2026 US Classic July 17-18: Hartford, CT

[irichluck21]

at the former Civic Center/XL Center now PeoplesBankArena.

2026 U.S. Classic - USA Gymnastics | PeoplesBank Arena

The 2026 U.S Classic will take place July 17-18 at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, CT.

www.peoplesbankarena.com

Depending on the cost I will be there. I refuse to pay huge costs for tickets though, so if I can't justify the ticket price to see in person rather than watch for home that will be the deciding factor.

 

[rlayt]

The last time they had it in Hartford wasn’t it impossible to buy tickets unless you were with a club?

 

[Sasha]

No, but it was 2024 and ticket prices were insane.

 

[Lisaelaine80]

Close to me.

 

[irichluck21]

It was the Pre-Olympics US Classic. All the Olympians were there and also Gabby Douglas was making her comeback.

I decided NOT to attend because 1. all the good tickets were gone before they went on sale for the public. 2. the second tier seats that were ok were reserved for club purchases. 3. whatever was left over was so ridiculously overpriced it was not worth it. 4. there was construction over near the (then) XL Center- which was tiresome.

 

[MaryClare]

It was the Pre-Olympics US Classic. All the Olympians were there and also Gabby Douglas was making her comeback.

I decided NOT to attend because 1. all the good tickets were gone before they went on sale for the public. 2. the second tier seats that were ok were reserved for club purchases. 3. whatever was left over was so ridiculously overpriced it was not worth it. 4. there was construction over near the (then) XL Center- which was tiresome.

Isn’t that the one where for a single rotation, 3 Olympic AA champions competed against each other?

 

[RedBirdie]

Yes, Douglas, Lee, and Biles were all there. Then Douglas withdrew after botching her first routine for.....reasons.

 

[irichluck21]

YES!
It is also where Shilese Jones made herself a lock for the Olympic Team...until injury

 

[rlayt]

I kept looking at the website for good tickets. They handled tickets poorly imo.

I don’t want to travel to sit in an expensive seat too far from what’s going on.

 

[irichluck21]

I don’t want to travel to sit in an expensive seat too far from what’s going on.

Not to mention plane ticket and lodging- it adds up quickly.


Also the downstairs toilet went caput today, hopefully hubs can fix it today...I tried but not successful.
The entire downstairs bathroom really needs to be demo'd and redone so, if it needs to be this summer after all it'll be penny pinching time as we still are paying off the new furnace we had to have put in January 2024.

UGH home owning....

sometimes I miss my single years when splitting a three bedroom condo with everything included besides electricity and internet cost me $500 for rent and $100 for the electricity and internet/cable. That's how I was able to afford $1000 vacations every summer.

 

[Sasha]

YES!
It is also where Shilese Jones made herself a lock for the Olympic Team...until injury
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And the competition in which McClain removed herself from the pool...

 

[FlipSkippy]

And the competition in which McClain removed herself from the pool...

I was ther

YES!
It is also where Shilese Jones made herself a lock for the Olympic Team...until injury
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But it's also where Shilese scored a 15.3 on bars. I was sat right there and it was a thing of beauty and lives rent free in my head as to what could have been.

 

[Sasha]

I was there too! I paid for stupid expensive tickets to see top gymnasts in Olympic form. I don't regret it!

 

[FlipSkippy]

It was the Pre-Olympics US Classic. All the Olympians were there and also Gabby Douglas was making her comeback.

I decided NOT to attend because 1. all the good tickets were gone before they went on sale for the public. 2. the second tier seats that were ok were reserved for club purchases. 3. whatever was left over was so ridiculously overpriced it was not worth it. 4. there was construction over near the (then) XL Center- which was tiresome.

All true, but there were also many prime seats that were empty. My friend and I easily moved from our sort of crappy seats to exceptionally good seats with no issues at all.

 

[rlayt]

You never know until you are there.

I’ve been hopeful for months that Rotterdam Worlds would put those premium seats up for sale but they’ve never been offered. Hopefully the organizers for Chengdu are more up front about tickets.