IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PORTLAND 2016 TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
BUY TICKETS HERE! The 16th edition of the biennial meet – which features more than 600 athletes from as many as 214 different countries from around the world – will be held March 17-20 in Portland. The four-day meet will be held in the Oregon Convention Center, featuring a new banked 200-meter oval track and state-of-the-art 7,000-seat stadium. The event opens with the men’s and women’s pole vault on Thursday at 7:05 p.m., preceded by the opening ceremonies. BUY TICKETS HERE! Tickets may also be purchased by phone by calling 1-800-992-8499 All session packages will include tickets to six sessions: One session on Thursday Two sessions on Friday Two sessions on …Continue reading
WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES HEADLINE PORTLAND 2016 COUNTDOWN CELEBRATION
Fifteen of the world’s greatest track and field athletes will headline a star-studded lineup of Olympic gold medalists, world record-holders and World Champions at the Portland 2016 Countdown Celebration on Wednesday, May 27 from 3-7 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Over the course of their professional careers, this illustrious group has combined to establish seven world records and compete in 18 Olympic Games, ranging from the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney to the 2012 Olympics in London. During that span, they collected three gold medals and one silver medal. At the IAAF World Championships, indoors and outdoors, they have earned a total of 34 medals, including …Continue reading
PORTLAND 2016 COUNTDOWN CLOCK TO BE UNVEILED
What’s 19 feet tall, weighs 3,945 pounds, keeps accurate time down to the second and will soon be unveiled at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland as the promotional centerpiece for a world-class sporting event? Allow us to introduce the Portland 2016 Countdown Clock. Locally designed and built, this iconic clock features multiple digital display modes that speak to the city’s energy, innovation and technology. It will be officially unwrapped during the Portland 2016 Countdown Celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Wednesday, May 27 from 3-7 p.m. On that day, the clock will begin to count down the days, hours, minutes, and yes, even…Continue reading
TICKETS AVAILABLE IN PERSON MAY 27, ONLINE MAY 28
PORTLAND, Ore. – All-session tickets for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships go on sale to the public on Thursday, May 28 it was announced by TrackTown USA President Vin Lananna. The 16th edition of the biennial meet – which features more than 600 athletes from as many as 214 different countries from around the world – will be held March 17-20 in Portland. The four-day meet will be held in the Oregon Convention Center, featuring a new banked 200-meter oval track and state-of-the-art 7,000-seat stadium. The event opens with the men’s and women’s pole vault on Thursday at 7:05 p.m., preceded by the opening ceremonies. The pole vault will be …Continue reading
‘ONE YEAR OUT’ EVENT SHOWCASES 2016 IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
A birds-eye view of this exciting venue shows you what the track and stadium will look like. PORTLAND, Ore. – For the first time in nearly 30 years, and only the second time in history, the IAAF World Indoor Championships are coming to the United States. The 16th edition of the biennial meet will be held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on March 18-20, 2016. On Monday, in celebration of the “One Year Out” milestone, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales led a distinguished panel of speakers at a special media event held in a cavernous hall at the OCC adjacent to where the new indoor track and field stadium will be built. TrackTown USA President Vin Lananna and USATF…Continue reading
IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – PORTLAND 2016
The world’s best track and field athletes will gather at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon in March of 2016 to compete in the 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships. More than 600 athletes representing as many as 200 countries will participate in the biennial event. This will be the first time the IAAF World Indoor Championships have been contested in the United States since the inaugural competition in Indianapolis in 1987. Athletes will compete in 13 men’s and women’s events over a three-day period, March 18-20, with medals awarded to the top three finishers in each event. Team USA has been the most successful country at the IAAF World Indoor Championships with a …Continue reading
WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS TO PORTLAND, OREGON IN 2016
MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Portland, Oregon, will host the 2016 World Indoor Track & Field Championships after the IAAF Council on Friday voted to bring the meet back to the U.S. for the first time since 1987. USATF President Stephanie Hightower, USATF CEO Max Siegel, and TrackTown USA President Vin Lananna presented the joint Portland bid to the IAAF Council on Friday morning in Monaco. Birmingham, England, also bid for the event. The 2016 World Indoor Championships will mark the first time a senior World Athletics Series (WAS) event has been held in the United States since the World Cross Country Championships in 1992. Eugene will host the 2014 World Junior …Continue reading