The 2027 window runs Monday to Monday
The NFL Scouting Combine lands at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1-8, 2027. The league's slate of important dates for the 2026-27 season carries the line "March 1-8 - NFL Scouting Combine presented by Microsoft Copilot at Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)." Both ends of the window fall on a Monday. The week holds eight calendar days and seven nights.
The Colts published the 2027 and 2028 commitment on Jan. 21, 2026. The event has stayed in the city every year since 1987. The 2026 edition ran Feb. 23-March 2 at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium.
The fan programme is free
Visit Indy dates the 2026 fan programme Feb. 26 to March 1, 2026. Its terms read: "The entire event is free, with parking included, first come, first served!"
Access runs through three steps. Download the NFL OnePass app and register for free tickets. Sign up for guaranteed access to the Inside Look, the Combine Experience, free parking and autograph signings. Attend at Lucas Oil Stadium on the event dates.
Inside Look and the Combine Experience
Inside Look takes place inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The page lists on-camera hosts, music, exclusive in-person interviews and expanded video-board content. That content includes prospect storytelling, interactive fan polls, explanation videos on drills and material with NFL legends.
The Combine Experience occupies the South Lot of the stadium and the interior concourses. Fans wear team gear, take photos with the Colts Super Bowl XLI Vince Lombardi Trophy, view all 59 Super Bowl rings, play interactive games and buy merchandise from NFL Shop presented by Visa. Lucas Oil Stadium concessions serve the building, and the drills screen on NFL Network.
The four-day grid, hour by hour
Four days carried the 2026 programme. Thursday, Feb. 26, ran the defensive line and linebacker groups. The Combine Experience ran 1-7 p.m., the Inside Look ran 1-8:30 p.m., and the drills began at 3 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 27, ran defensive backs and tight ends. The Combine Experience ran 1-7 p.m., the Inside Look ran 1-9 p.m., and the drills began at 3 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 28, ran running backs, quarterbacks and receivers. The Combine Experience ran 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Inside Look ran 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and the drills began at 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 1, ran the offensive line. The Combine Experience ran 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Inside Look ran 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the drills began at 1 p.m.
The four days give the Combine Experience 25 open hours and the Inside Look 30.5. The 2026 shape ran four days and closed on a Sunday. A 2027 programme on the same shape would land Thursday, March 4, to Sunday, March 7, 2027. The 2027 fan window, hours, admission terms, concession plan and hall assignment are unpublished.
Rooms, restaurants and the airport run
The Indiana Convention Center counts 7,100 hotel rooms downtown and 4,700 connected to the building by skywalk. More than half of the downtown rooms sit within blocks of the center and the stadium. The venue's own list adds 200 downtown restaurants within walking distance and 15 minutes to Indianapolis International Airport.
Visit Indy counts 12 hotels and 5,200 rooms connected, more than 10,000 rooms within walking distance, 34,000 rooms across the metro area and over 8,300 downtown rooms. The Signia by Hilton Indianapolis connects to the center by skywalk and takes reservations for stays beginning Feb. 1, 2027.
Building the stay
A Sunday arrival covers the Monday open. A Thursday arrival covers a fan programme shaped like the 2026 one. Monday, March 8, is the release day. A seven-night booking brackets the league's own window, and the middle weekend puts Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, inside the event week.
Downtown rates averaged $209.11 a night in the Downtown Indy Alliance snapshot that Bradford Allen published on March 19, 2026. No Combine rate, room block, cut-off date or housing bureau is published by the league, the Colts or Visit Indy.
Check the league slate for the window and Visit Indy's event page for the 2026 grid before booking. The 2027 programme is not posted.