Charlotte to bid for ACC baseball tournament at BB&T Ballpark

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Knights hope to stave off International League rivals Durham and Louisville — not on the field, but for the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament. Dan Rajkowski, Knights chief operating officer, told CBJ the Triple-A minor league team intends to bid to host the tournament beginning with the 2020 season.

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Representatives from the ACC and the International League confirmed anticipated bids from all three teams. Durham landed a four-year contract to host the tournament in 2015, an agreement extended by one year, through 2019, because the conference relocated the event in 2017 due to a state law preventing anti-discrimination protection for LGBT people. After the state repealed the law, the tournament returned.