No one cares about Charlotte football.
Over the last 5 years, Charlotte ranks #124 out of 131 schools in FBS home attendance, and one of the FBS schools that it beat, Idaho, is transitioning to FCS. Over the last 5 seasons, Charlotte is averaging 13K a game (and it's only that high because Charlotte averaged 15K the year they opened their new stadium). This year, despite having over 20 thousand students, the 49ers are having the worst attendance year since moving up to FBS. 3 of their 5 home games had an announced attendance of less than 10K; there are over 25 FCS schools that average 10K a game. Football fans in the Charlotte area spend their time and attention on the Panthers, or if they are college fans, UNC, State or Clemson or the other 3 NC schools with FBS football. Charlotte will never be a "Charlotte 49er football town."
App. State regularly sells out their stadium 25K stadium. This year, App. State more than doubled Charlotte in game attendance (24K a game). While the area around Boone has far fewer people than Charlotte, the locals support and follow App football. Given the lack of other options in Western North Carolina, App State has a captive audience.
Power V schools (S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Miami, Wake Forest) have played or have agreed to play on the road at App. State. App. State has won FCS national championships and won at the Big House. Charlotte's best win is over Old Dominion, another school that started their FB program last week. App played at Charlotte this year and won 45-9. Why? Because better football players chose to go to App (a school with some football buzz) over Charlotte (a school with zero football buzz). Don't see that changing.