AVCA Showcase Tickets

[GoBigRed]

AVCA Showcase Set for Aug. 24-25; Tickets Go on Sale Saturday

College volleyball’s premier preseason event comes to Omaha for the second time, as the AVCA announced that Qwest Center Omaha will host the 2007 AVCA Showcase. The event features defending national champion Nebraska, along with national semifinalist UCLA and NCAA qualifiers Tennessee and Utah.
Tickets for the AVCA Showcase at the Qwest Center are not included in the 2007 Nebraska volleyball season ticket package. The University of Nebraska will receive a team allotment of 150 tickets plus a minimal number of tickets for institutional and sponsorship obligations. Public tickets will go on sale this Saturday, March 3, at Noon. All-session ticket prices are $39 and $32.

There are several ways to purchase tickets for the AVCA Showcase. Fans can purchase tickets at the Qwest Center Box Office and Ticketmaster locations across the state (complete list is below). Fans may also call Ticketmaster at [phone] in Lincoln or [phone] in Omaha or visit www.Ticketmaster.com.

The Showcase first-round matches will feature UCLA versus Utah, followed by Nebraska versus Tennessee on Friday, August 24. The consolation and championship matches will be played the following night, August 25. Times for matches on both dates will be announced at a later date.

“The AVCA Showcase is the premier event in the United States for college volleyball outside of the NCAA Championships, and we have proven that there is no place like Nebraska to play major events,” said Nebraska head coach John Cook. “The community embraces the sport of volleyball, and the players and fans of all four teams in the AVCA Showcase will get to experience a first-class event with huge crowds and a Final Four-type atmosphere.”

The Huskers are making their sixth AVCA Showcase appearance and have won the event in 2001 and 2005. Nebraska, which finished 33-1 in 2006, returns five starters, including AVCA National Player of the Year Sarah Pavan and All-Americans Rachel Holloway, Jordan Larson and Tracy Stalls along with 2005 AVCA National Player of the Year Christina Houghtelling, who missed all of last season with a shoulder injury.

Contacting Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster.com

TicketMaster Phone Numbers in Nebraska
Lincoln [phone]
Omaha [phone]

Phone Numbers for Ticketmaster Outlets Across the US
www.ticketmaster.com/h/orderbyphone.html

TicketMaster Locations in Nebraska
www.ticketmaster.com/h/tcenters/ne.html

[IdahoBoy]

Sold out by Saturday, March 3, at One pm?

[GoBigRed]

at least not sold through NU athletic ticket office and based on contributions people make!

I'll be at the computer at 11:59 ready to go

[Deleted]

This did not sellout in 2005, fwiw.

I wonder if they will open up all the seats this time?

[ugopher]

Again, why Tennessee?

[SaltNPepper]

gobigred said:

at least not sold through NU athletic ticket office and based on contributions people make!

I'll be at the computer at 11:59 ready to go

Without looking it up, in 2005 I think they sold about 10,000 tickets I think. I'd guess they'll open up the upper level (because they will need to), but I'd be a bit surprised if they sold out unless it happened right near the end of August.

The only thing that I hope is that ticket resellers don't get involved and try to run up the price for fans. I'd stay home rather than pay them some inflated price.

[doc]

It won't sell out but I would expect 14,000 this time. Don't have to worry about the NCAA taking up a bunch of the good seats for this like you do the Final Four and you also don't have about 2,000 tickets set aside for the AVCA coaches like you do the Final Four.

As for the matches; Huskers yes I get it, UCLA yes get that, Utah yes get that also. Tennessee? How many teams turned the AVCA down that they got as low as Tennessee.

[charger]

I think that you will see a lot of tickets go early from people that couldn't get tickets to the final four last year. They don't want to take the chance of missing out like they did last fall. Too bad the games couldn't be played on a Saturday/Sunday so that volleyball teams from the area could come and watch on Sunday. There will be many high school teams that would love to come watch but they will be starting their fall schedule that weekend.

It will be a fun opener for the Husker fans!!

[IdahoBoy]

ugopher said:

Again, why Tennessee?

They want Peyton Manning to visit.

[doc]

idahoboy said:

ugopher said:

Again, why Tennessee?

They want Peyton Manning to visit.

LOL, That's a good one. Although I don't think Peyton wants anything to do with Nebraska. The last time Peyton saw Nebraska he was on his back as some guy named Osborne was winning his last national championship.

[Tex_VB_Fan]

This is not gonna be pretty!!!! Tennessee and UCLA better prep for a serious good ol' fashioned as_ whooppin! I can't see this being too much fun for the fans.

[1919]

I got mine!

[huskervbfan]

calhornfan said:

This is not gonna be pretty!!!! Tennessee and UCLA better prep for a serious good ol' fashioned as_ whooppin! I can't see this being too much fun for the fans.

I'll bet the majority of the fans will be Nebraska fans and I'll bet they will love seeing their Huskers play again in the same Center that brought them the National Championship. Getting the chance to see Christina again will be a huge bonus. Finding out what sort of an offense they will run will be interesting too.

I've got my tickets and am already looking forward to it.

[doc]

Who will televise this?

[SaltNPepper]

I got busy Saturday morning and didn't get around to ordering my tickets until a few minutes after 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon. I requested a pair in the "best available" at "any price". This was about an hour and 5 minutes after the tickets went on sale, and apparently there was no courtside ($55) or premium ($39) seating available so I was assigned $32 tickets in row B of section 128, which is the section near the court on the north end side. As I look at the seating chart, this appears to be a much better seat than some of the upper bowl "premium" seats on the sides.

Does anyone recall the numbering system they use for the rows? Could row B be the second row from behind the court, or does it start with numbers first and then go to letters? Did I end up getting lucky by not ordering right away at noon? We sat in the lower end of section 129 (just on the side of 128) for the 2005 Regionals and I loved the seats, but must of thrown my ticket aways as I can't find it now. It sure would be nice if they included general information about the numbering/lettering of the rows with their seating chart information.