Truist Field is set to trade summer baseball for lights, ice and a tubing hill in right field. The seventh annual Light the Knights Festival is scheduled to start Nov. 25 in Uptown Charlotte and run on 28 dates through Jan. 3.
V 101.9 reported the return. The Charlotte Knights' event page is more specific about what a ticket covers once you are inside the ballpark.
Lights and a Concourse Market
The walkthrough display is the main reason to come if you are not planning to skate or slide. V 101.9 describes more than 250,000 lights spread through the ballpark, along with holiday scenes.
General admission covers that light show, the scenes and the market. The market is on the outfield portion of the concourse, where the Knights say local businesses will sell trinkets, baked items, clothing and more. It is a winter use of a walkway that, in baseball season, is mostly a path between concessions and the seats.
An Outdoor Rink and a Right-Field Hill
Skating is pitched as an NHL-sized outdoor rink with views of the Charlotte skyline. The other big activity is less subtle: a 10-lane, 150-foot snow tubing hill in right field this winter.
Those two are not folded into every ticket. The All Activities Pass includes admission, skating and snow tubing. General admission stops at the lights, scenes and market, so a family that wants the ice or the hill needs the larger pass.
One Entry, and a Waiver for the Ice
Tickets are good anytime during the hours of the date you select, and re-entry is not allowed. Leave for dinner and the night is over, skyline views included.
Anyone getting on the ice is also asked to sign a waiver. The club's hours page says participants assume the risks of ice skating and the ice slide, and release the rink and Charlotte Knights Baseball Club from liability for resulting damage, injury or expense.
The festival's first date is Nov. 25, with the posted run continuing through Jan. 3. The practical choice is which night to buy, then whether the pass needs to cover the rink and the right-field hill or just the lights.
