Tumbling into town
2 biggest gymnastics events in the U.S. land in North Texas next spring
It's going to be a hot spring for gymnastics fans in Dallas-Fort Worth. The 2024 NCAA Women's National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships are coming to Fort Worth's Dickies Arena, April 18-20, and earlybird tickets are on sale for a limited time.
The NCAA season's final showdown will not only bring the best collegiate gymnasts to town to vie for a national title, but for gymnastics fans, it'll be a run-up to the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, also taking place at Dickies Arena, May 30-June 2, 2024.
The latter competition will see the country's most elite gymnasts vying for spots on the Paris Olympics team (more on that below).
NCAA competition details & tickets
Fort Worth is a frequent host for the NCAA Gymnastics Championships; they last took place at Dickies Arena in April 2023. University of Oklahoma won the title.
Though it's far too soon to know which schools and athletes will compete in 2024 (here are some predictions), the meet will feature the top eight NCAA Women’s Gymnastics teams and numerous individual competitors in the country as they compete for the title of National Champion.
The schedule (subject to change) will be as follows, organizers say:
- Thursday, April 18 – Session 1 – 3:30 pm start
- Thursday, April 18 – Session 2 – 8 pm start
- Saturday, April 20 – Finals – 3 pm start
According to an email from Dickies Arena, "all-session" tickets start at $75. Earlybird all-session tickets will be on sale between 10 am Tuesday, October 17 and 11:59 pm Wednesday, October 18 with the code 24NCAAGYM at Ticketmaster.com.
All-session tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 am Thursday, October 19 via Ticketmaster.com. For groups of nine or more, email GroupSales@DickiesArena.com for all-session pricing options.
U.S. Gymnastics Championships details & tickets
Tickets for the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships have not yet gone on sale, as of press time.
More than 150 athletes and tens of thousands of fans are expected to attend. The four-day men's and women's competition will crown national champions and determine the members of the U.S. National Team who will then compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Minneapolis, June 27-30, 2024.
Elite gymnasts expected to compete include: Tokyo Olympic medalists Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey; 2016 Olympic champ Gabby Douglas; and U.S. superstars Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, Konnor McClain, Kayla DiCello, Zoe Miller, Joscelyn Roberson, Katelyn Jong, Lexi Zeiss, Tiana Sumanasekera, and more.
This will be the second straight Olympic year for Fort Worth to host the national championships. They were also contested at Dickies Arena in May 2021 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics; Biles won her seventh national title at the meet.