Accordig to MetroNews, ticket sales and enthusiasm for Charleston to host the 2020 national basketball event ‘The Basketball Tournament (TBT) were high following its announcement last February until COVID-19 changed plans.

 

The City of Charleston and basketball fans in the Mountain State will get a rebound for this year as officials announced Wednesday that Charleston and the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center will be one of four regional sites for the 2021 TBT.

 

Best Virginia head coach James Long at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center (Photo courtesy of Dave Ryan)

Tim Brady, the President and CEO of the Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) said this event, which features alumni basketball teams from West Virginia University and Marshall University, ‘will happen’ and will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks July 17-21.

 

“For me and my staff, and folks at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, this is kind of the reboot. This is the opportunity to pick up where we left off last year,” Brady told MetroNews.

 

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Editor's Note: Photo shows a past basketball tournament at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Additional photo running on social media shows Charleston Mayor Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin purchasing tickets. Photo courtesy of Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center.