Monday, October 26, 2015

Gonzaga's "Kennel" Nearly Sold Out - Also UCLA

If you have a notion of making the trip to Spokane for the Gonzaga game, as described in our Travel Page, you best buy tickets quickly.

Tickets only went on sale today, 10/26, and at 10AM there remained only scattered seats in the upper tiers. You can try this direct link to the sales page. Or call the Zag's ticket office at 509-313-6000, while looking at this seating chart.

Alternatively you can keep an eye on the Stubhub page for this game. Closer to the date you might catch season ticket holders selling a few. (The entire lower bowl and much of the upper bowl is sold out to season ticket holders!).

Finally, you can hope to buy from a scalper outside the arena on the day. There will surely be some. Here's advice from one who's been burned by scalpers before. One, print out the above-linked seat plan and have it in your pocket, so you can evaluate the ticket location you are offered. Second, look long and carefully at the tickets before handing over any money. Especially make sure they are for the actual date and game—not last year's game or last week's game. Yes, certain people, in the adrenaline rush of dickering in a crowd, have actually paid for obsolete tickets.

And UCLA, Too!

Single-game tickets for the UCLA game on Sunday Jan. 26th are also on sale, and according to the ticket sales page there are "Not Many Left". In fact, there are only a scattered few seats left in the lower bowl in any section, perhaps a dozen in section 101 behind the visitor bench and almost none elsewhere. (Note that at Pauley, unlike Gonzaga, the upper-bowl seats are general admission, so buying GA at the door and going in as soon as the doors open is a valid "plan B".) See our Travel Page notes on this trip for times.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Alumni sponsoring mixer, special seats at UCD

The first away game (and only second game at all) of the new season is at UC Davis on November 13th (oooh, Friday the 13th!)

The Stanford Alumni have organized a group buy of reserved seats, and also a no-host mixer at a nearby sports bar preceding the game.

Go now to the Travel page and find out how to get seats in the special section and RSVP for the mixer.

Monday, October 12, 2015

The 2015-16 Travel Page is Up

The 2015-16 Travel page is up, with comments and logistic plans for 10 away trips through the PAC-12 tournament.

There is a new section "The Experienced Traveler' with some tips compiled from various online travel forums. And a couple of new tourist attraction links for Los Angeles and other venues.

Will you be making any of these trips? If so—or, if you see a mistake or want to add a pointer—add a comment to this post.