Re: How do the Big 12 Tourney Tickets work?
Although this has worked in the past when there are four games on Wednesday I wouldn't bank on it this time around. I have been to the tournament since 1990 and seen it change a great deal. Scalping is now legal in Missouri and most of the fans from Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas A&M are not coming up to the tournament for just one day. Ultimately it is very unlikely that anyone of the losers on Wednesday night are going to be selling tickets. There simply will not be that many fans from those schools.
For those people arriving in K.C. at 7:30 or so you should absolutely buy a ticket before you arrive. Scalpers will likely have sold all tickets for Thursday Night's session and you could be S.O.L. No need to chance it. Face value for the tickets is $55 for lower levels and $45 for Upper Levels on Thursday night. You should be able to find a ticket for between $75-$85.
Correct. You will have to buy from actually resellers probably, but depending on demand for session 3 it will range in price. I'm still thinking if you get there around 7:30ish you're looking at a 40-60 ticket range per ticket.
If people really want cheap tickets I would recommend that they find people after the games are done Wed. night or right after the 1st session on Thursday. Many people going to the 1st session on Thursday will not stick around for the later session and will want to unload their tickets that afternoon.
Although this has worked in the past when there are four games on Wednesday I wouldn't bank on it this time around. I have been to the tournament since 1990 and seen it change a great deal. Scalping is now legal in Missouri and most of the fans from Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Texas A&M are not coming up to the tournament for just one day. Ultimately it is very unlikely that anyone of the losers on Wednesday night are going to be selling tickets. There simply will not be that many fans from those schools.
For those people arriving in K.C. at 7:30 or so you should absolutely buy a ticket before you arrive. Scalpers will likely have sold all tickets for Thursday Night's session and you could be S.O.L. No need to chance it. Face value for the tickets is $55 for lower levels and $45 for Upper Levels on Thursday night. You should be able to find a ticket for between $75-$85.