Bank of America Stadium - Non-football Uses

Non-football Uses

Though Bank of America Stadium is mostly used as a football facility, it has hosted events of all kinds throughout its history.

Other Sports

  • It has been a site of the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship in 1999 and 2000.
  • On March 24, 2010, the stadium hosted an international friendly match, between Mexico and Iceland, it was the first match, between two men's national soccer teams, to be held at the stadium.
  • On June 9, 2011, the stadium hosted two first round matches of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Concerts

  • The Rolling Stones performed at the stadium during their Bridges To Babylon Tour on October 10, 1997.

Other Events

  • A Billy Graham crusade was held there in 1996.
  • The closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, in which President Barack Obama was expected to deliver his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, was to be held at the stadium on September 6, 2012. However, due to predictions of thunderstorms, it was relocated to Time Warner Cable Arena.

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