There was too much blue in Bank of America Stadium on Saturday for Will Webb.
There were whole sections in the upper deck, the shade of the Carolina Panthers blue, unoccupied for South Carolina’s 35-28 win over N.C. State this past Saturday afternoon.
The announced attendance for the season-opening game was 50,367. The NFL stadium in uptown Charlotte has a capacity of 75,412.
“We’re happy with what we had but we wish we had more,” said Webb, who is the executive director of the Charlotte Sports Foundation, which annually runs the Belk College Kickoff and Belk Bowl and will host the ACC football championship in December.