Tickets for 2012 NCAA event in Nashville go on sale in October
Preliminary round tickets to next year's 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship -- including games held in Nashville March 16 & 18 -- will go on sale in October as part of its enhanced ticketing system, the NCAA announced today.
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Preliminary round tickets to next year's
2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship will go on sale
in October as part of its enhanced ticketing system, the NCAA
announced today. Fans will have the opportunity to buy the best
available tickets for all price ranges and seating levels at each
of the 13 sites.
"In the past, NCAA Basketball fans purchased a year in advance
without knowing seat locations," said Greg Shaheen, the NCAA's
interim executive vice president for championships and alliances.
"Feedback from fans reflected a strong preference to purchase the
best possible tickets so we are excited to provide that opportunity
through the enhanced ticketing process. Available tickets will be
placed on sale in October in conjunction with NCAA Midnight Madness
which will only add to the excitement as practice gets underway
across the country."
Tickets will be available by visiting http://www.NCAA.com/mbbtickets. The
2012 tournament begins with the First Four®, played Tuesday and
Wednesday after Selection Sunday. 2011 Final Four participant VCU
was one of the eight teams that emerged from the first round of the
championship.
Second- and third-round sites include Albuquerque, Louisville,
Pittsburgh and Portland, which will host games Thursday and
Saturday, March 15 and 17. Sites hosting second- and third-round
games Friday and Sunday, March 16 and 18 include Columbus,
Greensboro, Nashville (where the Ohio Valley Conference will serve
as hosts) and Omaha. Regional action takes place in Boston and
Phoenix Thursday and Saturday, March 22 and 24, and in Atlanta and
St. Louis Friday and Sunday, March 23 and 25.
The NCAA also announced that general public ticket applications
for the 2012 Men's Final Four® reached the established limit of
20,000 applications prior to the deadline, the first such
occurrence since the application limit was set in 2009. The 74th
Final Four will be played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans
Saturday, March 31 and Monday, April 2. It will mark the fifth time
the city has hosted the event, the first since Hurricane Katrina.
"It's clear that NCAA basketball fans are ready for the Final Four
to return to New Orleans," said Shaheen.
Final Four ticket and hospitality opportunities are available
through The NCAA Experience® program, which is offered via
PrimeSport, the official ticket and hospitality package provider
for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Complete
details can be found at www.NCAA.com/hospitality.
Tickets may not be offered as a prize in a promotion, sweepstakes
or contest, or auctioned for fundraising purposes unless authorized
in advance by the NCAA, which reminds fans that purchasing tickets
from unauthorized vendors may result in fraudulent purchases.
About the NCAA
The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of
colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and
athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at
more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more
than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in
Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com
for more details about the Association, its goals and members and
corporate partnerships that help support programs for
student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite
companies as official Corporate Champions - AT&T, Capital One
and Coca-Cola - and the following elite companies as official
Corporate Partners - Buick, Enterprise, The Hartford, Infiniti, LG,
Lowe's, Planters, Reese's, Unilever and UPS.
