Albuquerque Set to Welcome the 2023 USATF Indoor Championships

Tickets now on sale for this world-class championship event 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – (Feb. 6, 2023) – Albuquerque will welcome some of the world’s top track and field athletes to the 2023 USATF Indoor Championships, Feb. 16-18 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The event is estimated to bring more than $500,000 in direct spend and over 350 elite athletes to the city. “Albuquerque is honored to see this prestigious sporting event return to our city,” said Tania Armenta, President & CEO of Visit Albuquerque. “Our more than 310 days of sunshine, high altitude and state-of-the-art facilities, including our indoor track, make Albuquerque the ideal location for an event of this caliber. We welcome these world-class athletes—and their coaches, families and friends—to our city and wish them the best of luck.” Tickets for the championships are now on sale at USATF.org/tickets, and the complete schedule can be found on the USATF website. For spectators, the three-day competition is an opportunity to watch the country’s best track and field athletes vie for national titles in events from 60 to 3,000 meters, all field events, and 3,000-meter race walks. When Albuquerque last hosted the USATF Indoor Championships in 2020, the second-farthest indoor throw was set in the men’s shot put, and the first U.S. woman to win five straight indoor national titles outright in the high jump was crowned. As the premier event of the indoor season, the USATF Indoor Championships will be televised nationally on NBC from 2-4 p.m. MST on Saturday, Feb. 18. Join the conversation with USATF on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook using the hashtag #USATFIndoors. About Visit Albuquerque Visit Albuquerque is an accredited destination marketing organization (DMO), and a private, not-for-profit organization [501(c)(6)]. The mission of Visit Albuquerque is to stimulate economic growth by marketing Albuquerque as a convention and visitor destination, as well as a premier sports destination through the efforts of the Albuquerque Sports Commission (a division of Visit Albuquerque). For more information, go to www.VisitABQ.org. About USATF USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the country's No. 1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.USATF.org.

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