Charlotte's New Year's Eve celebration to be held in new location, charge for admission

WFAE | By Woody Cain

Published December 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM EST

Charlotte’s official New Year’s Eve party will be held at Truist Field this year for the first time. Gates will open at 10 p.m. and fans will have a chance to ring in 2025 at the home of the Charlotte Knights. The event showcases the team’s Light the Knights Festival and will be capped off by a fireworks finale at midnight.

Five people were hurt in a shooting last New Year’s Eve and some witnesses said there were several fights before shots were fired. Admission is $10 and tickets will be available at the Charlotte Knights' website.

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Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.

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