Sneak peak at Hornets’ new $190M training center, HQ

CHARLOTTE — Playing for the Charlotte Hornets is about to get a whole lot better.

On Aug. 28, team executives took reporters on a tour of the Hornets’ $190 million training center, scheduled to open next spring — a project that leaves no doubt about the NBA franchise’s willingness to invest in a winning product.

That theme resonated as Alex MacKenzie, the team’s director of basketball facilities, led visiting media members through a maze of construction workers banging away on parts of the building.

At various stops inside the mostly completed shell of the 160,000-square-foot training and team headquarters — to be known as the Novant Health Performance Center — MacKenzie stood next to renderings displayed on easels and explained what the finished version will entail.

“We’ll have a significant amount of the world’s highest level of basketball technology in this space,” MacKenzie said.

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