NCAA Wrestling Championship in Kansas City: Location, dates and more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship is coming to Kansas City this week.
NCAA wrestling will take over the T-Mobile Center and Kansas City Convention Center from Thursday until Saturday. Visit KC estimates the event will bring $20.4 million to the city and local businesses.
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The best wrestlers in the nation will compete head-to-head to decide which school and individuals can take home national championship hardware.
The tournament will consist of 33 competitors throughout 10 different weight classes. Each weight class will crown a national champion and whichever college earns the most points throughout the competition will decide a team national champion.
Wrestlers must go undefeated in five, seven-minute matches over three days to earn a national title. The championship round will take place on Saturday evening.
SCHEDULE
All six sessions will happen in the T-Mobile Center and be broadcast across ESPNU and ESPN.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. on Days 1 and 2 and 8:30 a.m. on Day 3. For evening sessions, doors open at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Session 1/First Round: Thursday at 11 a.m. – ESPNU
Session 2/Second Round: Thursday at 6 p.m. – ESPN
Session 3/Quarterfinals: Friday at 11 a.m. – ESPNU
Session 4/Semifinals: Friday at 7 p.m. – ESPN
Session 5/Medal Round: Saturday at 10 a.m. – ESPNU
Session 6/Finals: Saturday at 6 p.m. – ESPN
Tickets can be found on the AXS website.
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There will be an NCAA Fan Festival at the Kansas City Convention Center each afternoon of the national championship. Fans can get autographs, attend coaches’ clinics and enjoy fan experience activities. That schedule is listed below:
Thursday 2-5 p.m.
Friday 2-6 p.m.
Saturday 12:30-5 p.m.
STREET CLOSURES
Grand Boulevard (between 13th and 14th streets), Walnut Street (between 13th Street and Truman Road N.) and 14th Street (between Walnut Street and Grand Boulevard) will all be closed from 5 a.m. Thursday until 10 a.m. Sunday.
