That was right at the team hotel. Gonzaga was also staying there and I saw Mark Few take the leap after they won the title.
Cyclones going to Maui in 2024
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It was pretty funny seeing Rui at the pool bar.
Anyone thinking about going I'd encourage you to look at the all tournament tickets. You have a reserved seat on the opposite side of the gym and can come and go as you please out to the beer garden. Everyone that has 'team only' tickets are general admission and you get stuck in a holding pen for a while before your game starts. My wife is a big Duke fan too so it was a no brainer for us, getting tickets to any other games is highly unlikely with the team package. We got to see the Gonzaga Duke final (Zion v Rui) that was an absolute great game.
Obviously if you're planning to fill your time with other island stuff the team ticket is probably better.
I was there in 2018 and had a great time. My wife and I put this on our calendar more than a year ago when there was discussion about it and they listed attendees for the next three years.
The tournament is great and I would also comment that the all session tickets are the way to go, but definitely expensive. Too much good basketball will be played to miss including kicking SDSU by 30 the last time. We are in Hawaii every two years and just left Maui when the tournament started in November last fall. FYI, prices are substantially higher now than in 2018 so expect sticker shock. Also, don't expect to get there and find tickets for ISU games. It just won't happen.
The tournament is great and I would also comment that the all session tickets are the way to go, but definitely expensive. Too much good basketball will be played to miss including kicking SDSU by 30 the last time. We are in Hawaii every two years and just left Maui when the tournament started in November last fall. FYI, prices are substantially higher now than in 2018 so expect sticker shock. Also, don't expect to get there and find tickets for ISU games. It just won't happen.
Can you get all session? For some reason thought the only way to get tickets was thru the school. Any suggestion for how to approach getting any (assume ISU's allotment goes by Cyclone Club rank?)
Was also in Maui in 2018 on the final day of the tournament that Wednesday afternoon I was in the water among Iowa State players quite a Iowa State players were jumping off the rock I didn’t have the courage was in the water watching them I remember tyrese Halliburton dad told him no way your going to do that what an experience I will never forget
Somebody is getting them because that's how we bought the first round. Guy we bought from had all the teams in his booklet.
My dad and I went out to Maui without tickets. While you have to put some work in, it's definitely possible to get into all three games.
In 2018, we bought the Maui Jim Tournament package, which was 4 nights hotel and all 12 games for around $5,500. For 2023, there was a 5 night minimum stay as a part of the package and it has been sold out for quite a while. You can register online at Maui Jim Invitational and you get announcements and alerts when sales are starting.
If I remember you can get all session tickets as part of the school package. You had ticket options, School Package, only your schools games and much cheaper then a few all session packages which were much pricier but included 12 games.
Provided my employer doesn't **** around with my unlimited PTO, I might have to make plans to go to one of these pre-season tourneys. This looks like a good place to start next year.
I believe that is for tickets only, directly from the Tourney. They sell 1/2 the tickets as all session. the other tickets go to the schools to divy out.
Probably about right. I know that you could upgrade to all session tickets I think when you bought the ISU tickets but I may be remembering wrong. I know that it cost about an extra 900 bucks per person to upgrade to a real seat for the school package.
How many tickets are allotted per team?
I presume the ISU ones are all accounted for rather quickly given how well we travel. For those that have gone in the past is this true?
I don't know the number but it's not a lot, the gym is tiny. Went in 2018 but didn't get it into any games. Scalpers are slim to none and the prices are high for the few there are. The ISU tickets go fast and I think it's prioritized by donor level. Going again in 2024 and will probably do the same thing. We just VRBO'd a house for 2 weeks and it was amazing.
I don't know what you'll see for package prices, but we go to Maui for a couple months every winter and prices have exploded since Covid hit. We have an "in" so we're lucky. If renting a car do it ASAP and then put in on AutoSlash to have them check for better deals. Lots of hotels going for $1000 a night. Look on VRBO, AirBnB and then find a rental agency that has the same properties and book with them to avoid a lot of fees. Your plane ticket will be the cheapest part of the deal.
I hope everyone goes and cheers on the boys. However, If I go to Maui, there is zero chance I would want to go watch basketball. More power to everyone else though.
With the time difference and broadcast schedule you could watch ISU and still have plenty of time for other activities. The local tip-off times for the 2022 tournament were 9:30 AM, 12:00 PM, 4:00 PM and the latest game was 6:30 PM
The gym holds 2,400. There are 8 teams.
Based on the seating chart, it would seem that roughly half of the tickets are "booster" (single-game for just your selected team's 3 games) or single-game GA, and the rest are all-session.
I was super lucky to get to go in 2018 - it truly is a bucket-list trip.
It was the most expensive family trip I'd ever taken back then, and totally worth it.
Fast forward to today, and 3 post-covid vacations have each been MORE expensive than Maui in 2018, so I can only imagine what thanksgiving week in Maui 2024 will go for.
If you can swing it, I'd highly recommend ANY cyclone fan to make the trip, but there's nothing cheap or easy about it.
I'm surprised all the kanapali hotels haven't just rolled out giant TVs by the pool and beach and let everyone watch the games in the sunshine since its such a tough ticket inside!
It was the most expensive family trip I'd ever taken back then, and totally worth it.
Fast forward to today, and 3 post-covid vacations have each been MORE expensive than Maui in 2018, so I can only imagine what thanksgiving week in Maui 2024 will go for.
If you can swing it, I'd highly recommend ANY cyclone fan to make the trip, but there's nothing cheap or easy about it.
I'm surprised all the kanapali hotels haven't just rolled out giant TVs by the pool and beach and let everyone watch the games in the sunshine since its such a tough ticket inside!
