Construction is beginning on the new Dickies Arena in Fort
Worth, next to the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the city’s Cultural District
at the intersection of Harley Avenue & Gendy Street. The 14,000 seat
venue, going by the brand name of Fort Worth-based Williamson-Dickie
Manufacturing Co., is expected to open in November 2019. The facility has
already landed a major college basketball event — the first and second rounds
of the 2022 March Madness tournament. It's the first time since 1970 that
Fort Worth will host the NCAA event. Fort Worth also will host the
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships for four years, beginning in 2019. The
event will be at the Fort Worth Convention Center the first year and then move
to the new arena in 2020.
