 The arena will host the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship.In recent years lacrosse has experienced a period of steady growth in North Carolina that has seen high schools in the three main metropolitan areas add the sport to their programs, this growth culminated in Charlotte being awarded a Major League Lacrosse expansion team named the Charlotte Hounds, the first professional outdoor lacrosse team in the South.An indoor lacrosse team, Charlotte Copperheads, played in the Professional Lacrosse League's only season in 2012.