Is it too early to start talking 1996 Tickets?? Well, they're on sale, so I guess not. This is a story from _The Cincinnati Post_, reprinted, of course, without permission. Keep in mind while reading, however, that this paper serves a relatively college hockey-incompetent area. The area code for the local phone number and the "OH" in the address are the only things I added to the story. --------------------begin quoted material-------------------- Hockey Tourney Coming by Bob Queenan (Post staff reporter) College Hockey's biggest show still is more than a year away from coming to Cincinnati, but organizers already are launching a ticket-selling campaign. All-session tickets for next year's NCAA Division I hockey championships, to be held March 28-30 at Riverfront Colisseum, were placed on sale today at the Colisseum and Select-A-Seat locations. An all-session ticket -- for admission to two semifinal games and the NCAA final -- is $69.50. A $2.50 service or handling charge per order, not ticket, is added if ordered by phone or by mail. Don Schumacher, executive director of the Cincinnati Sports and Events Commission, said about 7,500 tickets likely will be sold to spectators from outside the Cincinnati area for each session. Another 2,500 tickets per session go to the four participating schools and the NCAA. That leaves about 6,000 tickets per session to be sold to people in the Cincinnati area. St. Paul tickets were purchased by people from 39 states and Canada, Schumacher said. Fans come from schools such as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State, Boston University and Maine. All-session tickets are available at the Colisseum drive-up window or through Select-A-Seat, locally at (513) 721-1000. To order by mail, send check, money order or charge card number to: NCAA Division I Hockey Championships Riverfront Colisseum 100 Broadway Cincinnati, OH 45202 All mail orders should include a self-addressed stamped envelope. The semifinal games will begin March 28 at 2 p.m. and at 8 p.m. The final game will be March 30 at 2 p.m. ---------------------end quoted material--------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ** ** Chris Boston ** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * [log in to unmask] * * * ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** University "Home is where your hockey team is!" -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --