N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

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N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

By Dane Huffman

Feb 17, 2009

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Raleigh, N.C. — N.C. State is not expected to sell out its ACC Tournament tickets, according to Bobby Purcell, executive director of the Wolfpack Club.

ACC schools are allotted 2,600 tickets for the basketball tournament, which is at the massive Georgia Dome in Atlanta March 12-15. But the recession and size of the allotment have caused many schools to struggle to sell tickets.

Generally, the allotment has been around 1,500 tickets and interest in the tickets is intense.

Purcell said the ACC has had two conference calls with school officials on the matter. Purcell said on the last conference call, North Carolina was the only school to have sold out its allotment.

An Iron Duke official told WRAL on Friday that his school only had 100 books of tickets left. But Duke has had to make tickets available to all employees, alumni and students in addition to Iron Duke members.

The ACC has not had a public sale of tournament tickets since 1966, but Virginia Tech already has its tickets on sale to the general public.

Schools that don’t sell their tickets could return them to the ACC, which Purcell said would be unprecedented for N.C. State. The ACC could distribute the tickets to schools that want more or sell them to the public. The ACC could also force each school responsible for all of its ticket allotment.

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RE: N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

lol. Bring the acc tourney back to Greensboro.

no kiddin

I'm a pack fan, but I think this goes under the No Kiddin column.

RE: N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

The economy may be only a part of the problem in selling tickets - for all the schools. The real reason is that the arena is too big for adequate viewing and who want to drive to Atlanta. When the tournament is in Charlotte or Greensboro, tickets are at a premium. Viewing is good and the location is more central to ALL schools. It is the economy but only to the extent of filling an arena means more money for the schools and other segments that get a part of the money. That greed has overshadowed the desires of fans for a number of years. This year it may really backfire on all those that were already counting the money!

RE: N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

This is another case of sloppy reporting. This article is about people not wanting to buy the tickets. First off - HOW MUCH ARE THE TICKETS? Give us a clue at what the ACC wants for these games?

Also you're dealing with getting a hotel room in the Atlanta area for 4 or 5 nights. How much is that? And can you get a hotel room at this moment? How much is that going to run a fan?

Look out the window, people - the economy is in the dumps. You going to tell the boss man that you need to take Thursday and Friday off to go watch basketball? 2/3rd of the school now play on Thursday so you can't just wander down on Friday thinking your team will be on the court. The worst thing the ACC did was expand so the tourney now goes 4 days. When I was a kid, that friday of the tournament was sacred. I had teachers that wheeled in TVs so we could watch the first game if it featured a triangle school. Nobody does that now that it becomes a 2 working day affair.

When only 1 ACC school when to the NCAA tourney, the ACC tourney mattered. Now it's just another excuse to have a banner. It's nice, but not worth time off and the money. And what's the point of watching a game at the Georgia Dome? You spend most of the time watching the Jumbotron. You're paying thousands of dollars to sit in the nosebleeds and watch TV.

RE: N.C. State doesn't expect to sell out ACC Tournament tickets

Move Chapel Hill to Nevada?

OK Then we can be neighbors again. Herb has already moved "all hope for NC State's basketball future" to Arizona.

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