Charlotte Fee Falls In Line

A recent article in North Carolina’s Charlotte Business Journal might have raised a few eyebrows among agents and artists.

It sounded as if the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority was considering an up to $5-per-ticket facility fee for the new $265 million arena being built for the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats.

The team’s VP of booking and marketing, Marty Bechtold, told Pollstar the arena was considering a lesser fee of around $2. CRVA used a $1 to $5 range to present the subject to its board and to cover a long span of time, according to the organization’s Mike Crum.