The NCAA Males’s Closing 4 is heading to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2031 after the COVID-19 pandemic nixed the town’s earlier bid 4 years in the past.
The Division I Males’s Basketball Committee introduced Thursday that the Closing 4 will return to Atlanta for the primary time since 2013, and the occasion will happen April 5 and seven.
ATL is BACK on the clock 🚨⏰
Atlanta will host the 2031 #MFinalFour on April 5 and seven at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, marking their fifth time internet hosting. pic.twitter.com/DL5O9RzBID
— NCAA Males’s Closing 4 (@MFinalFour) August 29, 2024
“The cancellation of the 2020 event, together with the Males’s Closing 4 in Atlanta, was a mandatory but devastating determination for student-athletes, coaches and followers. It considerably impacted the Affiliation and its membership, in addition to the town of Atlanta, which has repeatedly been a terrific host to the occasion,” NCAA senior vice chairman of basketball Dan Gavitt mentioned in a press release.
“The committee has been empathetic in its consideration of changing the 2020 Males’s Closing 4 for Atlanta, and finally the town competed favorably and gained the chance to host once more in the end in 2031. We’re wanting ahead to working with the Atlanta group to offer one other memorable Males’s Closing 4 expertise.”
Atlanta will change into simply the seventh metropolis to host 5 or extra NCAA Fours
Atlanta hosted the NCAA Males’s Closing 4 in 1977, 2002, 2007, and 2013 and the Girls’s Closing 4 in 1933 and 2003. With a fifth Closing 4 honor, Atlanta will change into simply the seventh metropolis to host 5 or extra Closing Fours, the others being Kansas Metropolis, Indianapolis, New York, Louisville, New Orleans, Seattle, and San Antonio
The NCAA Closing 4 hosts for the years between 2024 and 2031 are already recognized. It’s going to happen in San Antonio in 2025, Indianapolis in 2026 and 2029, Detroit in 2027, Las Vegas in 2028, and North Texas in 2030.
Along with asserting Atlanta because the host website for the 2031 Closing 4, the NCAA will reveal the preliminary spherical websites for the 2027 and 2028 NCAA Match in October.
UConn gained its second straight nationwide championship in Phoenix this previous spring.
Moreover, the 2025 School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship will happen in Atlanta. The town will probably be a bunch website for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as nicely.
Atlanta may also host Candy Sixteen and Elite Eight video games for this 12 months’s NCAA Match at State Farm Enviornment.
