The NCAA Women's Final Four comes to Dallas Friday. Here's what you can expect

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The NCAA Women's Final Four comes to Dallas Friday. Here's what you can expect

四虎影院 | By Katherine Hobbs

Published March 30, 2023 at 11:42 AM CDT

Final Four signange hangs on the exterior of American Airlines Center, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Dallas. The venue will host the women's NCAA Final Four basketbal tournament where South Carolina is scheduled to play Iowa and LSU will play Virginia Tech on Friday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) — Final Four signange hangs on the exterior of American Airlines Center, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Dallas. The venue will host the women's NCAA Final Four basketbal tournament where South Carolina is scheduled to play Iowa and LSU will play Virginia Tech on Friday.

Even if you're not headed to the games, there are plenty of events in Dallas surrounding the NCAA Women鈥檚 Final Four this weekend.

The NCAA Women鈥檚 Final Four heads to Dallas this weekend.

Iowa, South Carolina, LSU and Virginia Tech will fight it out for the NCAA Division I national championship. It's only the second time in NCAA history that Divisions I, II and III will play under one roof.

Folks not attending the games at the American Airlines Center will still have plenty of opportunities to celebrate.

, presented by Buick, will continue throughout the weekend with fan events.
The ATT Discovery District is joining in the celebrations. They鈥檒l have an exhibit celebrating 50 years of Title IX and showcasing NCAA women鈥檚 basketball championship trophies and the ecosystem of women鈥檚 basketball. Saturday at 7 p.m., the District will host a . It's free and open to the public.
The allows kids 17 and under to head down to City Hall for a free basketball and T-shirt. They can then dribble from City Hall to the Hutchinson Convention Center for Tourney Town. Check-ins start at City Hall Plaza at 8 a.m. on April 1 - advanced registration is recommended.
, a fan festival, is at the Hutchinson Convention Center in exhibit halls A and B. The event started Thursday at 3 p.m. and runs throughout the weekend.

Here's what you should know about public transportation:

Trains

Friday-Sunday, Green and Orange line trains added an additional car to provide service to the American Airlines Center.
Trains will arrive at each station every 20 minutes.
DART is adding a Trinity Railway Express train on April 2.

Trinity Railway Express

The TRE will operate as normal Friday and Saturday.
For the National Championship game on Sunday, a train will run between Forth Worth and EBJ Union Station. The train will leave Fort Worth's T&P station at 11:30 a.m. and arrive at Victory Station at 12:29 p.m. It will return to Fort Worth an hour after the game.