Top 10 Games & Sports Events This Month: January 2020

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Houston plays host to an exciting slate of sports to kick off the new year; LeBron makes a stop, the Houston Marathon arrives, a wrestling mega-event graces Minute Maid Park, and the defending World Cup champions stop by Houston for a week of Olympic qualifiers.

Top 10 Games & Sports Events This Month: January 2020

• Run Houston! at Sam Houston Park | New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1 – The Run Houston! series gets a fresh start in 2020 with a New Year’s Day 5K, 10K, and Kids 1K at Sam Houston Park. Registration is $50 for the 5K or 10K; $30 for the Kids 1K. Gates open at 6:30am; first event at 8:30am.
• Houston Rockets vs. Philadelphia 76ers at Toyota Center | Friday, January 3 – Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and the Sixers arrive in Houston for a cross-conference clash at Toyota Center. Tickets range from $34 to over $1,000, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 7pm.
• Houston Texans vs. Buffalo Bills at NRG Stadium: AFC Wild Card Game | Saturday, January 4 – After clinching the Number 4 seed, the Texans will host the Bills with a trip on the line to the AFC Divisional Round against either the Baltimore Ravens or Kansas City Chiefs. Tickets range $75 to over $450, but you may find better, cheaper, or hard-to-get seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 3:30pm.
• Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers at Toyota Center | Saturday, January 18 – In one of Houston’s most anticipated games of the season, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Lakers make their first appearance at Toyota Center. Tickets range from $112 to over $2,000 and are likely to sell out, but you may find better, cheaper, or hard-to-get seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 7:30pm.
• Chevron Houston Marathon in Downtown | Sunday, January 19 – Run, volunteer or simply show up to support runners during the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon that winds through Houston, beginning and ending in Downtown. First event at 6:45am.
• WWE Worlds Collide at Toyota Center | Saturday, January 25 – On the eve of the Royal Rumble, up-and-coming wrestling stars from WWE’s NXT face their counterparts from across the pond at NXT UK. Tickets range from $20 to $300, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 5:30pm.
• Monster Jam at NRG Stadium | Saturday, January 25 – Watch Grave Digger, Monster Mutt and more in high-flying, eardrum-rattling action when these gargantuan trucks take to the dirt. Tickets range from $15 to over $100, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 7pm.
• WWE Royal Rumble 2020 at Minute Maid Park | Sunday, January 26 – One of the year’s premier wrestling events, the Royal Rumble returns to Houston for the first time since 1989, featuring thirty wrestlers in a ring, duking it out to be the last one standing. Tickets range from $20 to $700, but you may find better, cheaper, or hard-to-get seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 5pm.
• USWNT vs. Panama; Haiti vs. Costa Rica at BBVA Stadium | Friday, January 31 – With the Olympics around the corner, the back-to-back World Cup champs will play a three-game qualifying run in Houston (matches also take place on Tuesday, January 28 and Monday, February 3). Tickets range from $27 to $122, but you may find better or cheaper seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 4:45pm.
• Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks at Toyota Center | Friday, January 31 – Led by Luka Doncic, the Mavericks are on the come up this season, making for a spicy rivalry with the Rockets. Tickets range from $30 to over $1,000, but you may find better, cheaper, or hard-to-get seats using the TicketNetwork online marketplace. 7pm.