The Written Record for 5 December
The Big Ten Conference put tickets for the 2026 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game on public sale on Tuesday, 22 September at 11 a.m. ET. Its announcement carries a 15 September stamp of 3:48:29 p.m. and a sign-up deadline of 16 September for access to exclusive presales.
The announcement fixes four terms. The 16th annual title matchup falls on Saturday, 5 December. The venue is Lucas Oil Stadium. The kickoff is 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The pairing is the top two teams in the Big Ten standings at the close of the regular season.
The conference dates Big Ten Fan Fest presented by Dr Pepper at the Indiana Convention Center on 4 and 5 December and assigns more than 200,000 square feet to it.
The Room Route the Conference Names
The conference's championship page carries a Hotel Info box. The box links to Visit Indy's hotel directory. No group rate and no booking cut-off appear in the box.
Visit Indy publishes the connected package at 12 hotels and 5,200 rooms, with the JW Marriott Indianapolis at 1,005 rooms as its largest member. The convention centre publishes 7,100 rooms in downtown Indianapolis and 4,700 rooms connected by skywalk.
A procurement team that starts from the conference's own page reaches a directory and a room count. It reaches no rate and no deadline.
The Terms the Venue Fixes
The venue publishes the day's clocks. The South Parking Lot opens at 8:00 a.m. for ADA parking. The ticket office opens at 4:00 p.m. The gates open at 6:00 p.m. The kick-off is at 8:00 p.m. The venue lists the event to 11:59 p.m.
Three venue policies bind the group. Every individual entering the facility must hold a ticket regardless of age. The clear bag policy applies. The stadium is cashless. The venue's A-Z guide adds that a guest may refuse inspection and then be denied entry.
The convention centre publishes a skywalk lock-down at approximately 11:00 p.m. and a re-opening at approximately 6:00 a.m. as a rule of thumb. The same page states the window is event-dependent.
The Window on a Two-City Weekend
The conference dates the game as the close of nearly two weeks of Big Ten activity in and around Indianapolis. The stretch opens with the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Tournament from 20 to 25 November at Fishers Event Center.
Nine days sit between that close on 25 November and the Fan Fest opening on 4 December. A group booking the two downtown dates carries a two-night stay. A group that adds the volleyball tournament splits the stay across Fishers and downtown.
What the Buyer Writes Down
Four terms carry a published date and time. The game on 5 December. The venue at Lucas Oil Stadium. The kickoff at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. The Fan Fest on 4 and 5 December at the Indiana Convention Center.
Three terms carry no published figure. The room rate, the block size and the cut-off date.
Route the rate and block request to the property or to Visit Indy. Confirm the stadium's gate, ticket and payment terms against the venue's own event page before the contract goes out.