Final Four Ticket Prices Are Plunging
Final Four Ticket Prices Are Plunging
(Bloomberg) -- $620.
That’s the average resale price for a ticket to the Final Four on Saturday in Minneapolis.
The figure may sound like a lot of money, but it’s actually a sign of waning interest in this year’s matchups. The average asking price has fallen more than $500 (47 percent) since Tuesday, according to aggregator TicketIQ. It’s now the second-cheapest ticket for the NCAA Tournament semifinals since at least 2011.
It’s not uncommon for prices to drop in the lead-up to Final Four games. But the tickets would have been a hotter commodity if more big-name teams like Duke had made it in, or if schools nearer to Minneapolis had qualified. Three of the teams -- Auburn, Texas Tech and Virginia -- are more than 1,000 miles away.
The semifinals kick off with Auburn versus Virginia at 6:09 p.m. Eastern, followed by Texas Tech versus Michigan State. The final, on Monday, is a separate ticket.
Previous Numbers of the Day
| April 4: $362.6 million |
| April 3: 11x |
| April 2: $500 |
| April 1: $37.8 million |
| March 29: $1,013,203 |
| March 28: 11 percent |
| March 27: $300,000 |
| March 26: 6.4 |
| March 25: $225,000 |
| March 22: $8.5 billion |
| March 21: $7.4 million |
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Nick Turner at nturner7@bloomberg.net, Rob Golum
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