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**GonzoCat** · 10-25-2005, 11:03 AM

I just called the UNI ticket office and they have no tickets for this game. They only had tickets available to season ticket holders and they are all gone.

Last week the only tickets available through the arena ticket office were behind the basket. I have a feeling UNI fans are getting shafted a bit on this deal. The ticket is good for both games, but it seems all the tickets went to Drake. I'm sure many Drake fans will leave after their games so there will be plenty of seats to move to if you can get in and if they don't have nazi security people at the arena.

**JCPanthers** · 10-25-2005, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by GonzoCat

I just called the UNI ticket office and they have no tickets for this game. They only had tickets available to season ticket holders and they are all gone.

Last week the only tickets available through the arena ticket office were behind the basket. I have a feeling UNI fans are getting shafted a bit on this deal. The ticket is good for both games, but it seems all the tickets went to Drake. I'm sure many Drake fans will leave after their games so there will be plenty of seats to move to if you can get in and if they don't have nazi security people at the arena.

Call them again after October 28th. They sent out a ticket application to all season ticket holders and gave them an opportunity to purchase tickets for themselves at a discount and then you could by more at $20 a ticket. The due date for the application was October 28th. They may not get as many back as they thought and then could possibly have those extra seats for sale.

**Matt Trump** · 10-25-2005, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by GonzoCat

I just called the UNI ticket office and they have no tickets for this game. They only had tickets available to season ticket holders and they are all gone.

Last week the only tickets available through the arena ticket office were behind the basket. I have a feeling UNI fans are getting shafted a bit on this deal. The ticket is good for both games, but it seems all the tickets went to Drake. I'm sure many Drake fans will leave after their games so there will be plenty of seats to move to if you can get in and if they don't have nazi security people at the arena.

I'm not so sure its the Drake fans with all the tickets. They don't draw very well at the Knapp, so there is no reason more would show up just 'cuz its in the Wells Fargo Arena.

My guess is that its a lot of general basketball fans from the Des Moines area who are excited for the new arena. That and I'm sure sponsors and other supporters of the Wells Fargo area have been allotted a ton of tickets. If that is the case, they will probably stay for both games.

**RobFromCedarFalls** · 10-26-2005, 11:14 AM

I just bought tickets today. http://www.dahlstickets.com

**GonzoCat** · 10-26-2005, 11:45 AM

I believe much better seats than are available now will be available later on. I can walk into the Knapp or the Dome on the day of a game and get much better seats. Hell, I walked into the Savvis Center on the day of the MVC tourney and got better seats.

Something is up with the Events Center and these games, there is no way it is near sold out a month in advance. I think JC has it right. I also called the Drake Athletic ticket office and they said they had been give tickets for 7 of the 10 courtside seating sections for their season ticket holders. Now, I'm guessing Drake has somewhere between 1-2,000 season ticket holders and a lot of those seats will free up at some point. Maybe not, maybe those 10K UNI alumni in dsm bought up all the tickets early, that would be sweet.

I've not been in the EC yet, so maybe it's one of those set ups where there are no bad seats I don't know.

**NJ Panther** · 10-26-2005, 02:33 PM

Never underestimate people just wanting to be at the opening game. Des Moines has gone through hell to get this arena open and people just want to get in the doors (expect the same at the Mac folks). Personally, I'd buy whatever is available and move down to the seats left empty by Drake fans and those comming to look at the "pretty" arena and not the quality basketball.

**GonzoCat** · 10-26-2005, 02:42 PM

That's possible I guess, but the EC has been open for several months with concerts and hockey games and other things held there already, so it's not really the "opening event" for the place.

**Jonsoup** · 10-27-2005, 08:18 AM

With my experience working here at in Columbus with Value City arena. Tickets that are not given away by promoters, venue tickets and give-aways will always left be sold so they can make some more money. Also to make it look like the venue has sold out. Also the venue saves seats for unexpected events such as ticket relocations, or broken seats not caught in the inspection of the arena before the show.

**RobFromCedarFalls** · 10-27-2005, 11:57 AM

the game is not sold out. i bought tickets yesterday from dahlstickets.com (arena's ticket office) and bought tickets on the 1st level in Row X. Plenty of tickjets available.

**Panthers to the Bone** · 10-27-2005, 04:36 PM

I posted this in another forum:

Here's the deal with the tickets. My buddy just got off the phone with someone from the Iowa Events Center. There are only 1000 tickets available through them. The reason for such low numbers is that they aren't opening up the top sections of the arena (basically 1/3 of the arena!). I recommend getting these tickets, b/c the max number of people will not be 17,000...but around 10K. For the Cyclone Challenge, they are opening up both top and bottom. I recommend you get your tickets now, b/c with only 1000 tickets left, and no more opening up (which I have a hard time believing they won't if there is demand), and the game being 4 weeks away, the tickets will go.

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