{"id":6407,"date":"2013-12-13T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2013-12-15T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T00:36:14","slug":"cary-to-host-eight-ncaa-championships-over-next-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6407","title":{"rendered":"Cary to host eight NCAA championships over next four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ncaacary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ncaacary-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Badge-Options\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ncaacary-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ncaacary-363x300.jpg 363w, https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ncaacary.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Triangle sports enthusiasts can continue to flock to Cary to see the best in collegiate sports as the NCAA has announced the Town will host eight championships over the next four years. Specifically, the following championships will come to Cary:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2014 Division I Men\u2019s Soccer College Cup, WakeMed Soccer Park<br \/>\n\u2022 2014-2018 Division II Baseball Championships, USA Baseball National Training Complex<br \/>\n\u2022 2015 Division I Women\u2019s Soccer College Cup, WakeMed Soccer Park<br \/>\n\u2022 2017 Division III Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Tennis Championships, Cary Tennis Park<\/p>\n<p>The bidding process began in July; the original pool of bids included over 1,900 submissions. City selections were announced live via webcast on December 11. Over the last decade, 14 NCAA championship finals have come to Cary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith assistance from regional partners like the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance, Capital Area Soccer League (CASL), Meredith College, Mt. Olive College and Campbell University, the Town of Cary is ready to greet the nation\u2019s top athletes with hefty doses of southern hospitality,\u201d said Doug McRainey, Director of Parks, Recreation &#038; Cultural Resources. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to provide citizens with opportunities to see some of the nation\u2019s best young athletes compete. Collectively, these championships have a positive impact on local businesses and jobs, adding millions of dollars to the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cary is no stranger to hosting professional, amateur and collegiate sport championship tournaments. The excitement of Major League Soccer, college baseball, soccer and tennis, and dozens of regional and state youth tournaments have filled Town facilities over the years as athletes competed for the ultimate title. The Town hosted the 2012 US and North American Olympic Table Tennis Qualifying Tournaments. It is home to the North American Soccer League\u2019s Carolina Railhawks, the Continental Basketball League\u2019s Cary Invasion, and USA Baseball\u2019s National Training Complex. The Town is also a designated North Carolina Fit Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triangle sports enthusiasts can continue to flock to Cary to see the best in collegiate sports as the NCAA has announced the Town will host&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","wpcat-79-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6423,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407\/revisions\/6423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}