The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has announced eight cities as finalists to host the 2012-16 Women’s Final Fours.

Site visits to each city will be conducted in September and October, after which the finalists will present to the committee in mid-November. The 2012-16 Women’s Final Four sites will be announced after that.

The following cities, venues and hosts finalists are:

• Columbus, Ohio; Nationwide Arena; Ohio State

• Dallas; American Airlines Center; Big 12 Conference

• Denver; Pepsi Center; Mountain West Conference

• Indianapolis; Lucas Oil Stadium; Butler and Horizon League

• Nashville; Sommet Center; Ohio Valley Conference

• New Orleans; New Orleans Arena; University of New Orleans

• San Antonio; Alamodome; Texas-San Antonio

• Tampa, Florida; St. Pete Times Forum; South Florida

Cities with past Women’s Final Four hosting histories include Indianapolis (2005), New Orleans (1991, 2004), San Antonio (2002) and Tampa (2008). Columbus, Dallas, Denver and Nashville have not hosted the event in the past.

 After submitting an intent to bid last November, representatives of each city attended a pre-bid seminar in January before meeting with the NCAA staff for individual planning and progress updates in April and again in June.