New Fort Worth arena (Dickies Arena) will host NCAA Tournament in 2022
Fort Worth’s new arena will host first- and second-round games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in 2022, the organization announced Tuesday, the same day officials broke ground for the building in the Cultural District.
The 14,000-seat Dickies Arena is scheduled to open in November 2019. It will be at the intersection of Harley Avenue and Gendy Street and will be the new home of the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo performances and is expected to host concerts, sporting events and family entertainment.
The NCAA also announced that the women’s gymnastics championships will return to Fort Worth in 2019. The Fort Worth Convention Center in downtown will host the 2019 meet and then it will move to Dickies Arena from 2020-2022. Fort Worth hosted the event in 2015 and 2016.
“Fort Worth is a great sports city,” Bob Jameson, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, said in a news release. “With TCU, this incredible new arena and our incredible Sundance Square downtown, we look forward to rolling out the red carpet for sports fans.”
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