Last month, NCAA officials announced all 67 games would be held in Indiana to limit team travel and keep athletes, coaches and staff safe during the pandemic.

The men's tournament will be played March 10-14 at Lucas Oil Stadium, just a few blocks away from Bankers Life Fieldhouse where the women's tourney will take place the same week.

The city will host the NCAA men's basketball tournament and officials have been working to make sure everything is ready for the teams and national spotlight.

The coronavirus pandemic forced the NCAA to move the entire 67-game tournament to Indiana, which means the schedule doesn't have to be built with travel concerns in mind.

Indianapolis city officials expect around 20,000 visitors downtown during the NCAA March Madness Tournament.

No official analysis has been done on the economic impact of Indiana hosting this years March Madness games, but officials say they anticipate it to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Most games will be held in Indianapolis, some early games will be played in Bloomington and West Lafayette.

In a statement, the NCAA said it is in preliminary talks with state and local officials to potentially host the entire 68-team tournament around the Indianapolis metropolitan area during March and April. Indianapolis was already slated to host the Mens Final Four in April.

Tom Jernstedt worked his first Final Four in 1973 and helped push the growth of the NCAA Tournament from 25 teams to the 68, anything-can-happen bonanza held every spring.

The NCAA will furlough its entire Indianapolis-based staff of about 600 employees for three to eight weeks in a cost-saving move, according to memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.