READY TO HOST SOME ELITE ATHLETES. SHELLY: ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SHELLYE LEGGETT FOUND OUT HOW THE EVENTS WILL HELP BOOST THE CITY’S ECONOMY. SHELLYE: IT TAKES A WORLD CLASS TRACK TO HOST WORLD CLASS TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES, AND THE CITY SAYS THEY ARE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. THE DUKE CITY IS DEVELOPING A REPUTATION IN THE TRACK AND FIELD WORLD. >> THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A PHENOMENAL INDOOR TRACK SEASON, IT ALREADY HAS BEEN. THERE’S BEEN A NUMBER OF MEETS GOING TO HOST TO HIGH-PROFILE -- TWO HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS. SHELLYE: THE 2020 TOYOTA USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE 2020 NCAA DIVISION ONE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE HEADED TO ALBUQUERQUE. >> IT’S THE HIGH PROFILE NATURE OF BOTH EVENTS THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THAT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL. SHELLYE: BOTH EVENTS ARE RETURNING TO THE CITY. ALBUQUERQUE HOSTED THE USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. >> LOVED IT SO MUCH, AND NOW THEY ARE BACK. SHELLYE: THE NCAA DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD HERE IN 2014. CITY LEADERS SAY THESE TWO EVENTS WILL BRING OVER $1.5 MILLION INTO THE STATE THROUGH HOTELS, FOOD, ACTIVITIES, AND OF COURSE, THE EVENTS THEMSELVES. >> MANY OF THEM WILL BE IN THE OLYMPICS LATER THIS SUMMER. THAT’S THE CALIBER OF ATHLETES WE ARE HOSTING AN ALBUQUERQUE. SHELLYE: THEY HOPE AFTER THE EVENTS END, THAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. >> WE ARE ON THE MAP. AS YOU SAID, BROADCAST COVERAGE FOR THESE EVENTS AND AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT, HEY, I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT ALBUQUERQUE. SHELLYE: CITY LEADERS SAY THESE TWO EVENTS WILL BE THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS HELD IN THE CITY THIS YEAR SO FAR.