The Carolina Panthers are giving their Uptown footprint a serious glow-up, starting with a new name on the door. Atrium Health has landed naming rights to the team’s new practice complex beside Bank of America Stadium, which will officially be known as the Atrium Health Training Facility.
The indoor fieldhouse is planned at roughly 101,400 square feet and will feature a full-size turf field plus spaces for training, nutrition and video review. Team officials say construction has already moved into the vertical phase, and the building is slated to be ready ahead of the Panthers’ 2027 training camp.
What the Atrium Health Training Facility will include
Inside the fieldhouse, players will get training rooms, nutrition and recovery areas, equipment storage, a video control room and meeting spaces. The design also carves out a dedicated space honoring Atrium Health’s Keep Pounding Kids program.
Owner David Tepper has pitched the project as part of “a vision for a new downtown Charlotte,” tying the training facility to a broader reimagining of the stadium area. Those details were reported by Axios Charlotte.
Where it sits and how the site is laid out
The Atrium Health Training Facility is planned in the Stadium District, directly adjacent to Bank of America Stadium, and it will be paired with two full-size grass practice fields on the surrounding site. City planning and rezoning documents describe an approximately 12-acre footprint for the upgraded practice area behind the stadium and include diagrams of the proposed fieldhouse and outdoor fields.
For a closer look at the layout, see the rezoning site plan in City of Charlotte materials.
Construction on the Atrium Health Training Facility has moved into its vertical phase, and the Panthers say they are aiming to occupy the building in time for the 2027 training camp. Because of the ongoing work, daily training-camp practices will be closed to the public this preseason. The team still plans to hold Fan Fest at Bank of America Stadium while construction continues. Those scheduling and access plans were outlined in reporting by Axios Charlotte.
How this fits into the bigger stadium plan
The new fieldhouse is one piece of a much larger overhaul of the stadium precinct, centered on an approximately $800 million renovation of Bank of America Stadium. Engineering News-Record reports the project will rely on up to $650 million in city hospitality and tourism tax-backed debt, with Tepper Sports & Entertainment covering a roughly $150 million private share along with any cost overruns. ENR also notes plans for an adjacent indoor performance venue as part of the broader redevelopment.
On the public money side, state officials say they plan to keep a close watch. The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has announced it will work with the city and Tepper Sports & Entertainment to provide regular financial updates on the $650 million in hospitality-tax-backed debt tied to the renovation. That oversight plan is detailed in a release from the auditor’s office, available through the NC Office of the State Auditor.
Atrium Health is no stranger to Charlotte’s sports scene. The healthcare giant already holds naming rights to Charlotte FC’s training campus, Atrium Health Performance Park, and works with local teams on sports-medicine and community programming. The club’s announcement about Performance Park outlines that existing role in training and outreach; it can be found via Charlotte FC.
For Uptown, the new fieldhouse and related projects are meant to knit the stadium area into a true year-round destination. In the near term, though, fans should expect restricted access around training as crews push to finish the work. The Panthers say they will share updates on Fan Fest, public programming and any future on-site events as construction advances and permits move forward.
