Charlotte Hornets Unveil ‘Hoopers Paradise’ City Edition Uniforms for 2025-26 Season

The Charlotte Hornets showed off their City Edition Remix uniforms Tuesday. Orange, blue, and yellow fill the design. The Bird of Paradise flower sparked the idea. Saturday's matchup against Oklahoma City at Spectrum Center will be the first time fans see the "Hoopers Paradise" look on the court.

Queen Charlotte gave her name to the Bird of Paradise flower. That connection links the flower's history to basketball in the Carolinas, weaving together the "Hoopers Paradise" concept.

This design brings back pieces from the 2021-22 City Edition uniforms, part of an NBA-wide push to refresh or revive older styles. Orange appears throughout as a nod to two things: the Bobcats years and the flower itself. That decade from 2004 to 2014 gets pulled into the story.

Seth Bennett, chief marketing officer for Hornets Sports & Entertainment, stumbled onto the idea during a trip. "I was on an NBA meeting trip several months ago, and I walked outside my hotel, and the first time I'd actually seen that flower was outside that hotel in Los Angeles," Bennett said, per The Charlotte Observer.

These uniforms pull threads from the team's entire timeline, reaching back to the 1988-89 season when it all started. Script "Charlotte" lettering mirrors pennants that hung when the original uniforms came out in 1988. Where the numbers sit is borrowed from Bobcats jerseys worn between 2004-09 and again from 2012-14.

One leg of the shorts shows a classic logo. The other leg carries a script "Hornets" wordmark. An "H" logo sits on the waistband with "Buzz City" written across it — a callback to the secondary logo from those original 1988 uniforms.

Grant Williams grew up in Charlotte and went to Providence Day School. He liked how the uniforms connect to where he's from. "For me, 'Hoopers Paradise' is synonymous with Charlotte and not only just Charlotte, but the state of North and South Carolina," Williams said, according to Queen City News. "Because when you think of basketball, this is the mecca."

A new "Hoopers Paradise" court will accompany the uniforms. Silhouettes of North and South Carolina appear on the floor. Both states showing up together on the court? That's never happened before.

Twelve home games during the 2025-26 season will feature these uniforms. The schedule includes Nov. 29 versus Toronto, Dec. 18 versus Atlanta, Dec. 31 versus Golden State, Jan. 24 versus Washington, and April 10 versus Detroit.