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Charlotte leases city-owned gravel lot to Charlotte Hornets for new facility

The Charlotte City Council on Monday voted 5-2 to lease a city-owned gravel lot next to the Spectrum Center to the Charlotte Hornets. The team plans to build a new practice facility on the site.

The lease will be $10 a year for 99 years.

The deal also gives the city access to 125 parking spaces in a new parking structure — but the city will have to pay the team $150,000 a year.

LaWana Mayfield and Renee Johnson voted no.

Steve Harrison is WFAE's politics and government reporter. Prior to joining WFAE, Steve worked at the Charlotte Observer, where he started on the business desk, then covered politics extensively as the Observer’s lead city government reporter. Steve also spent 10 years with the Miami Herald. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Sporting News and Sports Illustrated.