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Bracket Set! Awesome NCAA Tournament Tickets Available!

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

In the midst of March Madness, Selection Sunday it is, and here are the opening round match-ups!  FanSnap has searched the web and found lots of great tickets for NCAA hoops fans everywhere.  Need to make flight, hotel, or car travel arrangements?  Check out Nextag Travel!

Thursday
Mar
15
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Pittsburgh: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Syracuse vs UNC Asheville & Kansas State vs Southern Miss AND Gonzaga vs West Virginia & Ohio State vs Loyola

Consol Energy Center
Pittsburgh, PA
1,000 tickets from $225
Thursday
Mar
15
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Portland: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : New Mexico vs Long Beach State & Louisville vs Davidson AND Wichita State vs VCU & Indiana vs NM State

Rose Garden Arena
Portland, OR
1,000 tickets from $195
Thursday
Mar
15
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Louisville: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Kentucky vs TBD & Iowa State vs UConn AND Murray State vs Colorado State & Marquette vs TBD

KFC Yum! Center
Louisville, KY
1,000 tickets from $244
Thursday
Mar
15
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Albuquerque: 2nd, 3rd Round (All Sessions) : UNLV vs Colorado & Baylor vs South Dakota State AND Vanderbilt vs Harvard & Wisconsin vs Montana

The Pit Arena
Albuquerque, NM
900 tickets from $200
Friday
Mar
16
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Columbus: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Michigan State vs LIU & Memphis vs St Louis AND SDSU vs NC State & Georgetown vs Belmont

Nationwide Arena
Columbus, OH
1,000 tickets from $200
Friday
Mar
16
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Omaha: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Florida vs Virginia & Missouri vs Norfolk State AND Saint Mary’s vs Purdue & Kansas vs Detroit

CenturyLink Center Omaha
Omaha, NE
1,000 tickets from $257
Friday
Mar
16
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Nashville: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Cincinnati vs. Texas & Florida State vs St. Bonaventure AND Temple vs TBD & Michigan vs Ohio

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
1,000 tickets from $207
Friday
Mar
16
10:00AM
NCAA Tournament Greensboro: 2nd, 3rd Rounds (All Sessions) : Notre Dame vs Xavier & Duke vs Lehigh AND North Carolina vs TBD & Creighton vs Alabama

Greensboro Coliseum Complex – Arena
Greensboro, NC
1,000 tickets from $216

We will complete individuals session detail and times as soon as they are announced…  Let the Big Dance begin!

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NCAA Men’s Final Four Tickets

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

UPDATED 3/31/2011

At this point last year, Final Four Semifinal tickets averaged $460. In 2009, Saturday tickets averaged $661. Right now, 2011 NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinals tickets have an average list price of $350. The lowest price tickets are $38.

FanSnap 2011 NCAA Final Four Semifinals Tickets

FanSnap 2011 Final Four Semifinals Ticket Prices

At this point last year, Final Four Championship tickets averaged $230. In 2009, Monday tickets averaged $374. Right now, Final Four Championship tickets have an average list price of $201. The lowest price tickets are $40.

FanSnap 2011 NCAA Final Four National Championship Ticket prices

FanSnap 2011 Final Four National Championship Ticket Prices

Original post starts here…

The last four teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament are set. Kentucky, UConn, Butler and VCU are ready to dance. This is one of the most improbable Final Four’s since they started seeding teams back in 1979.  If you add up the seeds, this is also the highest seeded final the tournament has ever seen.

FanSnap: 2011 Final Four Semifinals Average Ticket Market PriceWho could have predicted a VCU-Butler matchup in this year’s Final Four? Well… hardly anyone. ESPN reports that only two people — out of 5.9 million — correctly picked all 4 of the remaining teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Only 1,093 had three of the four teams correctly, a testament to the madness that was this March.

Given the small market nature of the teams, NCAA Men’s Final Four tickets are not in as high of demand as years past.

  • In 2009, when North Carolina beat Michigan State for the title, tickets for the championship game as of March 29 were averaging $430. Tickets to last year’s title game between Duke and Butler were averaging $287. This year, NCAA Men’s National Championship tickets are averaging $250: that’s a 46% decrease in two years.
  • On March 25, tickets to the title game were averaging $358. After the teams were decided, ticket prices dropped 30%.
  • NCAA Mens Final Four tickets held an average price of around $430 through the weekend: most likely, fans may feel that the UCONN-Kentucky matchup is really the title game.

FanSnap: 2011 Final Four National Championship Average Ticket Market PriceThis is not to suggest that the action in Houston this weekend will be anything short of enthralling. It is just the nature of sports that smaller market teams do not have the expansive fan base to cover say, the trek from Richmond, VA to Houston, TX.

The Final Four is one of the biggest events of the year: don’t miss your chance to find some great tickets at FanSnap.

2011 NCAA Tournament Tickets: Charlotte

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Charlotte hosts number #1 seed Duke and #2 seed North Carolina. Time Warner Cable Arena will be packed: find Best Value tickets below.

2011 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Tickets: Charlotte

Round 2

NCAA Tournament Tickets: Charlotte Session 1: Michigan vs. Tennessee & Duke vs. Hampton, Friday @ 12:40

  • Tickets in Upper Level Corner 222 can be found for as low as $60, which is 16% off the average price of similar tickets.
  • Just a few rows back from center court, find tickets in Club Sideline 113 20% off the average price for a total of $283.

NCAA Tournament Tickets: Charlotte Session 2: North Carolina vs. Long Island & Washington vs. Georgia, Friday @ 7:15

  • Sit in Upper Level Center 207 for a mere $80.
  • Get in on tickets, Lower Level Baseline 109, for 42% off the average broker price. That’ll set you back only $179, a small price to pay for great NCAA Tournament tickets.
  • Snag tickets in Upper Level Baseline 219 for $99, a quarter off the average price of similar tickets.

Round 3

NCAA Tournament Tickets for Session 3

  • Tickets in Upper Level Corner 204 can be found for 31% off the average price of $154, for a total of $105.
  • Great seats in Lower Level Corner 102 are going for $215.
  • Club Sideline 114 is center court, nice and close. Tickets in this section can be found for as low as $528, 1/5 off the average ticket price.

2011 NCAA Tournament Tickets: Cleveland

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Cleveland has the second hottest NCAA March Madness tickets. Check out the Best Value tickets available at FanSnap below.

NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament tickets: Cleveland

Round 2

Villanova vs. George Mason & Ohio State vs. UTSA, Friday, March 18 @ 2:10

  • Tickets in Arena End 133 are going for only $114 on FanSnap right now. That’s 36% off the average price.
  • Or sit in Club Level C125 for only $259, great tickets going for 28% below the average price.

Xavier vs. Marquette & Syracuse vs. Indiana State, Friday, March 18 @ 7:27

  • Upper Corner 213 for about 89 bucks: that’s 39% off the average price.
  • Tickets in Lower Corner 111 are 34% off the average price of $264 for a total of $173.

Round 3 tickets

  • Snag tickets in Upper Corner 215 for $113. That’s a healthy 40% off the average price of similar tickets in the area.
  • Arena End 120 has tickets for only $173, which will get you up close to the action. These tickets are 48% off the average price.

Remember to check back at FanSnap for all of the best NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets.

2011 NCAA March Madness Tickets: Round 2-3

Monday, March 14th, 2011

NCAA conference titles have been decided, bubbles have been burst, and the bracket is set. That can only mean one thing: it’s time to dance.  The best 68 college basketball teams in the country will duke it out for a spot in the Final Four in Houston.

The defending champions, the Duke Blue Devils, secured a number one seed, joined by the Ohio State Buckeyes, Kansas Jayhawks, and Pittsburgh Panthers.

NCAA March Madness Tickets

Hottest Venues, Round 2* (ranked by average ticket price to all 4 games)

  1. Tulsa: $748
  2. Cleveland: $545
  3. Chicago: $518
  4. Denver: $476
  5. Washington: $468
  6. Charlotte: $457
  7. Tucson: $442
  8. Tampa: $415

*Round 1 is the play-in round, “First Four.”

Tulsa has the hottest NCAA March Madness ticket of Round 2 with an average ticket price of $748. That might be due to the fact that the site (in the heart of Big 12 country) hosts both Kansas and Texas. Jayhawks and Longhorns fans don’t have far to go to catch their team, and the high demand for tickets is good evidence that there will be plenty of burnt orange and blue in Tulsa this weekend.

Cleveland comes in second. No surprise here, considering the Ohio State Buckeyes play as the number one seed at this venue. Columbus is just a few hours away, so you know Buckeyes fans will be out in full force.

Looking Ahead: Hottest Venues, Round 3

  1. Washington, DC: $318
  2. Tulsa, OK: $282
  3. Denver, CO: $270
  4. Cleveland, OH: $252
  5. Chicago, IL: $228
  6. Tampa, FL: $212
  7. Charlotte, NC: $209
  8. Tuscon, AZ: $201

Check back at FanSnap for the best possible NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament tickets, and for continued coverage of the event all the way through the Final Four.

Final Four Tickets Time!

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

All four Final Four teams are now on their way to Indianapolis and all the waiting and all the nail-biting is over… for the moment. Duke, West Virginia, Butler and Michigan State fans are booking tickets to Indianapolis. Well, maybe not Butler fans since the Final Four will be essentially a home game for Butler. All are searching for Final Four tickets. Tickets to the semis are up $100 since yesterday when Butler and West Virginia clinched Final Four berths.

Lowest price Final Four tickets:
Semifinals-only (both games Sat.) = $308
Championship-only (Mon) = $115
Full Strip (all games, both days) = $317


The NCAA tournament is unique in that hoops fans have very little time to make ticket and travel arrangements once the pairings are revealed, and throughout the month they must react quickly if they are fortunate enough to have their team advance through the bracket. Part of what drives fans to madness in March is the exercise of checking ticket site after ticket site to try and find the set of tickets that best meet their budget.

Although the average prices are trending up, there are still values to be had. FanSnap makes it easy for fans to spot the best value tickets.  We make them so hard to miss. Take a look at the Final Four semifinals tickets search page. FanSnap is showing fans tickets that are 30% to 45% lower than the average price of comparable tickets.

FanSnap highlights the best ticket values at any given moment.  Fans can buy on their own schedule rather than waiting to purchase in an attempt to get a better value, and risking missing out on the best, or any, tickets altogether.  Fans searching all NCAA tournament events will see FanSnap’s convenient up-to-the-moment summary table of the available best values at different price points.


Fans can find:
- Lower level end tickets from $658 to $2,200
- Lower level middle tickets from $2,347 to $8,800
- Upper level middle tickets from $437 to $3,299
- Upper level end tickets from $317 to $2,200

Top states searching for Final Four tickets:
1. Indiana
2. West Virginia
3. Michigan
4. Illinois
5. Kentucky

Ticket prices for comparable events:
- BCS National Championship ticket = $865 – $1,000
- World Series game tickets = $910 – $1,100
- Super Bowl tickets = $2,200 – $3,200
- Olympic Gold Medal Hockey (U.S. v Canada) tickets = $3,600 – $4,300
- 2010 MLB Opening Day (Yankees @ Red Sox) tickets = $251
- One round at the Masters = $750

NCAA Tournament Tickets by the Bracket

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Final Four tickets

The Kentucky Wildcats were the third 1-seed to get knocked out of the NCAA Tournament before the Final Four. Kentucky, like Syracuse and Kansas were thought to be locks for the Final Four. All were 1-seeds. All were sent home much earlier than their fans hoped. Duke, The only remaining 1-seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is the fourth and final team to make the Final Four in Indianapolis. Find more than 8,000 Final Four tickets from 14 ticket sites with FanSnap.

FINAL FOUR TEAMS:

  • Butler
  • Michigan State
  • West Virginia
  • Duke

Final Four Semifinals: Indianapolis
April 3

Final Four Championship: Indianapolis
April 5

NCAA Final Four tickets – Indianapolis: Butler vs Michigan St.
NCAA Final Four tickets – Indianapolis: Championship game
NCAA Final Four tickets – Indianapolis: Duke vs West Virginia
Average Price of Final Four Tickets

Average Price of Final Four Tickets

Regionals

The best NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in recent memory rolls on. With each upset, we think we’ve seen it all and then teams like Kansas and Villanova lose and teams like Cornell and Washington cruise to victory. Ah, March, please don’t end. Our brackets are long ago busted and we don’t care. We just hope the madness of the buzzer beaters and upsets of Round 1 & 2 continue in the regionals.

The hoops gods just keep on giving in the Regionals. Syracuse, another 1-seed falls. 2-seed Kansas State survives Xavier in double OT! We can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Midwest Region tickets

For eight teams, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament continues in St. Louis for the Midwest Regional games at America’s Center – Edward Jones Dome.

  • Tickets to the all Tournament games in St Louis start at $163 and average $330
  • Friday-only tickets start at $120 and average $228
  • Sun-only tickets start at $68 and average $198

Round 2:
March 20-21

Sweet 16: St Louis
March 26

Elite 8: Salt Lake City
March 28

NCAA Tournament tickets – Oklahoma City Round 2: (1) Kansas – (9) NIU
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – St Louis: (9) NIU – (5) Michigan St
NCAA Tournament tickets – Elite 8 Round – St Louis: (5) Michigan St vs (6) Tennessee
NCAA Tournament tickets – Spokane Round 2: (5) Michigan St – (4) Maryland
NCAA Tournament tickets – Providence Round 2: (6) Tennessee – (14) Ohio
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – St Louis: (6) Tennessee – (2) Ohio St.
NCAA Tournament tickets – Milwaukee Round 2: (10) Georgia Tech – (2) Ohio St.

West Region tickets

For eight teams, the road to Indianapolis runs through Salt Lake City. SLC plays host to the West Regional round at EnergySolutions Arena.

  • Tickets to the all Tournament games in SLC start at $137 and average $330
  • Thursday-only tickets start at $98 and average $201
  • Saturday-only tickets start at $106 and average $194

Round 2:
March 20-21

Sweet 16: Salt Lake City
March 25

Elite 8: Salt Lake City
March 27

NCAA Tournament tickets – Buffalo Round 2: (1) Syracuse – (8)Gonzaga
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Salt Lake City: (1) Syracuse – (5) Butler
NCAA Tournament tickets – Elite 8 Round – Salt Lake City: (5) Butler vs (2) Kansas St
NCAA Tournament tickets – San Jose Round 2: (5) Butler – (13) Murray St.
NCAA Tournament tickets – Milwaukee Round 2: (6) Xavier – (3) Pittsburgh
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Salt Lake City: (2) Kansas St. – (6) Xavier
NCAA Tournament tickets -Oklahoma City Round 2: (7) BYU – (2) Kansas St.

East Region Tickets

Syracuse hosts East Regionals at the Carrier Dome.

  • Tickets to the all Tournament games in SLC start at $125 and average $358
  • Thursday-only tickets start at $98 and average $201
  • Saturday-only tickets start at $100 and average $253

Round 2:
March 20-21

Sweet 16: Syracuse
March 25

Elite 8: Syracuse
March 27

NCAA Tournament tickets – New Orleans Round 2: (1) Kentucky – (9) Wake Forest
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Syracuse: (1) Kentucky Wildcats – (5) Cornell
NCAA Tournament tickets – Elite 8 Round – Syracuse: (1) Kentucky – (2) West Virginia
NCAA Tournament tickets – Jasksonville Round 2: (12) Cornell – (4) Wisconsin
NCAA Tournament tickets – San Jose Round 2: (11) Washington – (3) New Mexico
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Syracuse: (11) Washington – (2) West Virginia
NCAA Tournament tickets – Buffalo Round 2: (10) Missouri – (2) West Virginia

South Region Tickets

The South Regionals will be played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

  • Tickets to the all Tournament games in Houston start at $80 and average $373
  • Friday-only tickets start at $76 and average $229
  • Sunday-only tickets start at $50 and average $181

Round 2:
March 20-21

Sweet 16: Houston
March 26

Elite 8: Houston
March 28

NCAA Tournament tickets – Jacksonville Round 2: (1) Duke – (8) California
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Houston: (1) Duke – (4) Purdue
NCAA Tournament tickets – Elite 8 Round – Houston: (1) Duke – (3) Baylor
NCAA Tournament tickets – Spokane Round 2: (5) Texas A&M – (4) Purdue
NCAA Tournament tickets – New Orleans Round 2: (11) Old Dominion – (3) Baylor
NCAA Tournament tickets – Sweet 16 Round – Houston: (3) Baylor – (10) St. Mary’s
NCAA Tournament tickets – Providence Round 2: (10) St. Mary’s – (2) Villanova

‘West Virginia Final Four Tickets’ Suddenly Hot

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The Mountaineers crushed Wildcat Final-Four dreams (expectations might be a better word). Kentucky, like Syracuse and Kansas were thought to be locks for the Final Four. All were 1-seeds. All were sent home much earlier than their fans hoped. Only Duke remains as a 1-seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament — playing essentially the hometown favorite Bayler (Waco isn’t far from Houston) for the South Region title in an Elite 8 matchup Sunday.

On Saturday, March 27, 2-seed, West Virginia upset 1-seed Kentucky by a score of 73-66, to win the NCAA East Regional in Syracuse and a berth in the Final Four. So fan, West Virginia and Butler have punched dance cards for Indianapolis.

Final Four Tickets start at $255 and average $500. Currently, we’re finding 4,000+ tickets from 8 tickets site representing hundreds of sellers.

FanSnap makes it easy for fans to spot the best value tickets.  We make them so hard to miss. Take a look at the Final Four semifinal ticket search page. FanSnap shows tickets listed for 38% below the average asking price in two different sections.

The ticket market is dynamic. Tickets are being sold and new tickets become available all the time. This means the best value tickets are always changing.

Here are the top states with fans searching for Final Four Tickets.

  1. Indiana
  2. West Virginia
  3. Kentucky
  4. Illinois
  5. Ohio

Earlier today, Kentucky was #2 on the list. Since West Virginia beat Kentucky in the Elite eight, West Virginia jumped up to the #2 slot from #9. This list will likely look different on Sunday night.

Butler is the First of the Final Four Teams

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The number 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but still thought of as a Cinderella team is mid-major Butler. The 4,200-student, Butler University is located just seven miles from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the site of the 2010 NCAA Final Four. The home team Bulldogs will have a jump on Final Four Tickets given Butler is the first of the Elite 8 to secure a spot in the Final Four.

On Saturday, March 27, 5-seed, Butler upset 2-seed Kansas St. by a score of 63-56 in Salt Lake City to represent the West Region in the Final Four.

Final Four Tickets start at $231 and average $500. Currently, we’re finding 4,000+ tickets from 8 tickets site representing hundreds of sellers.

The average Final Four ticket price can be interesting in the broadest sense, but fans want values. FanSnap makes it easy to snap up the best value tickets because we make them so hard to miss. Take a look at the Final Four semifinal ticket search page. FanSnap shows tickets listed for 38% below the average asking price in two different sections.

The ticket market is dynamic. Tickets are being sold and new tickets become available all the time. This means the best value tickets are always changing.

Here are the top states with fans searching for Final Four Tickets.

  1. Indiana
  2. Kentucky
  3. Illinois
  4. Michigan
  5. Texas

This list will likely look different on Sunday night.

How to Find Final Four Tickets at the Best Value

Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Tim Defrisco/Getty Images Jerry Tarkanian famously chewed towels while head coach at UNLV

Tim Defrisco/Getty Images Jerry Tarkanian famously chewed towels while head coach at UNLV

Okay, we admit, we got swept up in the Sweet 16 and are grabbing a fresh towel to chew on while we watch the Elite 8 games today and tomorrow. (Tip o’ the cap to Jerry Tarkanian for the towel idea.) Couple that with the fact that fans keep asking how to score Final Four tickets and it got us to thinking we should whip up a how-to video.

“How to find Final Four tickets,” it seems to us, isn’t the right question. The better question, in our minds, is how to find Final Four tickets at the best value? How do you get the tickets you want, when you want them at the best value?

We know Duke, Kansas State, Butler, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan State and Baylor fans are anxiously awaiting their games today and tomorrow to see if their teams can punch their tickets to Indianapolis for the Final Four. Excited fans will be plotting routes to Indianapolis on maps, or consulting Kayak.com for travel plans and coming to FanSnap in search of Final Four tickets. Here are a few tips for scoring those just-right Final Four tickets.

We admit, we won’t win an Oscar for this video. Can you do better? Shoot us a link to your video on how to use FanSnap and we’ll blog about it, or shoot an email to christian@fansnap.com about doing a guest post.

Christian

“Health Care Bill” vs “NCAA Tournament”

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

We’re not all sports-theater-concert-tickets all the time. For example, we heard there was some debate in Washington and around the country about health care reform legislation. We heard, proponents say it will insure 30+ million more people and opponents call it a government takeover of 1/6 of the U.S. economy, but how just how do politics stack up to major sporting events?

Sure, we here at FanSnap can tell you who is searching for what tickets, which events are hot and how to find great ticket values, but for this question, we had to turn to Google. Hey Google, how many people are searching for the term “health care bill” vs how many people are searching for “NCAA Tournament”?

Yes, we know there were some major announcements made on the health care debate and NCAA Regionals don’t start up again until tomorrow, but still, how do they compare?

source: google.com

source: google.com

The red line is interest over time in “NCAA Tournament.” The spike on March 14 is from people searching for NCAA brackets just after the selection Sunday telecast (do people still say telecast?)… err TV show when the NCAA Tournament teams were announced. The second red spike occurred when the NCAA Round 1 & 2 games were played.

The blue line represents interest in “Health Care Bill.” Interest went up when it was announced that it would be passed.

Will we see another spike for the NCAA Regionals  and Final Four? We think so. Will interest in “Health Care Bill” continue up at the same pace? It will be interesting to see.

If you landed on this post and were hoping to bone up on the recently passed Health Care legislation, check out the linked coverage on healthcare-economist.com. They link to a wide variety of perspectives.

If you were looking for NCAA Tournament tickets, you’re in luck. FanSnap is a ticket search engine. Fans can find tickets from sites across the web here.

To read more on the NCAA Tournament and Final Four tickets, check out these posts:

Fans Find Best Values on Final Four Tickets with FanSnap

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Sixteen teams are still dancing on the road to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis — the site of the Final Four round of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The 2010 NCAA Tournament has been as exciting as any we can remember and the Regionals haven’t even started yet.  Early exits by Kansas and ‘Nova blew up brackets and shifted ticket searches away from Lawrence, Kansas and Villanova, Pennsylvania. Instead, we’re seeing 10-seed St. Mary’s Gaels fans in Moraga, California and the UNI PantherNation (9 seed) in Northern Iowa searching for NCAA tournament tickets.

While the teams take the NCAA Tournament one game at a time, fans are thinking ahead to the Final Four round and more specifically, Final Four tickets. Fans in Kentucky are conducting searches on FanSnap for “Final Four tickets” more than any other state — Including the host state of Indiana.

Final Four Weekend tickets

April 3 and 5 (Semifinals – Saturday & Championship – Monday)
7,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $318
Average ticket = $675

Knowing the average ticket price can be useful when following trends or to compare one event to another, but fans don’t buy “average tickets” Fans buy those just-right tickets for them. That might mean the first ten rows or it might meant sitting near their friends or it might mean just getting into the event.

Fans searching for NCAA tournament tickets will see FanSnap’s up-to-the-moment summary of the best value tickets at different price points. Of course, fans can still zoom into FanSnap Mapssm, and search for their own best values. We highlight best values with blue stars.

FanSnap shows fans the best value tickets comparing the prices of comperable tickets and then highlighting the tickets with the lowest price

FanSnap shows fans the best value tickets comparing the prices of comperable tickets and then highlighting the tickets with the lowest price

For example, fans searching for “Final Four tickets” will see average prices by section and the best value ticket for that section. This is the direct result of fans telling us that while searching and comparing tickets from across the web is great and comprehensiveness in important, why not just show me the tickets I might want — the ones that are the best value — and save me the searching.

How does Best Value tickets work?

The average price of Section: Terrance Center 614 is $1,300. We highlight the tickets in that section for $446. That’s 65% below the average price for comparable tickets.

Section: Lodge Corner 416 tickets average $1,084. We show fans the tickets in that section for $578, or 46% less than the average.

Final Four Semifinals tickets

Apr 3 at 5:10PM (Saturday only)
3,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $226
Average ticket = $454

Final Four Championship Game tickets

Apr 5 at 8:00PM (Monday only)
4,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $174
Average ticket = $398

East Regionals Tickets Hottest of NCAA Tournament

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The East Regionals for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds are the hottest NCAA Tournament tickets. Tickets in Syracuse have been among the higher priced ticket of any region since Selection Sunday when the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed. Average prices on the ticket market had been edging slightly down during the first two rounds last week until Cornell upset both Temple and Wisconsin — winning the first Sweet 16 berth for a Ivy League school in more than a decade.

Washington vs West Virginia & Kentucky vs Cornell

East Region tickets are currently averaging $383. Tickets to both days of East Regionals is Syracuse jumped jumped up $25, on the Cornell win over Wisconsin in Round 2 in Jacksonville.

2-seed West Virginia plays 11-seed Washington on March 25 at 7:27 pm in Syracuse. 12-seed Cornell takes on 1-seed Kentucky at 9:57 pm.

Thursday-only tickets for the East Regional
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, NY) Thursday, Mar 25
1,000+ tickets
Lowest price tickets start at $108
Average price tickets = $224

Saturday Only tickets in Syracuse
2,000+ tickets
Lowest price tickets start at $76
Average price tickets = $220

Tickets to Both Days of the East Regional
1,000+ tickets
Lowest price tickets start at  $156
Average price tickets = $383

Who is searching for East Regional tickets
1. New York (Ithaca leads Syracuse and NYC in searches)
2. Washington
3. Pennsylvania
4. Kentucky
5. Connecticut

For fans who search and compare tickets, there are outstanding values to be had and FanSnap make finding the values easy. When fans search to tickets to both days in Syracuse, FanSnap will show fans the best value tickets in a variety of sections. For example, there are lower corner tickets listed for $248 (61% lower than comparable tickets).

Our NCAA Tournament Tickets by the Bracket post makes it easy to search for tickets based on the games. We listed them in a bracket like you’re used to seeing.

Christian

NCAA Tournament Round 2 tickets Values in Milwaukee, Spokane, San Jose, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Providence, Buffalo

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Fans searching for NCAA Tournament Round 2 tickets — even for those sessions that are already ‘sold out’ — are saving time and money, and benefiting from an amazing choice of tickets. Here are the Round 2 average ticket prices for each venue from lowest to highest average price.

The NCAA tournament is unique in that hoops fans have very little time to make ticket and travel arrangements once the pairings are revealed, and throughout the month they must react quickly if they are fortunate enough to have their team advance through the bracket. Part of what drives fans to madness in March is the exercise of checking ticket site after ticket site to try and find the set of tickets that best meet their budget.

FanSnap highlights the best ticket values at any given moment. Fans can buy on their own schedule rather than waiting to purchase in an attempt to get a better value, and risking missing out on the best, or any, tickets altogether. Fans searching all NCAA tournament events will see FanSnap’s convenient up-to-the-moment summary table of the available best values at different price points. Fans can also use FanSnap’s award-winning dynamic FanSnap Maps, noting both the best value star icons, as well as being able to zoom into an incredibly useful row-level view that highlights ticket offers that often differ by 10% to 25%, even within the same section of the arena.

Christian

NCAA Tourney Day 1: Best Ever or Just Bracket Buster?

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

There were 16 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games today. Any day with 16 college hoops games is a good day and the first day of the college tourney is great simply because the tournament has finally begun! Today, though, seemed even better. Three of today’s games went to overtime. That’s one more than the entire tourney last year.

(8) Texas          80
(9) Wake Forest 81

(2) Villanova          73
(15) Robert Morris 70

(7) BYU         99
(10) Florida  92

There were also incredible nail-biters like UNLV-N. Iowa and Tennessee-SDSU.

(8) UNLV    66
(9) N. Iowa 69

(6) Tennessee       62
(11) San Diego St. 59

The upsets, though are what had us simultaneously pulling our hair out, ripping up our brackets and falling in love with college hoops all over again. Washington and Old Dominion as 11-seeds both knocked off 6-seeds, Marquette and Notre Dame respectively. Washington was down by as much as 15 points in the second half before coming back to win. As exciting as the upsets were, 6-11 upsets aren’t unheard of. In fact, there always seems to be a 12 seed that steals a game from a 5.

(6) Notre Dame      50
(11) Old Dominion 51

(6) Marquette     78
(11) Washington 80

On the first day of the NCAA tournament, we had a 13-seed in Murray State knock off 4-seed Vandy and 14-seed Ohio shocked Georgetown — a 3-seed. Villanova, a 2-seed and a team many have in the Elite 8 survived OT against a clearly talented Robert Morris team.

(4) Vanderbilt   65
(13) Murray St. 66

(3) Georgetown 83
(14) Ohio           9

With that many nail-biters, lead changes, shocking upsets and near-misses, how that this not be the best first day of the NCAA Tournament ever?

Today’s winners will be back on the courts in San Jose, Providence, Oklahoma City and New Orleans on Saturday. Check out the updated times below

NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (San Jose): Butler vs Murray State, Washington vs New Mexico (Session 3) HP Pavilion at San Jose (San Jose, CA) Sat, Mar 20 at 12:20PM
300+ tickets from $50
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (Providence) (Session 3): Villanova vs. Saint Marys and Tennessee vs Ohio Dunkin Donuts Center (Providence, RI) Sat, Mar 20 at 1:05PM
100+ tickets from $139
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (Oklahoma City): BYU vs Kansas St and Kansas vs Northern Iowa (Session 3) Ford Center (Oklahoma City, OK) Sat, Mar 20 at 4:40PM
400+ tickets from $115
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (New Orleans): Old Dominion vs Baylor and Kentucky vs Wake Forest (Session 3) New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, LA) Sat, Mar 20 at 4:45PM
200+ tickets from $95

Christian

It’s Tourney Time!!!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Finally the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (tickets) is here! You bet we’ll make it to some games. Going to the tourney in person is even better than a computer with 6 monitors tuned into CBS’s live TV coverage of the tourney streamed online.

Here’s a glimpse inside the FanSnap locker room this morning just as we were about to start our day.

Click the link to read more about how to score great values on Tourney tickets.

Christian

FanSnap® Ticket Search Engine Highlights the Best Values in NCAA Tournament Tickets

Monday, March 15th, 2010

We are finding thousands of great NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets, even for those sessions that are already ‘sold out.’ Fans searching for NCAA tickets on FanSnap are saving time and money, and benefiting from an amazing choice of tickets to the Final Four® in Indianapolis, as well as the Elite 8® in Syracuse, Salt Lake City, Saint Louis and Houston, and the Sweet 16® and opening rounds of the West Region, Midwest Region, South Region and East Region.

The NCAA tournament is unique in that hoops fans have very little time to make ticket and travel arrangements once the pairings are revealed, and throughout the month they must react quickly if they are fortunate enough to have their team advance through the bracket. Part of what drives fans to madness in March is the exercise of checking ticket site after ticket site to try and find the set of tickets that best meet their budget.

“FanSnap ticket search results, gleaned from searching dozens of ticket sites, include hundreds or in some cases thousands of tickets for each game,” said FanSnap CEO Mike Janes. “FanSnap makes it very hard for fans to overpay, as fans using the FanSnap ticket search engine can easily identify at a glance the ‘best value’ tickets – those that are priced substantially below the other available comparable tickets by 10%, 25%, even 50% less.”

For example, FanSnap ticket search results currently show 4,000+ NCAA Championship Game tickets from nine ticket sites, which represent hundreds of sellers. The asking prices for comparable NCAA Championship Game tickets vary by as much as 60%.

The variation in asking prices for the Regionals is similar, where comparable tickets to the Elite 8 games vary by up to 50%. For example, fans using FanSnap can find tickets to the Midwest Regional, for half the price of other tickets being offered in the same area of the arena.

- West Regional (Salt Lake City) – up to 43% variation
- East Regional (Syracuse) – up to 52% variation
- Midwest Regional (St Louis) – up to 51% variation
- South Regional (Houston) – up to 58% variation

FanSnap highlights the best ticket values at any given moment. Fans can buy on their own schedule rather than waiting to purchase in an attempt to get a better value, and risking missing out on the best, or any, tickets altogether. Fans searching all NCAA tournament events will see FanSnap’s convenient up-to-the-moment summary table of the available best values at different price points. Fans can also use FanSnap’s award-winning dynamic FanSnap Maps, noting both the best value star icons, as well as being able to zoom into an incredibly useful row-level view that highlights ticket offers that often differ by 10% to 25%, even within the same section of the arena.

.  Fans searching all NCAA tournament events will see FanSnap’s convenient up-to-the-moment summary table of the available best values at different price points.

Fans searching all NCAA tournament events will see FanSnap’s convenient up-to-the-moment summary table of the available best values at different price points.

A review of current NCAA ticket prices on FanSnap also shows average asking prices vary greatly from Regional to Regional, e.g. for NCAA Regional Finals tickets:
- In Salt Lake City, West Regional tickets start at $103 and average $191.
- In Syracuse, East Regional tickets start at $109 and average $287.
- In St Louis, Midwest Regional tickets start at $68 and average $200.
- In Houston, South Regional tickets start at $30 and average $207.

The ticket variability is even more pronounced for Round 1 and 2 games. The average price of an “all-sessions strip” (tickets to all the games at a venue) in Buffalo is $140 more than for any other venue.

Milwaukee Hosts NCAA Tournament Round 1 & 2 Games: Tickets Available

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Milwaukee to host Round 1 & 2 games at the Bradley Center for the NCAA tournament (tickets).

Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State and UC Santa Barbara from the Midwest Region as well as Xavier, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Oakland  from the South Region will play their Round 1 games on Friday March 19. Round 1 winners will return to the Bradley Center on Sunday the 21st to play Round 2 games.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are currently hundreds of All Sessions Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Bradley Center available.

Lowest price Bradley Center Strips = $300
Bradley Center Strips average = $437

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

Round 1 Session 1:
March 19

1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $92
Tickets average = $266

Round 2 Session 3:
March 21

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $129
Tickets average = $207
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WI): Xavier vs Minnesota tickets (Session 1)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (WI) (Session 3)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / Midwest Regional in Salt Lake City
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WI): Pittsburgh vs Oakland tickets (Session 1)

The winner of this bracket advances to South Regional

Round 1 Session 2:
March 19

1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $115
Tickets average = $178

Round 2 Session 3 (same as above):
March 21

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $127
Tickets average = $325
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Michigan State vs New Mexico State tickets (Session 2)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (WI) (Session 3)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / South Regional in Houston
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Maryland vs Houston tickets (Session 2)

Christian

Providence Hosts NCAA Tournament Round 1 & 2 Games: Tickets Available

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Providence’s Dunkin Donuts Center will play host to Round 1 & 2 games of the NCAA tournament (tickets).

Villanova, Robert Morris, Richmond, St. Mary’s from the South Region as well as Tennessee, San Diego State, Georgetown and Ohio from the Midwest Region will play their Round 1 games on Thursday March 18. Round 1 winners will be back at the Dunkin Donuts Center on Saturday to play Round 2 games.

The top overall seed in the NCAA tournament, Kansas will be playing at the Ford Center — making the Oklahoma City one of the hotter NCAA tournament tickets.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are hundreds of All Session Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Dunkin Donuts Center available.

Lowest price Providence Strips = $270
Providence Strips average = $458

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

Round 1 Session 1:
March 18

1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $80
Tickets average = $143

Round 2 Session 3:
March 20

1,000 tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $137
Tickets average = $244
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (RI): Robert Morris vs Villanova tickets (Session 1)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (RI) (Session 3 tickets)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / Midwest Regional in Salt Lake City
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (RI):  Richmond vs St. Mary’s tickets (Session 1)

The winner of this bracket advances to West Regional

Round 1 Session 2:
March 18

1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $88
Tickets average = $148

Round 2 Session 3 (same as above):
March 20

1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $116
Tickets average = $253
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (RI): Ohio vs Georgetown  (Session 2)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (RI) (Session 3 tickets)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / West Regional in St. Louis
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (RI): Tennessee vs San Diego State tickets (Session 2)

Christian

Spokane Hosts NCAA Tournament Round 1 & 2 Games: Tickets Available

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Spokane, Washington will host Round 1 & 2 games at Spokane Arena for the NCAA tournament (tickets).

Michigan State, New Mexico State, Maryland and Houston from the Midwest Region as well as Texas A&M, Utah State, Purdue and Siena from the South Region will play their Round 1 games on Friday March 19. Round 1 winners will be back at the Spokane Arena on Sunday the 21st to play Round 2 games.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are currently hundreds of All Sessions Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Spokane Arena available.

Lowest price Spokane Strips = $100
Spokane Strips average = $438

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

Round 1 Session 1:
March 19

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $138
Tickets average = $405

Round 2 Session 3:
March 21

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $127
Tickets average = $325
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Purdue vs Siena tickets (Session 1)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (WA) (Session 3)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / Midwest Regional in Salt Lake City
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Texas A&M vs Utah State tickets (Session 1)

The winner of this bracket advances to South Regional

Round 1 Session 2:
March 19

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $230
Tickets average = $313

Round 2 Session 3 (same as above):
March 21

hundreds of tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $127
Tickets average = $325
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Michigan State vs New Mexico State tickets (Session 2)
NCAA Mens Basketball – 2nd Round (WA) (Session 3)
Winner advances to the Sweet 16 round / South Regional in Houston
NCAA Mens Basketball – 1st Round (WA): Maryland vs Houston tickets (Session 2)

Christian


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