The Weber County Ice Sheet, which staged curling for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, is the host for this year’s world event which brings the top 13 men’s teams to Ogden for championship competition.

The competition on the ice begins Friday, March 27, and finishes Saturday, April 4, with the championship final.

Both weekends will also feature a fan festival outside the arena, hosted by the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation.

Here’s more on the events and competition coming to Ogden.

FAN FESTIVAL

Each weekend during the competition, fans can gather outside the arena for a slew of activities, initial admission to which is free.

With live DJs setting the mood, fans can take a shot at floor curling, a hard-surface adaptation of the sport. Local curling clubs will offer instruction, demos, and information for all ages.

Fans can also enjoy food trucks serving pizza, BBQ, coffee, and more, and adults can mingle in the beer garden.

Festivities will also include merchandise booths and pin trading — and, on Saturday, March 28, the most daring fans can hang onto the seat of a mechanical bull.

Below is the schedule for the fan festival.

Friday, March 27: 2:30-7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 28: 4-7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 29: 4-7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 3: 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 4: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

Tickets to the on-ice curling competition are available at worldcurling.org/events/worldmens.

Session tickets are either $17 or $22 for adults, depending on the day, and $11.50 or $17 for children 12 and under. Children 3 and under, if not requiring their own seat, are free.

The multi-match sessions begin at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily (with no morning session on Day 1 and no night session on the final two days).

Two weekend packages are also available.

The first weekend “Opening” package, for all sessions Friday through Sunday, March 27-29, is $81 for adults and $66 for children.

For the second weekend “Championship” package — which is for all matches Thursday through Saturday, April 2-4 — that sells at $184 for adults and $159 for children. This package includes the April 3 quarterfinals and semifinals, and the April 4 bronze medal and gold medal matches.

One ticket to cover the entire nine days of competition is $380 for adults and $330 for children.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

1:30 p.m. — Scotland vs. Sweden; Korea vs. Canada; Czechia vs. China; Norway vs. Japan

7 p.m. — Germany vs. USA; Poland vs. Switzerland; Scotland vs. Japan; Italy vs. Canada

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

9 a.m. — USA vs. Korea; Switzerland vs. Norway; Sweden vs. Italy; Germany vs. Czechia

2 p.m. — Norway vs. Czechia; China vs. Sweden; Canada vs. Scotland; Korea vs. Poland

7 p.m. — USA vs. Scotland; Italy vs. China; Poland vs. Germany; Japan vs. Switzerland

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

9 a.m. — Sweden vs. Japan; Czechia vs. Korea; Italy vs. Germany

2 p.m. — Canada vs. USA; Czechia vs. Switzerland; Scotland vs. Poland; China vs. Norway

7 p.m. — USA vs. Sweden; Germany vs. Korea; Japan vs. China; Switzerland vs. Italy

MONDAY, MARCH 30

9 a.m. — Korea vs. Sweden; Norway vs. Germany; Poland vs. Canada

2 p.m. — Japan vs. USA; Switzerland vs. China; Italy vs. Scotland; Poland vs. Czechia

7 p.m. — Canada vs. Japan; Germany vs. Switzerland; Korea vs. Italy; Sweden vs. Norway

TUESDAY, MARCH 31

9 a.m. — USA vs. Czechia; Norway vs. Poland; China vs. Canada; Scotland vs. Korea

2 p.m. — USA vs. China; Italy vs. Poland; Switzerland vs. Sweden; Japan vs. Germany

7 p.m. — Korea vs. Norway; Sweden vs. Canada; Germany vs. Scotland; Czechia vs. Italy

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

9 a.m. — Poland vs. USA; China vs. Scotland; Japan vs. Czechia; Canada vs. Switzerland

2 p.m. — Norway vs. USA; Sweden vs. Germany; Switzerland vs. Korea; Italy vs. Japan

7 p.m. — Czechia vs. Canada; Scotland vs. Norway; China vs. Korea; Poland vs. Sweden

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

9 a.m. — USA vs. Italy; Japan vs. Poland; Scotland vs. Switzerland; Germany vs. China

2 p.m. — Norway vs. Italy; Canada vs. Germany; Sweden vs. Czechia; Korea vs. Japan

7 p.m. — Switzerland vs. USA; China vs. Poland; Canada vs. Norway; Czechia vs. Scotland

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

9 a.m. — Quarterfinals (Teams TBD)

3 p.m. — Semifinals (Teams TBD)

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

9 a.m. — Bronze Medal Game

2 p.m. — Gold Medal Game