The NCAA has already selected the Final Four sites through 2022. Bidding for 2023-2026 will begin this summer. While college sports’ governing association could consider Las Vegas, it has long maintained a policy that Final Four cities first host earlier rounds of the tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe next bidding period for first and second weeks won’t be until 2020. Regardless of March Madness being years out from being played in Sin City, UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood celebrated the NCAA’s decision.<\/p>\n
“It’s fantastic,” Livengood told the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i>. “It’s long awaited. Like everything else, you wish these things would’ve happened earlier so we could’ve had a more effective part of the selection process.”<\/p>\n
The next four Final Fours will take place in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and New Orleans. A sports betting bill has been introduced in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NCAA will allow states that permit sports betting to host its championships. On Thursday, the NCAA Board of Governors announced a temporary suspension of the association’s rules that bar collegiate championships from being hosted in states that allow sports wagering. The announcement allows Nevada, which already has full-fledged sports betting, to host events such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":78035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13592,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
NCAA to Allow Championships in States With Legal Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n