Indy to host Big Ten Football Championship through 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Enterprise) — The Huge Ten Soccer Championship Sport will stay in Indianapolis by means of 2024, the convention introduced Wednesday. Lucas Oil Stadium has hosted the occasion since its inception 2011 and final December, hosted a report 67,183 followers.

The convention had beforehand introduced the 2022 championship recreation for Indy, however Wednesday’s announcement extends the town’s internet hosting duties for 2023 and 2024.

“Indianapolis has demonstrated its skill to host world-class occasions in an simply walkable metropolis that gives nice experiences and reminiscences for student-athletes and followers alike,” Huge Ten Convention Commissioner Kevin Warren stated in written remarks. “We sit up for the chance to proceed making a long-lasting impression locally and deeply admire our robust partnership with the town of Indianapolis and Indiana Sports activities Corp.”

2021’s report crowd marked the third-largest soccer crowd within the historical past of Lucas Oil Stadium behind Tremendous Bowl XLVI in 2012 and the 2022 School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship.

Moreover, the Huge Ten introduced the 2023 Girls’s Basketball Match and the 2024 Males’s and Girls’s Basketball Tournaments, shall be held the Goal Middle in Minneapolis.

The choice marks the primary time the ladies’s event has been held outdoors of Indianapolis since 2015. The lads’s event has been held in Indy for the final three years.