Had no idea March Madness tickets were so much

[bksballer89]

Rounds 1 and 2 are in Brooklyn so I was going to try and go but tickets are going for $300 at minimum currently

 

[Smart]

I do not understand watching the 1st/2nd rounds in person if you have no connection to the teams. There's a pretty good chance you will be watching a terrible game while the rest of America is entranced with an instant classic.

And yes, they are expensive as hell. Most years, the national championship game is substantially cheaper than Round 1 because of geographic concerns (high seeds get put in nearby cities where they have huge fan bases) and more time to plan ahead.

I paid $200 for two not-terrible tickets to last year's title game. There have been years, like Anthony Davis' year, where tickets were selling for $10-20 the day of the final.

 

[bksballer89]

I do not understand watching the 1st/2nd rounds in person if you have no connection to the teams. There's a pretty good chance you will be watching a terrible game while the rest of America is entranced with an instant classic.

And yes, they are expensive as hell. Most years, the national championship game is substantially cheaper than Round 1 because of geographic concerns (high seeds get put in nearby cities where they have huge fan bases) and more time to plan ahead.

I paid $200 for two not-terrible tickets to last year's title game. There have been years, like Anthony Davis' year, where tickets were selling for $10-20 the day of the final.

I just wanted to enjoy a day. I actually didn't want to spend the entire day there. I actually just wanted to go the day or night session. I don't think I can stay there for the entire day watching 4 games but yeah I think I'll just go ahead take my 2 days off from work and enjoy all the games from my house.

I really thought it would be cheaper

 

[H2S]

NCAA Tournament Brooklyn Tickets

 

[bksballer89]

NCAA Tournament Brooklyn Tickets

Thanks. Not that bad when they're broken down into sessions. Could not find anything like that last night.

 

[ericd7633]

If you're interested in watching Nova and MD, odds are fairly good both will be placed in the Brooklyn pod. The 2nd day is probably worth seeing, because chances are the MD/Nova games will both be blowouts, the 7/10 and 8/9 games have potential though. You're much more likely to see a better game in the 2nd round against the 7/8/9/10 seed.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I would like to go if I could score some freebies, but otherwise I'm going to hit someplace like Brother Jimmy's for the early Thursday games, and then watch the rest from home.

A couple of jobs ago I scored some early-round games at MSG; didn't care much for the teams playing but had a blast. MOST of the students attending were fun and well-behaved.

 

[ericd7633]

I would like to go if I could score some freebies, but otherwise I'm going to hit someplace like Brother Jimmy's for the early Thursday games, and then watch the rest from home.

A couple of jobs ago I scored some early-round games at MSG; didn't care much for the teams playing but had a blast. MOST of the students attending were fun and well-behaved.

I was working for Comcast Spectacor in Philly in 2009 when the Wells Fargo Center had first and 2nd round games that year. I was able to just walk right in with my work ID(I was working at the Spectrum before it was blown up) The games I was there for weren't that great; Uconn as a 1 seed blew their team out and the 8/9 BYU/A&M game wasn't very competitive, and I didn't stay for the night session. But it still was an awesome experience.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I was working for Comcast Spectacor in Philly in 2009 when the Wells Fargo Center had first and 2nd round games that year. I was able to just walk right in with my work ID(I was working at the Spectrum before it was blown up) The games I was there for weren't that great; Uconn as a 1 seed blew their team out and the 8/9 BYU/A&M game wasn't very competitive, and I didn't stay for the night session. But it still was an awesome experience.

There are few things better than a rocking arena when there is a good basketball game happening...and there's few things worse than a basketball arena where there's a bad game happening.

 

[rmilia1]

I'll be on Des Moines this year. First time it's been in Iowa in my life, Iowa should be at that pod and the games are 17th and 19th with my bday falling the 18th right in between. Going to be a great few days. Me and about 7 of my buddies are doing a guys trip. Can't wait

 

[ericd7633]

I'll be on Des Moines this year. First time it's been in Iowa in my life, Iowa should be at that pod and the games are 17th and 19th with my bday falling the 18th right in between. Going to be a great few days. Me and about 7 of my buddies are doing a guys trip. Can't wait

That's awesome man. Iowa has their best season in decades and there so happens to be an Iowa pod. Talk about impeccable timing. Lol. If they advance any chance you'll go to Chicago or Louisville for the Regional? Grand scheme of things its not that far. Lol.

 

[rmilia1]

That's awesome man. Iowa has their best season in decades and there so happens to be an Iowa pod. Talk about impeccable timing. Lol. If they advance any chance you'll go to Chicago or Louisville for the Regional? Grand scheme of things its not that far. Lol.

I've got Chicago lined up already ( buddy from Yale is a lawyer out there so free housing lol ). Louisville isn't bad either as far as distance but not sure yet. Hoping for Chicago

 

[bksballer89]

I would just love to be in the arena when one of those 12 over 5 or 13 over 4 upsets take place. Those arenas must be rocking when upsets take place

 

[ericd7633]

I've got Chicago lined up already ( buddy from Yale is a lawyer out there so free housing lol ). Louisville isn't bad either as far as distance but not sure yet. Hoping for Chicago

Lol. Nice. Gotta root for OU then, if they are a #1 seed they'll more than likely be in the Louisville regional. That would open the door for Iowa in Chi-town.

 

[rmilia1]

Lol. Nice. Gotta root for OU then, if they are a #1 seed they'll more than likely be in the Louisville regional. That would open the door for Iowa in Chi-town.

Yep. I like OU basketball anyway as another of my buddies is a HUGE Sooner fan. I'm bad luck for OU though so I'm going to try and not watch them much. They're 4-3 when I watch them and unbeaten when I don't lol

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Seems like it's in Spokane ever 3-4 years or so but I've never been able to make it. Don't remember the ticket prices being that bad actually.

Since Idaho is hosting this year I'd probably be able to score some discounted tickets if I was going to be anywhere near Spokane or not working. Feels bad man.

 

[jontaejones]

Rounds 1 and 2 are in Brooklyn so I was going to try and go but tickets are going for $300 at minimum currently

It's Brooklyn. Park Slope. A one bedroom apartment costs $3000.

It's particularly expensive on the East Coast. I've been trying to go for years, and between Brooklyn, Newark, and MSG, yea the tickets are usually what you mention. Face. For kinda crappy seats.

The funny thing is that NOBODY around the NYC area watches college basketball, yet the tickets go for a lot.

I was in Ohio one year in March and the tix were cheap.

 

[HammerDown]

I once paid $600 for my wife and I get to nosebleeds to see Game 1 of the '01 NBA Championship when Iverson and the 76ers went against Shaq, Kobe, The Mailman, the Glove, etc. after the Lakers beat the Queens on Horry's devastating 3. I don't ever see doing anything like that again, certainly not for college.

 

[rmilia1]

All session tix in Des Moines are like 475 or so. I'll probably just do that. Day 2 pass is only like 100 bucks less. I am more than happy to watch that much CBB LOL

 

[wingsauce7]

All session tix in Des Moines are like 475 or so. I'll probably just do that. Day 2 pass is only like 100 bucks less. I am more than happy to watch that much CBB LOL

Pretty crazy they're $475. The same all session tix in Denver is $200.