Nine hours in Hall A, and ring times land on 2 November
The 2026 NW Martial Arts Festival Championships run on Saturday 7 November at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. The U.S. World Class Taekwondo Association prints competition hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The floor is Hall A.
Reporting times arrive later. The association releases the final tournament schedule on 2 November through its Facebook page, five days before the event. Weigh-in happens at the staging area during reporting time on the day. Until the schedule lands, a family plans the morning against the 8 a.m. building hour.
What the entry costs before the room
Competitor entry is $130 for one event and $60 for each additional event. Payment by 24 October held those prices. A $50 late fee applies from 25 to 30 October, and registration closes at 11:59 p.m. PST on 30 October. All payments are final.
A coach or media pass costs $100 by 24 October and $150 from 25 to 30 October or at the venue in cash. A change of name, belt rank, date of birth, event or age division costs $30 per change, submitted on a revised paper form by email before 30 October.
Board breaking adds a cash line. Each competitor buys their own boards at the venue for $5 each at the check-in desks, and a creative break needs ten boards.
The departure clock for an 8 a.m. first event
The walk times below use a 4.8 km/h pace and a 15 minute allowance inside the building for badge collection and warm-up. Those two figures are a planning assumption. The distances run straight-line from the venue at 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, so add a few minutes for crossings and signals.
From the Inn at the Convention Center at 420 NE Holladay St, 225 metres out, the walk runs three minutes. Leave the room at 7:40.
From the Hyatt Regency at 375 NE Holladay St, 242 metres out, the walk runs three minutes. Leave the room at 7:40.
From Hotel Eastlund at 1021 NE Grand Ave, 281 metres out, the walk runs three and a half minutes. Leave the room at 7:40.
From the DoubleTree at 1000 NE Multnomah St, 645 metres out, the walk runs eight minutes. Leave the room at 7:35.
From Embassy Suites at 319 SW Pine St, 1,103 metres out, the walk runs fourteen minutes. Leave the room at 7:30.
The car: a 6 a.m. gate and no second exit
The venue garage holds 800 spaces. Entry runs off NE Lloyd Blvd at P1 and NE First Ave at P2, with clearances of 7 feet and 9 feet. Standard entry costs $15 for up to 18 hours, and events charge a dynamic $15 to $25 at entry. The garage generally opens at 6 a.m.
Two terms reshape the morning. The ticket carries no in-and-out privilege, so a family that parks stays parked until the day ends. Overnight parking is prohibited, so the vehicle needs a home for the Saturday night.
The venue states the garage can reach capacity on busy days and that it does not guarantee a space. Two halls of that building trade on 7 November. A driving family aims at the entry by 7:00, an hour after the gate opens, and takes the $15 to $25 event rate as the day's parking cost.
MAX, the streetcar and the airport
The venue publishes 300 MAX light rail stops a day near its front door, serving downtown, the surrounding neighbourhoods, the Oregon Zoo and Portland International Airport. The airport sits eight miles out, and the venue publishes no journey time for that leg.
The Portland Streetcar A Loop reaches the NE MLK and Hoyt stop, marked Convention Center, every 15 minutes outside the main entrances. TriMet Bus 6 stops at NE MLK and Holladay and at NE MLK and Hoyt.
Cash at the gate, card in the building
Spectator admission is $20 in cash, infants enter free, and the admission holds for 7 November alone. A coach pass bought at the venue costs $150 in cash. Boards cost $5 in cash.
The building takes cards. Venue operations accept card and touchless payment throughout, and the drive-through parking booths accept cards and touchless payment only. A reverse ATM sits down the short hallway to the left of the welcome desk in the MLK Lobby. It exchanges cash for a Visa card once, at no fee, and the card carries the amount loaded.
The answer
A family whose first event runs at 8 a.m. and stays within 300 metres of the door leaves the room at 7:40. At 645 metres it leaves at 7:35. At 1,103 metres it leaves at 7:30.
A family that drives sets a different alarm. The car needs a garage space that may be gone on a two-show Saturday, so the room empties at 6:15 and breakfast comes after the car is parked.