It’s day 2 for the women at the Xfinity US Championships, and Simone Biles’ absence seems to have a significant impact. Yesterday, when the men took to the apparatus to finish their campaign, the attendance was low. The Smoothie King Center has a seating capacity of 17,791, and yet, the images showed only about 20–30% of the arena filled, far below what you’d expect for a high-profile national gymnastics event. But things could have been different today.
Olympians are showing up today; unfortunately, fans aren’t. Joscelyn Roberson is here. Hezly Rivera had a very bad US Classics, and this was supposed to be her comeback competition. Fans must have shown up in big numbers for that! Only if…
One fan posted a picture from the last day of the Xfinity US Championships, and there seems to be no improvement. “I’ve been to every US Championships since 2003. Hard to think of one with a worse attended senior women’s final…,” the post read. A hardcore fan telling that this would be the worst-attended finale since 2003? Speaks volumes of how big of an impact Biles has had on the competition in the past years.
In the image that they uploaded, the arena looked barely filled. Given the 17,791-seat capacity, the arena here appeared less than half full, upper sections appeared largely empty, and the lower bowl looked patchy with many open rows. It was like 25-35% percent filled.
I’ve been to every US Championships since 2003. Hard to think of one with a worse attended senior women’s final… pic.twitter.com/leyMRc5go4
— Scott Bregman (@sbregman87) August 10, 2025
Also just a day before the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Ticketmaster showed many unsold seats, even in the upper sections. Even though the women’s finals tickets were priced as low as $30 for juniors and $47 for seniors on August 10 – unusually cheap for a national championship finale. Yet fans did not show up.
More updates incoming…
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