The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Affiliation Board of Administrators voted final week to approve Durham, North Carolina, as the location of the convention championship recreation beginning subsequent yr.
The championship shall be performed on the Durham County Memorial Stadium because the occasion’s chosen venue.
“The CIAA seems to be ahead to returning to Durham County Memorial Stadium,” defined CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams. “Our current media rights partnership with HBCU Go offers us the chance to showcase our prime groups in a centralized location, once more the place the soccer championship has thrived previously. The CIAA may have a chance to have interaction locally past the sport in a means that helps the mission of the convention.”
Bids had been additionally submitted by the cities of Charlotte and Salem, Virginia. The convention stated it reviewed a number of components in its choice to maneuver to Durham, together with “facility use and staffing, workforce assist, alternatives for group engagement, and involvement of the native enterprise group.”
Salem has been the house of the CIAA championship since 2017. It’s recommended for its experience and a job nicely carried out for not solely CIAA championships for the previous seven years but in addition its celebration in 2023 for internet hosting over 100 NCAA occasions.
“Durham has an amazing historical past with this occasion, and we’re immensely proud to as soon as once more be internet hosting the CIAA Soccer Championship in Durham,” stated Marcus Manning, govt director of the Durham sports activities fee. We’re devoted to showcasing our vibrant group right here in Durham whereas additionally celebrating variety and creating an unforgettable expertise for followers, spectators, and student-athletes.”
The soccer championship was beforehand held in Durham from 2008-2012 and 2014-2015, drawing crowds of over 10,000 followers. The CIAA Outside Monitor & Subject Championship can be hosted in Durham on the similar venue in accordance with a three-year settlement that can run by means of 2025.
CIAA-member Shaw College presently hosts its house soccer and soccer video games on the venue.
Courtesy: CIAA
