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Methodist University’s Jerry Hogge is fighting the struggling golf economy. Hogge is director of the PGA Golf Management program at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC and is working to educate the sport’s leaders. The program prepares students for a career in the golf industry and every graduate from 1989 has landed a job in the field. Hogge’s work is detailed.
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As e-sports are gaining in popularity, a Charlotte startup is attempting to turn the city into a hub for the movement. ReKT Global LLC will try to broker broadcast, concession, and merchandising agreements between teams. The group also plans to arrange esports tournaments at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte and will try to focus on the collegiate side of the business as more universities add gaming as a varsity sport. The future of the company and the e-sports market are detailed.
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Until this past season, the Charlotte Hornets (formerly Bobcats) had an unsuccessful basketball streak over the last decade. One area in which the franchise has been consistently attractive is the low ticket prices. This article explains the economics of North Carolina’s professional sports franchises, and which factors guide pricing.
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Campbell examines marijuana growing in North Carolina. Although it has not joined the ranks of other states where it is legal, estimates place the state's crop state at $670 million in 2006. This is higher than tobacco at $496.1 and cotton at $302.6 million and puts North Carolina sixth in the nation.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 34 Issue 3, Mar 2014, p16, 18-19, il, map Periodical Website
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Harold Varner graduated from East Carolina University in 2012. At the University he was a member of the golf team, and in 2012 he became the first ECU men's golfer to win Conference USA player of the year. He is also the first African American to win the NC Amateur Championship. Now he has his sights set on becoming one of the rarest things in golf--an African American pro.
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The North Carolina Golf Panel, a group of about 135 journalists, golf pros, college coaches, noted amateurs, and business leaders, rank North Carolina's top one hundred courses. A minimum of forty had to vote for a course for it to qualify, and panelists could only vote for the ones they've played.
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Spencer discusses the beer and wine industry in the state, as well as new emerging distilleries. The state has strict laws that liquor cannot flow as freely as beer and wine. The state also has a reputation for making illegal moonshine, but anyone with the right permits can distil liquor. Although Prohibition repeal was decades ago, the state's first legal distillery did not open till ten years ago. Now there are 14 distilleries in North Carolina, compared to 146 wineries and 82 breweries.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Feb 2014, p22, 24-25, il, map Periodical Website
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Venture capital is slow coming into North Carolina. However, Money Tree Report, a summary of national fourth quarter venture capital investment, indicated NC businesses received $110 million in 2013. One business, biotechnology, received over $70 million of the amount. The article includes a listing of the top biotechnology employers in NC. IMB Corp is first with Time Warner Cable second. It also includes a chart showing what companies received what amounts of the $70 million.
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Campbell provides a profile of Thad Woodard. In 1978 Woodard became president of North Carolina Savings and Loan League, Inc., which later merged with the North Carolina Bankers Association. He is the longtime president and CEO of the group. On January 1, 2015 he will retire after thirty-seven years as the lead lobbyist for the state's financial institutions.
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Minor league baseball is back in downtown Charlotte with a brand new $54 million stadium. The Charlotte Knights, a Chicago White Sox Triple-A affiliate, opened their 2014 season in their 10,200 seat stadium. The Knights passed their last year's total attendance before their first game by selling 5,000 season tickets, which guarantees a draw of 350,000.
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Campbell reviews the life and work of developer Homer Wright. Wright, now 89, built the top-selling NC coastal community--St. James in Brunswick County. He and his partners bought the original 2,500-acre tract in 1983. St. James now has about 4,600 property owners. St. James has four golf courses, a beach club, amphitheater, and marina. It was incorporated into a town in 1999.
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Campbell discusses why Jim Rogers is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's Mover and Shaker of the Year for 2012.
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If the name is Donald Trump, it's worth billions. A map locates the golf courses which he owns in this country and in Scotland and Puerto Rico. Last year the members sold to The Trump Organization, Inc., The Point Lake and Golf Club at Mooresville. It has recently been rechristened Trump National Golf Club, Charlotte. Campbell describes the improvements being made to the club.
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John MConnell was an out of work software salesman in 1982, but by the 1990s had helped get Raleigh-based Medic Computer Systems Inc. off the ground, later making it the largest U.S. seller of software for doctor's offices. After the company was sold in 1997, McConnell founded McConnell Golf LLC, a collection of seven private clubs in North and South Carolina.
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Jerry Richardson is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's Mover and Shaker of the Year. A former player in the NFL and member of the championship Baltimore Colts, Richardson dreamed of bringing professional football back to his home in the Carolinas. In 1993 he became the majority owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.
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