Identification of some of the locations throughout North and South Carolina from the Panthers' Message of Hope for the Carolinas video.
Uptown in Charlotte, N.C.
The French Quarter and Latta Arcade in Uptown Charlotte, N.C.
The Carolina Panthers tunnel from Bank of America Stadium to the Atrium Health practice fields in Charlotte, N.C.
Spectrum Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets, in Charlotte, N.C.
Interstate 77 at the Rock Hill exit in South Carolina.
Fountain Park in Rock Hill, S.C.
Carowinds Amusement park on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina outside of Charlotte.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in the heart of Raleigh, N.C.
Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, N.C.
Carter-Finley Stadium, home of the N.C. State Wolfpack football team in Raleigh, N.C.
PNC Arena, home to the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes and N.C. State basketball in Raleigh, N.C.
Duke University Chapel on Duke's campus in Durham, N.C.
Cameron Indoor Stadium, home of Duke Basketball in Durham, N.C.
Bronze Bull in downtown Durham, N.C.
Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the AAA Durham Bulls minor league baseball team in Durham, N.C.
Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill, N.C.
Old Well on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Four Corners of Law in downtown Charleston, S.C.
King Street in downtown Charleston, S.C.
Williams-Brice Stadium, the home of Gamecock football at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
"Death Valley," the home of Clemson football in Clemson, S.C.
Falls Park on the Reedy in downtown Greenville, S.C.
The Warehouse Theater in Greenville, S.C.
Downtown Asheville, N.C.
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, N.C.
The Kimpton Tryon Park hotel and Romare Bearden park in Charlotte, N.C.
Home
The Panthers on Friday released “A Message of Hope for the Carolinas,” a video portrait of the current status of both states. With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down sports and all other non-essential activities, our spring is uncommonly silent. But together, we will eventually shine through this darkness to emerge whole and reawakened.
Here are the words in the video which were composed by the Charlotte Agenda's Michael Graff and spoken by Panthers legend and North Carolina native Julius Peppers:
Come, press your ear against your window, and listen.
Silence rains down from the skyscrapers.
In the suburbs, T-Ball jerseys hang next to unbuckled bookbags, and the roller coasters long for the fuel of screaming riders.
In the Triangle, there's a symphony with no sound. College basketball arenas with no new Final Four banner.
Wait for it, though, and it will return.
In Durham, it might start with the crack of a bat.
Wait, and someday in Chapel Hill, students will hear the bell tower again, and the graduates will gather' round the Old Well.
In Charleston, couples will fill the carriages, kayaks will cover the creeks, and the shrimp-and-grits will have never tasted so good.
These hard days and nights may break our hearts but they will never touch that spirit. It's always here, steady as stone.
It reminds us to be patient, and to remember that our towers and stadiums are nothing without people.
And it compels us, above all, to say thank you to the doctors and the nurses – and everyone else who shines through this darkness.
