Dec. 6, 2004
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Full session tickets for the 2005 BIG EAST Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by State Farm, scheduled for March 5-8 at the Hartford Civic Center, are now on sale via Ticketmaster and at the Hartford Civic Center box office, which opens weekdays at noon (ET).
Package tickets – admission to all 11 games of the championship – are priced at $125.00 each if bought by January 14, 2005. Tickets bought after the advance discount deadline of January 14, will be at the face value ticket price of $150.00 per package.
“The Conference is excited to be able to offer this discount to the loyal fans of BIG EAST women’s basketball who have supported this event throughout the years,” said BIG EAST Commissioner Michael Tranghese. “The early tickets sales allow fans to get a discount on the ticket package.”
To charge tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at (860) 525-4500, (203) 624-0033 or (413) 733-2500. In addition, tickets can be purchased on-line by logging on to the Hartford Civic Center website at www.hartfordciviccenter.com or Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets can be purchased through all Ticketmaster outlets, including Filene’s at Buckland Hills Mall (Manchester, Conn.) and West Farms Mall (West Hartford, Conn.). The two retail outlets are the closest locations to the Hartford Civic Center.
Tickets can also be purchased at the Hartford Civic Center box office. Weekday box office hours are noon-5:00 p.m. (ET). For weekend events, the box office will open four hours prior to the start of an event. All ticket purchases are subject to additional convenience fees.
The 2004 BIG EAST Championship at the Hartford Civic Center marked the first year the tournament was not played on the campus of a member institution, and as recently announced, will continue at the venue through 2009. The four-day championship will include all 12 BIG EAST teams and will be seeded based upon their regular season finish. Boston College, Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova and West Virginia will all be headed for Hartford. The winner of the conference championship earns the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Championship.
In last year’s BIG EAST Championship, Boston College won its first conference championship in program history with a 75-57 win over Rutgers at the Hartford Civic Center.