EDISON, N.J. (Dec. 11, 2025) – Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Air Force Reserve Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. The 2026 championships will take place March 5-10, 2026, at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
 
All-session tickets are available for fans who would like to see multiple sessions throughout the championship. All-session ticket packages range from $125 to $230, plus additional online fees. The six-day event will feature the league's Men's and Women's Basketball championships and a number of MAAC ancillary events. All tickets can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com or by visiting maacsports.com/basketball.
 
The 2025-26 MAAC basketball season culminates with the 2026 Air Force Reserve MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships from March 5-10 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 2026 will be the seventh consecutive year Boardwalk Hall will host the annual championship dating back to 2020. For the second straight season, the championship field will feature the conference's top 10 teams. Additionally, with the shift of the basketball championship schedule to a week earlier, the women's championship game will be a standalone contest on Monday, March 9, while the men's championship game will air live nationally on ESPN or ESPN2 on Tuesday, March 10.
 
For all information regarding the 2026 Air Force Reserve MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on X.
 
Air Force Reserve
The mission of the Air Force Reserve is to provide combat-ready forces to fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace, whenever and wherever needed. As a critical component of the United States Air Force, the Air Force Reserve supports global operations while remaining ready to respond to domestic emergencies and humanitarian efforts. It is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Reserve Citizen Airmen to execute a wide range of missions that contribute to national defense and global security.
 
The Air Force Reserve offers part-time and full-time service options, enabling individuals to serve while maintaining civilian careers or pursuing higher education. Each year, the Reserve recruits thousands of enlisted and officer personnel across core specialties including Aviation, Maintenance, Intelligence, Cyber, Medical, Security Forces, and Logistics. This flexibility allows members to develop valuable skills, gain leadership experience, and serve their country with pride.
 
More information about Air Force Reserve careers and opportunities is available at: https://www.airforce.com/ways-to-serve/air-force-reserve.
 
About the Atlantic City Sports Commission
The Atlantic City Sports Commission was officially formed on January 13, 2015 as a 501 (c)(3) organization with the support of Visit Atlantic City and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) to attract sporting events, conventions and competitions to Atlantic City.
For more information, visit www.atlanticcitysports.org. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall and the Atlantic City Convention Center are operated by OVG and owned and funded by the CRDA.
 
About OVG
OVG is a full-service venue management and hospitality company that helps client-partners reimagine the sports, live entertainment, and convention industries for the betterment of the venue, employees, artists, athletes, and surrounding communities. With a portfolio of more than 200 client-partners spanning arenas, stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, cultural institutions, and state fairs around the globe, OVG provides a set of services, resources and expertise designed to elevate every aspect of business that matters to venue operators. Service-oriented and driven by social responsibility, OVG helps facilities drive value through excellence and innovation in food services, booking and content development, sustainable operations, public health, and public safety and more.

About the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA)
The only agency of its kind nationwide, the CRDA has used Atlantic City casino reinvestments as a catalyst for meaningful, positive improvement in the lives of New Jersey residents since 1984. Under the 2011 Tourism District Act, the Authority's mission evolved from statewide projects to becoming the state's key economic development agency for Atlantic City. CRDA's expanded responsibilities now include land use regulation, tourism marketing and clean and safe initiatives. The CRDA also oversees Historic Boardwalk Hall (the leading entertainment venue of its size in the country) and the Atlantic City Convention Center. In total, CRDA has invested nearly $2 billion in more than 400 projects statewide, of which $1.8 billion has been invested in Atlantic City, spurring business investments and expansions, and creating permanent jobs in the process. For more information about CRDA and our projects, visit www.njcrda.com.
Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/njcrda, and Twitter at www.twitter.com/njcrda.
For complete Atlantic City tourism information, visit www.atlanticcitynj.com, and follow us on facebook.com/DoAtlanticCity, on Twitter at twitter.com/VisitAC, on Instagram at instagram.com/doac, and YouTube at youtube.com/doac.