ESPN Events Announces Sprouts Farmers Market as Title Sponsor of Owned-and-Operated Gymnastics Event
November 30, 2023
The full programming schedule and session showdowns have been announced for ESPN Events’ owned-and-operated gymnastics invitational, the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center welcomes 12 teams to the floor with all three quad meets presented on ESPN platforms, Jan 10-11.
Tickets will be sold by day with pre-sales beginning Monday, Nov. 11 and full access available on Thursday, Nov. 14. Fans can secure pre-sale access by signing up for the event mailing list at www.sproutscollegiatequad.com/tickets.
Four of the last squads standing at the 2024 NCAA Championship will be featured in the ABC afternoon presentation on Saturday, Jan. 11, as defending national champion and top-ranked LSU, No. 2 California, No. 3 Utah and 2022 & 2023 NCAA Champion Oklahoma will participate in Session II.
Session III will air live on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. Saturday, with No. 7 Arkansas, No. 9 Kentucky, No. 13 Ohio State and No. 17 UCLA compete in the primetime window. The opening session on Friday, Jan. 10 welcomes No. 19 Michigan, ACC Champion NC State, Arizona and Clemson on ACC Network, with live or tape delay designation determined in early January once College Football Playoff Semifinalists are confirmed. The meet will be carried live in its entirety on the ESPN App.
The first year of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad saw 634,000 viewers tune in to the second session between Oklahoma, LSU, UCLA and Utah on ABC, the most-viewed live regular season collegiate gymnastics meet in ESPN history. The 57% female viewing audience were locked in as the six-time national champion Sooners reigned supreme, with viewership peaking at nearly 800,000.
About Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
True to its farm-stand heritage, Sprouts offers a unique grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspires wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment of better-for-you products paired with purpose-driven people. The healthy grocer continues to bring the latest in wholesome, innovative products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based and gluten-free. Headquartered in Phoenix, and one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural and organic food in the United States, Sprouts employs approximately 33,000 team members and operates more than 420 stores in 23 states nationwide. To learn more about Sprouts, and the good it brings communities, visit about.sprouts.com.
About ESPN Events
ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a portfolio of collegiate sporting events nationwide. In 2024, the 34-event schedule includes four early-season college football kickoff games, 17 college bowl games, 10 college basketball events, the premier regular season college softball and gymnastics events, as well as the Band of the Year National Championship. Collectively, these events account for over 400 hours of live programming on ESPN platforms, reaching 60 million viewers and attracting more than 650,000 annual attendees. Each year, the portfolio of events features more than 20 Division I conferences and hosts over 4,000 participating student-athletes. With satellite offices in more than 10 cities across the country, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans. Follow ESPN Events on Facebook, Twitter/X and YouTube.
Date | Time (ET) | Session | Platform |
Fri, Jan 10 | 9 p.m. | Session I: Michigan NC State Arizona Clemson | ACC Network* |
Sat, Jan 11 | 4 p.m. | Session II: LSU California Utah Oklahoma | ABC |
8 p.m. | Session III: Arkansas Kentucky Ohio State UCLA | ESPN2 |
*Final live or tape delay designation dependent on if an ACC team is participating in the CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic