I had a similar experience last year with the NCAA.
I didn't order my tix over the Internet but I ordered
my tix well before other people I knew and I got
stuck in the very upper deck of the Fleet Center.
This policy by the NCAA is not working at all.
I hope they make some corrections before Providence
next year.
 
Sorry for this diatribe but I feel it is necessary.....
I don't think it is too much of a stretch to say the NCAA
is, in general, probably the most unorganized, overbearing,
and arrogant organization in this country and maybe
the world.  It is time to clean house in the NCAA.
I see it is a bunch of corrupt power-hungry bureaucrats
who don't know the first thing about how to conduct
college sporting events.  Phew... that felt good....!
 
- Kevin
 
Lisa Garrett wrote:
 
> I received my tickets to the Final Four in Anaheim
> and noticed that, although I had purchased lower deck
> seats through the internet in January, the tickets I
> received were for the upper deck.  I called Arrowhead
> Pond and was told that all tickets are sold out.  The
> lower deck was sold out last August - most tickets
> were purchased by schools (can Final Four tickets be
> purchased directly from school ticket counters?).
> The NCAA had the Pond collecting ticket sales for all
> decks and putting all names on a list in order of the
> date of purchase.  Last week the NCAA finally
> released the tickets (i.e. allowed the Pond to assign
> seats) and the ticket office went about assigning
> seats in the upper deck on a first-come-first-serve
> basis.  I paid for my tickets on January 8 and the
> best seats I could get are only 10 rows down from the
> top!
>
> I was also told that my next credit card statement
> will show that they credited me the amount of the
> lower deck tickets and re-charged me for the upper
> deck tickets.
>
> If you bought tickets over the internet, please check
> your seat assignments and credit card statement to
> see if you got what you paid for.
>
> Arrowhead Pond is dealing with LOTS of calls from
> very angry fans. They told me that they are very
> unhappy with the way the NCAA handled the whole
> ticket situation and that they are not likely to work
> with the NCAA again.
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