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The Carolina Panthers are the 29th Franchise of the National Football League. The Panthers are based at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. On October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. Fireworks exploded over uptown Charlotte as jubilant fans gathered to celebrate the news. ""This is a dream come true for me and my partners and for the 10 million people in the Carolinas,"" said Carolina Panthers Owner/Founder Jerry Richardson, who became just the second former player to own an NFL team along with George Halas of the Chicago Bears. The ""dream"" began on July 16, 1987 when Richardson met in Charlotte with a group of interested parties to discuss the feasibility of entering the multi-city competition for two NFL expansion franchises. On December 15, Richardson officially announced an NFL franchise bid for the Carolinas. One of the first orders of business was to choose a stadium site. Locations in North and South Carolina were considered. On December 15, 1989, Richardson Sports selected a site in uptown Charlotte as the future home of a privately financed NFL stadium that would seat more than 70,000 fans. On June 3, Richardson Sports revealed its impressive plan to privately finance a 72,300-seat stadium from the sale of Permanent Seat Licenses, club seats and luxury boxes, beginning on July 1. A remarkable 15,000 pieces of mail from first-day orders were collected. By the end of the first day, all 8,314 club seats sold out and all 104 luxury suites were reserved and ultimately leased. First-day PSL orders totaled 41,632. Finally, on October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise.
One of the oldest franchises in the National Football League, the Rams were Los Angeles` first professional sports team and called the Southern California home from 1946-1994. The team’s 2016 homecoming marks the club’s 50th season in Los Angeles following 21 seasons in St. Louis, which included a Super Bowl XXXIV victory and two NFC Championships. Since the franchise`s founding in 1937, the Rams have won three World Championships and sent 27 of its members to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a professional sports team, the Rams recognize their unique ability to help raise both awareness and money for issues and causes relevant to their fans and fellow citizens. The Rams have become known for their commitment to community outreach and look forward to building on their charitable legacy in Los Angeles.
Darlington Raceway is a Darlington, SC-based company in the Travel, Recreation and Leisure sector.
Haas F1 Team will debut in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2016, where it will become the first American-led F1 team since 1986. Founded by industrialist Gene Haas, Haas F1 Team is based in the United States on the same Kannapolis, North Carolina campus as his championship-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, Stewart-Haas Racing. Haas is the founder of Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America, and he is chairman of Haas F1 Team.
The 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins are an Original Six franchise in the National Hockey League with a storied history going back to 1924. They have won 6 Stanley Cup championships and have had the numbers of 10 former players retired. In addition, The Bruins have had 52 former players/coaches named to the Hockey Hall of Fame.