Since 1979, Indianapolis has hosted more than 450 national and international sporting events including Super Bowl XLVI in 2012, 18 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and NCAA Championship events in a variety of sports.
In addition, the NCAA has brought a number of high-profile events through a Memorandum of Understanding with Indiana Sports Corp. These events include the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours, Men's Basketball First & Second Rounds or Regionals, and the NCAA Convention. Indiana Sports Corp and the city of Indianapolis will also host the Men’s and Women’s Big Ten Basketball Tournaments in 2020 and 2022 as well as the Big Ten Football Championship Game through at least 2021.
The following is a list of the events that have taken place in Indianapolis since 1979, a list of annual events that take place in the city, and includes future sporting events already awarded to the city.
1979 1983 • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Conference) Men’s Golf Championship – Regional • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country 1980 Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country • U.S. Masters Swimming Championships Championships • U.S. Diving Indoor National Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - Final Four 1984 1981 • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships 1982 • National Gymnastics Congress • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • U.S. Indoor Water Polo Championships Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country • U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Exhibition Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Synchronized - First/Second Rounds Swimming • U.S. Figure Skating National Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving • U.S. Olympic Festival (National Sports Festival) • U.S. Olympic Team vs. NBA All-Star Basketball • U.S. Swimming National Championships Game • USA/USSR Track Meet • U.S. Swimming National Championships
1985 • Pan American Games • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • USRowing National Championships • American Cup Gymnastics Invitational • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving 1988 Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • FINA World Synchronized Swimming Cup • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships Championships • NAIA Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Softball Championship • NBA All-Star Basketball Game • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Conference) Men’s Golf Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate 1986 Conference) Men’s Basketball Championship • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships Championships • U.S. Canoe/Kayak Olympic Trials • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving Conference) Men’s Basketball Championship • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Rowing • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Synchronized Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Swimming Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track and Field • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • U.S. Open Swimming Championships Championships • USRowing National Championships • NCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships 1989 • U.S. Diving Indoor National Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • USA Gymnastics National Championships • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving • U.S. Indoor Water Polo Championships Championships • USRowing National Championships • Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships • FINA World Diving Cup • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate 1987 Conference) Men’s Indoor Track & Field • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner Championships Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Softball Championship • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Conference) Men’s Basketball Championship Track & Field Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country - First/Second Rounds Championships • NCAA Division I Water Polo Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Pan Pacific Masters Aquatic Games Conference) Softball Championship • USRowing National Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Volleyball Championship 1990 • IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving - First/Second Rounds Championships • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Championships - First/Second Rounds • NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Championships Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving 1993 Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • U.S. Open Swimming Championships • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon • USRowing National Championships • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving 1991 Championships • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • EDS National Cycling Championships • Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s Basketball Championship • FIG World Gymnastics Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s Golf Championship Conference) Men’s Golf Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship Conference) Men’s Indoor Track & Field • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Softball Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship Conference) Women’s Soccer Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Softball Championship Conference) Women’s Tennis Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Indy Games Conference) Volleyball Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • National Gymnastics Congress - First/Second Rounds • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor - Final Four Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Track & Field Championships Championships • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Championships Blockbuster • PGA Championship • USRowing National Championships • USRowing National Championships • U.S. Senior National Judo Championships • U.S. Table Tennis National Championships 1992 • U.S. Women’s Golf Open • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon 1994 • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner Championships • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon Conference) Softball Championship • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship • EDS National Cycling Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s Indoor Track & Field Conference) Men’s Basketball Championship Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Softball Championship Conference) Women’s Tennis Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Indy Games Conference) Women’s Basketball Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Women’s Soccer Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor • 1994 NBA Draft Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving Track & Field Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving • U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Exhibition Championships • USRowing National Championships • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker • World Masters Aquatic Championships Blockbuster • USRowing National Championships • U.S. Swimming National Championships • World Rowing Championships • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker 1995 Blockbuster • AAU Sullivan Award Dinner • U.S. Open Swimming Championships • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon • USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving 1998 Championships • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • EDS National Cycling Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s Conference) Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Indoor Track & Field Championships Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Championship Blockbuster • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • USRowing National Championships Conference) Men’s Indoor Track & Field • U.S. Senior National Judo Championships Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate 1996 Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Conference) Women’s Basketball Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Baseball Championship Conference) Women’s Indoor Track & Field • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championships Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Conference) Volleyball Championship Field Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate - First/Second Rounds Conference) Women’s Soccer Championship • NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s • National Gymnastics Congress Indoor Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Indoor Track & Field Championships Blockbuster • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker • U.S. Olympic Congress Blockbuster • U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Exhibition • U.S. Olympic Men’s & Women’s Basketball Team • U.S. Diving Indoor National Championships Exhibitions • U.S. Masters Swimming Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving • U.S. Olympic Awards Dinner • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming • USRowing National Championships • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Synchronized • USA Gymnastics National Championships Swimming • USRowing National Championships 1999 • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament 1997 • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Conference) Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Men’s Soccer Championship Conference) Women’s Soccer Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) Women’s Soccer Championship Conference) Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate Championship Conference) Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Field Championships - Final Four • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s - First/Second Rounds Indoor Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I and II Men’s and Women’s • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Indoor Track & Field Championships Championships • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Blockbuster • USRowing National Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship - First/Second Rounds 2000 • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Blockbuster • Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving • USA-Australia Swim Challenge – “Duel in the Championships Pool” • EDS Masters Track Cycling Championships • U.S. Swimming National Championships • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • U.S. Wrestling World Team Trials Conference) Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2004 • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Conference) Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship • FINA World Swimming Championship • Horizon League (Midwestern Collegiate • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Conference) Softball Championship Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis - Final Four Championship • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving • Horizon League Women’s Soccer Championship Championships • Horizon League Men’s Basketball Championship • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Blockbuster Blockbuster • U.S. Cycling Federation Masters Road • U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials Championships • U.S. Masters Swimming Championships 2005 • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Horizon League Baseball Championship 2001 • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships Track & Field Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championship Championship • National Gymnastics Congress • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Blockbuster - First/Second Rounds • U.S. Rowing Masters National Championships • NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball • World Police and Fire Games Championship - Final Four • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker 2002 Blockbuster • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • The Solheim Cup • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • USRowing National Championships • FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men • USA Gymnastics National Championships • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2006 • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Convention • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Cross • NCAA Division I, II and III Rowing Country Championships Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Golf • Purdue University Basketball Boilermaker Championship Blockbuster • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2003 • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor • Mid-American Conference Men’s Golf Track & Field Championships Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Season Championship Tip-Off • Horizon League Volleyball Championship • NCAA Convention • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • Big Ten Football Championship Game - Final Four • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • USRowing National Championships • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • USA Diving National Diving Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • USA Gymnastics Group Gymnastics National Championship Championships • NCAA Convention • USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships • NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships 2007 • Super Bowl XLVI • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Hoosier Basketball Celebration 2013 • Horizon League Men’s & Women’s Outdoor • Big Ten Football Championship Game Track & Field Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championship Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Synchronized - Regional Swimming • NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse - Quarterfinals • U.S. Synchronized Swimming National • NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Swimming Championships & Diving Championships • U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship • NCAA Division I, II and III Rowing • USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Championships
2008 2014 • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Football Championship Game • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving - Regional • NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving 2009 Championships • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming & Diving • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • NCAA Division I, II and III Rowing Championship Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship - Regional 2015 • U.S. Senior Open (Men’s Golf) • Big Ten Football Championship Game • NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming & Diving 2010 Championships • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Division II Women’s Swimming & Diving • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championships • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Championship - Final Four • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • Olympic Day - Final Four • P&G Gymnastics Championships • NCAA Division II Golf Championships • USA Diving Winter Nationals • USA Swimming Duel in the Pool 2011 • Big Ten Football Championship Game 2016 • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis • NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Championship - Final Four • NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball • NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship - Final Four Championships • NCAA Division II Women’s Swimming & Diving 2012 Championships • BMW Championship (PGA Tour) • USOC Road to Rio • U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving 2019 • Big Ten Football Championship Game 2017 • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Swimming • Big Ten Football Championship Game and Diving Championships • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship • NCAA Division I, II, & III Rowing Championships - First/Second Rounds • USA Diving Senior National Championships • NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships 2020 • NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving • Big Ten Football Championship Game Championships • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Men’s and Women’s Fencing • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional • NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship • U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Diving • Indy Women in Tech Championship presented by Guggenheim 2021 • Big Ten Football Championship Game Annual Events • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament **denotes currently still held • NBA All-Star Game • 400 at the Brickyard – NASCAR** • NCAA Convention • Circle City Classic** • NCAA Men’s Final Four • Indiana Sports Corp Corporate Challenge** • USA Diving Junior National Championships • Indy Ultimate** • Close The Gap Classic (formerly Crossroads 2022 Classic)** • Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament • Indiana/Kentucky High School All-Star • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Basketball Game** • College Football Playoff National Championship
• Indianapolis 500**
• Kroger 200 – NASCAR Grand Nationals** • NCAA Woman of the Year Awards Dinner** • NFL Scouting Combine** • NHRA U.S. Nationals Drag Racing** • OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon** • Red Bull Indianapolis GP** • Inspiring Sports Charity Golf Tournament** • Indianapolis (formerly RCA) Tennis Championships – ATP Tour • Hoosier Basketball Classic • PeyBack Classic • The John Wooden Tradition – College Basketball • United States Grand Prix – Formula One
Future Events 2018 • Big Ten Football Championship Game • Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament • NCAA Convention • NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships • Indy Women in Tech Championship