ROBOT FIGHTING TAKES MANHATTAN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. This is the next big thing in sports – where robots meet the roar of live competition. NHRL Pro Tour is the fastest-growing sport you can't look away from, streamed on DAZN and featured on ESPN. Now it's landing at Terminal 5, and you can be in the room for it.

Think F1 for robots. 48 of the best fighting machines on the planet. One iconic NYC venue. Up to $30,000 on the line, a brand-new championship cage built from the ground up, and no such thing as a quiet fight. Watch elite teams and the best engineers in the world send 3lb, 12lb, and 30lb robots head to head through the brackets – metal shredding, parts flying, the crowd on its feet.

Jacob's Pickles will be taking over the T5 Rooftop as the exclusive food vendor for the day, serving until approximately 8pm. Bar service will be available inside throughout Prime Time (21+).

Follow along and get updates: @NHRL / @nationalhavoc

PRIME TIME — THE EVENING SESSION. Doors open at 6:30 PM for the main event: back-to-back single-elimination fights as the survivors of the day’s Group Stages battle it out for the championship in each weight class. This is NHRL at its most electric — higher stakes, one robot standing at the end of each bracket. Watch bracket winners crowned live, then stick around for trophy and award presentations as champions are named in the 3lb, 12lb, and 30lb divisions.

TICKET TYPES

Prime Time GA: standing room in the lounge/bar areas or the second-floor balcony, with views down to the cages and the fights below, as well as on TVs throughout the venue. Prime Time Reserved Seat: a limited number of seats close to the action. Specific seats are not individually selectable in advance — best efforts will be made to seat parties together, but only tickets purchased in the same transaction count as a “party.”

SCHEDULE

9:30 AM — Doors open

10:00 AM — Group Stages fights begin (3lb, 12lb, 30lb brackets)

10:00 AM–4:30 PM — Group Stages matches run continuously, plus enjoy the HAVOC Academy robot driving experience, a PRUSA 3D printing demo, and other activation zones

4:30 PM — Halftime break begins. Daytime-only pass holders may stick around to enjoy activations, bar, merch, and food until 6:00 PM. (All Day pass holders can remain in the building until Prime Time.)

6:30 PM — Evening doors open; All Day pass holders with reserved seats get first access to bowl seating

7:00 PM — Prime Time begins: Quarterfinals to the Finals

~10:00 PM — Finals conclude; champions crowned in each weight class, trophy and award presentations

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

48 robots. Three weight classes. Two stages. NHRL Pro Tour brings together 48 of the best fighting robots in the world, competing across three weight classes — 3lb, 12lb, and 30lb — each its own division with its own bracket.

Group Stages (daytime) run from 10am until 4:30pm. Robots in each weight class fight through a series of head-to-head matches to rack up wins and separate the contenders from the pack. By the end of Group Stages, only the top robots in each weight class have earned a spot in Prime Time.

Prime Time (evening) fights start at 7pm and are all single-elimination: win or you're out. The robots that survived Group Stages go head-to-head in a straight knockout bracket in each weight class, all the way down to one champion per division — for a share of up to $30,000 in prize money.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

This ticket covers Prime Time only. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Attending the Group Stages (daytime) requires a separate Group Stages or All Day ticket.

Reserved seats are available in Prime Time, but specific seats are not individually selectable in advance. Best efforts will be made to seat parties together — but only tickets purchased in the same transaction count as a “party”.

Jacob's Pickles is the exclusive food vendor on-site, operating on the T5 Rooftop for the duration of the event (until approximately 8pm). All Day Pass holders will receive a $15 Jacob’s Pickles voucher redeemable on-site during the event. Food vouchers are not redeemable for cash or at any Jacob's Pickles restaurant locations.

All ages welcome — under 16 must be with an adult.

Bar service is 21+, ID required.

ABOUT NHRL

The National Havoc Robot League is the world's premier robot fighting organization — where teams of elite engineers build machines to battle it out in a steel cage, no holds barred. Founded and eadquartered in Norwalk, CT, and streamed around the world on DAZN and featured on ESPN. NHRL is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, drawing builders and fans from across the globe! Follow @NHRL / @nationalhavoc