March 17, 2015
The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena will be one of eight hosting sites to the Round of 64 in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Beginning this Thursday, the Florida-based venue will welcome Rounds 2 and 3 and feature several notable schools in the pack.
No. 3 Baylor takes on No. 14 Georgia State in the first game at 1:40pm and will be followed by a 4:10pm game between No. 6 Xavier and either BYU or Ole Miss. On Thursday evening, No. 4 North Carolina takes on No. 13 Harvard at 7:20pm and No. 5 Arkansas meets No. 12 Wofford directly after.
On Saturday, the winner of Game 1 (Baylor/Georgia State) will take on the winner of Game 2 (Xavier/BYU/Ole Miss). Game 3’s winner (North Carolina/Harvard) will face Game 4’s winner (Arkansas/Wofford).
According to TicketIQ, the average secondary price for an All-Sessions Pass to Rounds 2 and 3 this week is $402.59, which is the second least expensive pass among all eight venues hosting the second and third rounds. Only the Moda Center in Portland owns a cheaper All-Sessions Pass at $248.38. The cheapest available All-Sessions Pass at the Jacksonville Memorial Veterans Arena is currently listed for $170.
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If searching for individual session tickets, Session 1 tickets on TicketIQ average at $50.42, which is easily the cheapest session of the entire tournament. The get-in price starts at $20. Session 1 will feature Games 1 and 2 and will be just one of three sessions in the entire tournament with an average secondary price below $100. Those two other sessions will be Session 1 at the KFC Yum! Center (Iowa State vs UAB/SMU vs UCLA) on Thursday ($76.58) and Session 2 at the Moda Center (Utah vs SF Austin/Georgetown vs East Washington) Thursday ($93.22).
Session 2 tickets currently average at $109.10 and the cheapest ticket is $64 on the secondary market. Session 2 will host Games 3 and 4.
