All-Session Tickets Sold

[Guest]

All Session tickets sold (Pre-Sale thru 1/1/09)


Creighton - 1550

SIU - 1100

Illinois State - 1000

Bradley - 760

WSU - 630

Drake - 500

MO State - 380

UE - 300

UNI - 300

Indy State - 104

[Grassman]

All sesion tix sold

Thanks for the info but, is this Good, Bad, or indifferent?

[houstontxbrave]

I plan on going to the tourney this year but I am going to just wait and see what is available on the street before the sessions.

I am tired of buying my tickets up front through the Valley/Bradley and getting end zone or seats in the back of the Bradley section.

I think there will be plenty of tickets available for every session this year.

[RedbirdFan21]

Thanks for the info but, is this Good, Bad, or indifferent?

Overall BAD for the MVC...good for ISU... dunno about any others...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/08/usports/doc4965596d75559966866693.txt

Tourney ticket update

There were 6,624 all-session discounted tickets sold for the Valley Tournament, which will be held March 5-8 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. That is down from last year??™s record pre-Jan. 1 total of 7,276.

ISU fans apparently have been caught up in the team??™s fast start. The Redbirds sold 1,000 all-session tickets, up from last year??™s 600. That put ISU third behind Creighton (1,550) and Southern Illinois (1,100).

[SaintLouBrave22]

I plan on going to the tourney this year but I am going to just wait and see what is available on the street before the sessions.

I am tired of buying my tickets up front through the Valley/Bradley and getting end zone or seats in the back of the Bradley section.

I think there will be plenty of tickets available for every session this year.

I couldn't agree more...

It seems that every year I put in my form earlier to get preferential seating, end up getting worse seats from the previous year, yet all the fat cats get the best seating even though they only pay attention to half the game and only show for the Bradley game.

At this point I could care less about the discount and will also see if I can get better seats when I head over...

Why waste my time with a ticket office that says one thing and does something completely different...

At least advertise the "favoritism" ploy...that is what its all about...

[shaunguth]

Thanks for the info but, is this Good, Bad, or indifferent?

I'd say "indifferent" since I have a hard time believing those are the actual numbers. With the exception of Indiana State, they almost look like estimates.

[Braves4Life]

I plan on going to the tourney this year but I am going to just wait and see what is available on the street before the sessions.

I am tired of buying my tickets up front through the Valley/Bradley and getting end zone or seats in the back of the Bradley section.

I think there will be plenty of tickets available for every session this year.

Don't you worry about making the long trip and not getting tickets?

What kind of tickets can you expect to get and how much do you expect to pay?

[jasonpeoria911]

I'd say the down year so far in the MVC and the economy has certainly had an affect on the ticket sales. A lot of people without jobs, especially with Caterpillar starting to lay off in the Peoria area.

Jason

[Guinness]

I'd say the down year so far in the MVC and the economy has certainly had an affect on the ticket sales. A lot of people without jobs, especially with Caterpillar starting to lay off in the Peoria area.

Jason

bingo.

[it's boogie time]

From Bradley's perspective, I'd think the non-conference performance has had the greatest impact on why BU is in the middle. If Bradley were to beat Creighton on Saturday night and there was a story or an ad from Bradley/MVC, I'd think the all session sales would make a nice jump up from 760.

I've never bought the all session pass. There are so many easy ways to get tickets once you are down there (people selling comp tickets, teams that already have been eliminated, etc...). Plus, I don't watch any games once BU is knocked out. I'm too pissed. I just drink and gamble the rest of my time away in St. Louis.

I did have my bachelor party there a couple of years ago. It's a great weekend to have it if you're ever in that situation.

[houstontxbrave]

Don't you worry about making the long trip and not getting tickets?

What kind of tickets can you expect to get and how much do you expect to pay?

Absoultely not, this tournament is not selling out this year.

Well every year I walk up the arena and see multipule numbers of people selling tickets and I see the box office doing brisk business. I dont need to put in for BU section tickets and end up, as I did last year, in the end zone about 4 rows from the top of the section.

I know the sections and can figure out the rows so Ill just look for decent sections. And this way I can pick and choose where I sit for each session.

I just am sick of paying for what I think are below average seats well ahead of the games. Then seeing better seats out on the street and if I wait before game time can usually get them at cost or slightly above.

[bigdaddystuck]

bingo.

No, I dont think that is it. I budget my bingo money so that I have enough to spend on trips and things of that nature!

[bluedevils1]

Just get them on StubHub. Type in Missouri Valley and it has all-session tickets and you can pick where you want to sit.

[BUBraves04]

I did have my bachelor party there a couple of years ago. It's a great weekend to have it if you're ever in that situation.

Can't go wrong with that. Did you visit the fine establishments on the "other side of the river"? Not that I would ever set foot in any such place!

[it's boogie time]

Can't go wrong with that. Did you visit the fine establishments on the "other side of the river"? Not that I would ever set foot in any such place!

I would have, but I passed out too early. I'm not used to starting my pregame drinking in the AM hours.

We'll be heading down Friday morning if you are interested in riding with us.