Carolina Panthers

Two protesters rappel from upper deck during MNF game

Published Nov. 2, 2015 10:38 p.m. ET

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CHARLOTTE, NC — Two protesters rappelled down from the upper balcony to unfurl a banner protesting Bank of America during Monday night's game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Carolina Panthers.

The protesters dangled over fans in the lower bowl and in front of press-box windows late in the third quarter, then displayed a banner telling the Charlotte-based financial institution to "dump Dominion."

so we got rappelling fans in Carolina. That's new pic.twitter.com/lovg1Mo3Gd
— Mike Tunison (@xmasape) November 3, 2015

The banner also included a website address, which outlined opposition to Bank of America's role in financing a liquefied natural gas export facility by energy company Dominion Resources in Cove Point, Md. Bank of America owns naming rights to the Panthers' home stadium.

The protesters dangled by ropes well into the fourth quarter. Other fans needed to be moved out of the area as it was a public endangerment.

Panthers spokesman Steve Drummond says the team and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating the incident.