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Post by Huskyfan on Dec 12, 2004 18:04:15 GMT -5
Does the NCAA reserve a certain number of seats for fans of the Final Four participants? How do we go about buying these? We are very interested in going down to support for our team and would love to sit with other Washington fans. Any suggestions?
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 18:06:18 GMT -5
You should call your college's ticket office or the vball program to inquire about the tickets allocated to each of the four teams' fans.
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Post by Huskyfan on Dec 12, 2004 18:07:39 GMT -5
Thanks, will do that first thing tomorrow.
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Post by bigfan on Dec 12, 2004 18:15:15 GMT -5
You should call your college's ticket office or the vball program to inquire about the tickets allocated to each of the four teams' fans. Thanks for the advice
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Post by JT on Dec 12, 2004 19:50:40 GMT -5
Minnesota announced, and started taking orders, as a Final Four participant, about 3 minutes after the match ended.
It's up to each school how to parcel them out (normally doesn't matter for VB), but they each get a block to sell. In the case of Minnesota, it would end up based on donations to the athletic department, along w/ length of being a season ticket holder -- if there were more requests than we got tickets, which won't likely happen.
MN will get the physical tickets on Tuesday (probably). If they hold true to past actions, any that aren't picked up are brought along to the hosting site, and can be gotten at will-call.
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Post by beachman on Dec 12, 2004 20:47:57 GMT -5
Furthermore it is entirely possible that U$C won't even use their full allotment,,,,ditto for Stanford for that matter. We expect that UW will use theirs and then some, and hopefully the same can be said for Minnesota!
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Post by arthur on Dec 12, 2004 21:00:09 GMT -5
I have a couple of tickets that are for sale. With Nebraska not in the Final Four, my heart just isn't in it. You can contact me a aroyle@cox.net or 402-343-1101 until Tuesday nite. Try me at 402-250-4843 from Wednesday on.
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 21:17:45 GMT -5
Furthermore it is entirely possible that U$C won't even use their full allotment,,,,ditto for Stanford for that matter. We expect that UW will use theirs and then some, and hopefully the same can be said for Minnesota! Beachman, I hope the organizing committee had also gone out to sell the tickets to the high school and club volleyball teams. You need more than just the fans of the FF teams to sell out the arena, and to make the FF one of the most memorable in recent years. Btw, what is the chance of LB site breaking the FF attendance record?
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Post by beachman on Dec 12, 2004 21:41:10 GMT -5
Beachman, I hope the organizing committee had also gone out to sell the tickets to the high school and club volleyball teams. You need more than just the fans of the FF teams to sell out the arena, and to make the FF one of the most memorable in recent years. Btw, what is the chance of LB site breaking the FF attendance record? We have marketed until we are blind, the club teams and the local schools.....So. Cal is a late walk-up crowd though and we do expect that we will see a significant walk-up crowd....no chance of breaking the attendance figures because the LB Arena does not hold enough seats to set a record.....Losing Nebraska and Hawaii was a bit of a blow to the hotels and restaurants downtown though as U$C will not travel and those who do won't have to use hotels. They can draw from the immediate Long Beach area but that only puts butts in seats and their record of putting butts in seats for volleyball is pretty piss poor! Stanford is better, but not a lot better....at least those who come down will stay and spend money at restaurants, shops, and hotels though. Speaking of spending, we will have Final Four merchandise available in the hotel lobbys as well as the arena....thought that would be a good way to move merchandise....also if you want a FF Program get it EARLY as the geniuses from the NCAA only provided us with 2,000! I love those bureaucrats!
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 21:47:49 GMT -5
We have marketed until we are blind, the club teams and the local schools.....So. Cal is a late walk-up crowd though and we do expect that we will see a significant walk-up crowd....no chance of breaking the attendance figures because the LB Arena does not hold enough seats to set a record.....Losing Nebraska and Hawaii was a bit of a blow to the hotels and restaurants downtown though as U$C will not travel and those who do won't have to use hotels. They can draw from the immediate Long Beach area but that only puts butts in seats and their record of putting butts in seats for volleyball is pretty piss poor! Stanford is better, but not a lot better....at least those who come down will stay and spend money at restaurants, shops, and hotels though. Speaking of spending, we will have Final Four merchandise available in the hotel lobbys as well as the arena....thought that would be a good way to move merchandise....also if you want a FF Program get it EARLY as the geniuses from the NCAA only provided us with 2,000! I love those bureaucrats! I think with the FF just around the corner and many USC alums living in LB and Orange County, I am sure more than 150 USC fans will turn up . Heck, that arena could be rocking with the Fight On song all night long. Seriously, more USC fans will go to the FF this year than in Dallas last year or New Orleans the year before. I know of several USC friends who have even bought their tickets in September. Also, you certainly need one home-city team to pull in all those local crowd (that used to go to LBSU matches). Plus, a nice story of a hometown kid going home for play in her biggest match of her career so far. Good school choice for her.
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 21:50:27 GMT -5
Btw, Beachman, do you know the times of the teams' workout at the arena on wednesday? Going by previous years, this is supposed to be open to the public right?
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Post by Rich Kern on Dec 12, 2004 22:01:40 GMT -5
Btw, Beachman, do you know the times of the teams' workout at the arena on wednesday? Going by previous years, this is supposed to be open to the public right? I'm not Beachman but I'll answer anyway PRACTICE SCHEDULE (LONG BEACH ARENA) Wednesday, December 15 (Open Practice to the Public) 10:00-11:30 am Washington 11:35-1:05 pm Stanford 1:20-2:50 pm Minnesota 2:55-4:25 pm USC All of the other practices are closed it appears.
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Post by JT on Dec 12, 2004 22:08:45 GMT -5
| Wednesday, December 15th (All times are Pacific Time) | | ... | | | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Semifinal Match #1 – higher seed - Practice (Open) | Long Beach Arena | 11:35 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. | Semifinal Match #1 – lower seed - Practice (Open) | Long Beach Arena | 1:20p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Semifinal Match #2 – higher seed - Practice (Open) | Long Beach Arena -Main floor | 2:55 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. | Semifinal Match #2 – lower seed - Practice (Open) | Long Beach Arena -Main floor |
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Post by JT on Dec 12, 2004 22:09:25 GMT -5
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 22:09:42 GMT -5
[quote author= Rich Kern link=board=general&thread=1102892655&start=11#0 date=1102906900] I'm not Beachman but I'll answer anyway PRACTICE SCHEDULE (LONG BEACH ARENA) Wednesday, December 15 (Open Practice to the Public) 10:00-11:30 am Washington 11:35-1:05 pm Stanford 1:20-2:50 pm Minnesota 2:55-4:25 pm USC All of the other practices are closed it appears.[/quote] Thanks. I'll try to go to the open practices.
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