Carowinds

Charlotte got some disappointing economic news this week. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, or CIAA, will not be bringing its annual basketball tournament back to Charlotte — for now, anyway. Officials said, the CIAA will be in Baltimore through 2029. Charlotte had hosted the CIAA tournament from 2006 to 2020. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other local business news, on this week's BizWorthy.

Changes are coming to the Carowinds amusement park on the North and South Carolina border. The amusement park says it will retire three rides to make way for new attractions. Drop Tower, Scream Weaver and Nighthawk will be phased out.

Six million lights, larger-than-life Christmas trees and snowflakes from above — Carowinds has transformed into a winter wonderland.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and Cedar Fair, which owns local amusement park Carowinds, said Thursday that they have an agreement to merge. With the merger, the company will relocate its headquarters in Charlotte while its financial operations will stay in Sandusky, Ohio.

After a month, amusement park Carowinds says the Fury 325 can reopen after a cracked pillar caused its closure.

Carowinds has a new policy after the amusement park says several groups of minors caused major disruptions over the weekend. Anyone 17-years-old or younger will need a chaperone to enter evening SCarowinds events.

Carowinds is building one of the tallest, fastest roller coasters in the world. The Fury will soar 325 feet in the air and reach speeds of 95 mph when it…

The Carowinds ride is in operation again, one day after it malfunctioned and left 64 people suspended about 200 feet for an hour.Passengers on the…