Alamodome
San Antonio, UTSA to host 2008, 2010 NCAA basketball Final Fours
(July 1, 2003)--The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Committees announced Tuesday that San Antonio and the Alamodome have been chosen as the sites for the 2008 Men's and 2010 Women's Final Four championships. The University of Texas at San Antonio will serve as the host institution for the NCAA events.
"For the NCAA to reward San Antonio with two more Final Fours is spectacular," said UTSA Athletics Director Lynn Hickey. "It's a testament to the strong local organizing committee of the City of San Antonio and the Alamodome, Sports Foundation and UTSA that we have been able to work together over the years to make this a premier site for future events. We are a proven commodity when it comes to hosting these types of prestigious events and obviously the NCAA feels the same way."
San Antonio, which will also host the 2004 Men's Final Four, was one of four cities chosen to host future Men's Final Fours through 2011, and will also host either a first/second round session or regional in 2007. Other venues selected to host include Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. in 2009, the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind. in 2010 and Reliant Stadium in Houston in 2011.
In addition to San Antonio hosting the 2010 Women's Final Four, other years were awarded to the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. in 2008, and the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo. in 2009.
The events add to a growing list of NCAA championship events to visit the Alamo City in recent years. San Antonio has hosted past Final Fours in 1998 (Men's) and 2002 (Women's), and will again host the Men's Final Four in 2004.
The Alamodome has also played host to Men's Basketball Regional Championships in 1997, 2001 and 2003. In addition to the future Final Fours, San Antonio will also play host to the 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championships and the 2006 Women's Basketball South Regional.
When the clock strikes April, 2010, San Antonio will have hosted 11 NCAA championship events over a 13-year period, and that’s if no future events are added to the slate.
"I believe San Antonio's success is due in large part to the unity of our SALOC team. UTSA, the City and the Sports Foundation work as one unit when we bid for these major NCAA events," said Susan Blackwood, executive director of the San Antonio Sports Foundation. "The NCAA has confidence that SALOC will work together to host spectacular Final Four championships."
For more information, contact Rick Nixon at (210) 458-4551.
San Antonio's Championship Legacy
- 1997 Men's Basketball Midwest Regional
- 1998 Men's Final Four
- 1998 Men's Golf Central Regional
- 2001 Men's Basketball Midwest Regional
- 2002 Women's Final Four
- 2003 Men's Basketball South Regional
- 2005 Women's Volleyball Championship
- 2006 Women's Basketball South Regional
- 2007 Men's First/Second Round or Regional
- 2008 Men's Final Four
- 2010 Women's Final Four
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