(10-21-2014 11:23 AM)earldrake Wrote: Tucson will be perfect late-February. Come on out!
How big a block of tickets will Rice have for sale for road games?
In recent years, tickets for the Rice's West Coast games (@Stanford, @AT&T Park, @Long Beach, @Cal Poly) have been available from the host school. Just ask for seats in the sections behind/near the visiting dugout. The home teams love that Rice fans are enthusiastic about attending, and ticket availability has never been an issue.
Even more of a factor this year is that
Arizona's stadium has a capacity of 9,500 (!!), so I think good tickets will not be scarce this Spring, either.
Arizona Athletics Website Wrote:Beginning in 2012, Hi Corbett Field became the new home of Arizona baseball. Located approximately two miles southeast of the University of Arizona campus, Hi Corbett Field is the former Spring Training home of the Colorado Rockies and offers Major League-caliber amenities to the UA baseball program.
The historic ballpark has a capacity of 9,500 and includes spacious concourses, hundreds of box seats, and large grandstands behind home plate and down each base line complete with chair-back seating to create one of the best gameday environments for fans in the nation. Down each foul line are additional oversized grandstands with bleacher seats, and down the right field foul line is a large grass lawn with shade trees.
The stadium has an abundance of amenities for visitors, including large concessions stands and restrooms. The venue is handicapped accessible and includes nearly 1,000 parking spaces in the surrounding areas.
Last year, the Wildcats' opening home series against Kent State drew 3,613/3,442/2,853 on Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Subsequent series vs. Alcorn State & Seton Hall and single "Hi Corbett Classic" games vs Mississippi State & UC-Santa Barbara drew about 1,000 less. (Tops was the Friday Seton Hall game: 3,017.)
Our series @Arizona will be Feb. 20-22, which should be about a week before the Cactus League/MLB Spring Training games begin in the Phoenix & Tucson areas. But we'll clearly be the Wildcats' early-season marquee opponents.
Their other home contests are against Eastern Michigan (Feb 13-15), North Dakota State (Feb 17-18), Oakland U. (Feb 24-25), New Mexico State (March 3-4) and Portland (March 6-8).
Bottom line: Good tickets should be available in the Rice-fan sections. :-)