(CHARLOTTE, NC – December 11, 2024) – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA®), the nation’s oldest historically Black athletic conference, returns to Baltimore, Maryland, for the 2025 Food Lion CIAA Men’s and Women’s Championship Basketball Tournament on February 25 – March 1 at the CFG Arena. Fans are invited to take advantage of the “CIAA HOLIDAY” ticket sale, offering $10 OFF Single Session General Admission Tickets using the code HOLIDAY. Just in time to spread holiday cheer, this ticket sale is available Monday, December 9 through Monday, December 23, exclusively at the tournament website: Ciaatournament.org.
This year, we honor the incredible legacy of CIAA Women’s Basketball with a 50th Anniversary of the Women’s Championship Tournament Celebration. We’ll live the legacy all week long with special 50th-anniversary events and beloved CIAA traditions like Fan Fest, Step Shows, CIAA parties, and more! Join us in the Charm City of Baltimore, MD, from February 25–March 1, 2025, at CFG Bank Arena, where #FebruaryIsCIAA.
For more information about the 2025 Food Lion CIAA Basketball Tournament in Baltimore, visit CIAATOURNAMENT.ORG
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About the CIAA
Founded in 1912, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is the first, and longest running, African American athletic conference in the U.S. and one of the most recognized conferences in Division II. The CIAA conducts 14 championships attended by more than 150,000 fans from around the country. The Basketball Tournament has been honored as a 2019 Champion of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management, the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, for both 2018 and 2019.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the CIAA is governed by the Presidents and Chancellors of its 13 member institutions: Bowie State University, Bluefield State University, Claflin University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine’s University, Shaw University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, and Winston-Salem State University. For more information on the CIAA, visit theciaa.com, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
About Visit Baltimore
Visit Baltimore is the official sales and marketing arm for the City of Baltimore. The 501(c)(6) non-profit organization generates economic benefits for stakeholders through the attraction of convention, group and leisure visitors. In 2022, 26.7 million people visited Baltimore for overnight and day trips, spending a total of $3.7 billion to Baltimore’s economy. For more information, please visit Baltimore.org.