GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota
Athletics Department announced today ticket information for the 2017 NCAA
Division I Men’s Ice Hockey West Regional in Fargo, N.D. Based on North Dakota
Champions Club (NDCC) priority points, members will have the ability to
purchase tickets through their My North Dakota accounts starting Monday, Nov.
14, and Tuesday, Nov. 15. This online-only special opportunity is available
only to NDCC members and is a benefit of membership in NDCC.
The West Regional will be held at SCHEELS Arena on March
24-25, 2017. A limited amount of tickets will be available for students and
will be communicated through student email in the coming weeks. A limited
amount of tickets for the general public will be available to purchase online
only on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Ticket availability is based on NDCC priority points. The
descending NDCC list for West Regional tickets will be based on NDCC priority
points as of 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. On Monday, Nov. 14, NDCC members
in the top 100 will have the opportunity to purchase up to six (6) tickets per
NDCC membership account, subject to availability. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, NDCC
members ranking from 101 through 400 will have the opportunity to purchase up
to four (4) tickets per NDCC membership account subject to availability. The
deadline for the top 400 members to purchase tickets is 6 p.m. Central Time on
Wednesday, Nov. 16. At 10 a.m. CT on Thursday, Nov. 17, NDCC members No.
401 and beyond will have the opportunity to purchase up to two (2) tickets per
NDCC membership account, subject to availability on a first-come, first-serve
basis in each member’s My North Dakota account.
NDCC members received an email earlier today with more
information about My North Dakota account and their current priority point
ranking.
Questions about priority points and all NDCC matters
should be directed to Champions Club Associate Director Val Sussex at
701.777.4078 or at
vals@undfoundation.org.
A limited number of tickets will be held for a general
public online-only on-sale that will start at 10 a.m. CT on Dec. 8. Those
seeking to purchase tickets to the West Regional via the public on-sale may do
so by visiting
www.NCAA.com/FrozenFour.
Purchasing tickets online is the only way to secure tickets as there will not
be in-person sales.
In addition, a limited number of West Regional tickets
will be held exclusively for students. More information will be available to
students in the coming weeks. Student tickets for the West Regional will be $64
and located in a student-only section, which is standing room-only behind the
north goal at SCHEELS Arena.
All tickets for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey
West Regional will be sold as a three-game package that includes the two
semifinal games and the regional championship game. Ticket prices for NDCC
members and the general public range from $104 to $114. Game times are set by
the NCAA in conjunction with ESPN the week of the tournament.
In addition to tickets, NDCC members will have the
ability to purchase on-site parking passes and tickets into the fan fest, which
will be held in the new connected addition of SCHEELS Arena. Parking and
fan fest tickets will also be available in the same buying experience in
members’ My North Dakota account. There are two parking options: a
premium pass for $30 for entire tournament, which is good for the parking lot
outside the main doors on the south side of SCHEELS Arena, and general parking,
which is $20 for the entire tournament and is located in additional on-site
lots. The fan fest will be an area that will have live entertainment and
fans will be allowed to purchase food and beverages before the first game of
each day and between games on Friday, Mar. 24. The fan fest is an
all-ages event, however only people of age will be able to purchase adult
beverages. The fan fest will open 90 minutes prior to puck drop of the
first game of each day when the doors to SCHEELS Arena open to the
public. Tickets to the fan fest are $20.
