The National Collegiate Athletic Association® (NCAA) announced Friday that Minnesota was selected to host the Men’s Final Four® in 2019.

The March/April 2019 tournament will be held in the new Minnesota Stadium, which is set to open in 2016. The Minnesota Final Four Bid Committee delivered the successful presentation to a NCAA committee in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 11. The central theme was “Winning Happens Here.”

 

“We are thrilled to bring the NCAA Men’s Final Four back to Minnesota,” said David Mortenson, president of Mortenson Construction and bid committee co-chair. “We were successful in impressing upon the committee our three main messages of our connected, easily accessible city, world-class venues and committed community.”