreed to an annual 1 lease on land that has been valued at between 20 million and 24 million. The stadium itself is expected to cost 54 million.

The Chicago White Sox affiliate team has played in Fort Mill, S.C., for more than 20 years. The Knights say they can start construction in October, with play to begin in April 2014.
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