“Economically it made sense to bring people to the city who stay at hotels and go to restaurants,” he said. Meetings with the mayor and state representatives garnered support for hosting the tournament and the time of year was ideal as well, as it’s typically a slow period for Baltimore and its meeting and event facilities, he said. We had more conversations with the CIAA staff, with the commissioner.” I attended the tournament as a kid and knew what it was all about. “I was very familiar with the CIAA growing up in Richmond (Virginia). “We said, ‘Yeah, let’s talk about it,’” Hutchinson told VenuesNow. Hutchison said the CIAA reached out to city officials in 2018 to see if there was interest in hosting the tournament, which was a powerful economic driver in Charlotte, giving the city a roughly $50 million economic boost each year, but there were some violent incidents that marred the festivities. The tournament is sponsored by corporate partners Coca-Cola, Food Lion, Nationwide and Lowe’s.Īl Hutchison, president and CEO of Visit Baltimore, the city’s non-profit destination marketing organization, said the event is a good fit for Charm City. The 12-college CIAA is the oldest historically Black athletic conference and this year the basketball tournament, the conference’s most popular event that has drawn as many as 150,000 to the host city in past years, will be in the first of a multi-year broadcast partnership with ESPN. In 2021, the event was held “virtually,” with a host of activities streamed online, but no games, in what was to have been the first year in Baltimore after 15 years in Charlotte. 22-26 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament, an event that had traditionally taken place in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images) Event moved to Baltimore in 2021 after 15 years in Charlotteīaltimore’s Royal Farms Arena is set to host the Feb. Royal Farms Arena, seen here before a 2015 game between the Maryland Terrapins and Princeton Tigers, will play host to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament Feb.
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