World Champions Centre
World Champions Centre, often abbreviated as WCC, is an American artistic gymnastics academy, located in Spring, Texas. It is home to Olympic Champion Simone Biles and is owned by her family. History. After the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Simone Biles, was looking to leave Bannon's Gymnastix. As a result, Biles' mother, Nellie, who co-owned a chain of fourteen nursing homes around Texas, suggested that the family build a gym. World Champions Centre originally opened in March 2014 in a temporary center before moving in September to a warehouse . It now features a 29,000-square-foot gym floor. The gym opened to the public in May 2016. Biles International Invitational. The inaugural Biles Invitational was held in 2018 at World Champions Centre. Starting in 2020 the event served as a qualifying meet for the Nastia Liukin Cup. Notable gymnasts and alumni. Simone Biles: Jordan Chiles: Sydney Barros: Olivia Greaves Ashton Locklear: