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Omaha Sweet 16 Ticket Prices Skyrocket With Bluebloods In Action

Prices for Friday’s games in Omaha, which will include Kansas, are doubling those of other regional gamesGETTY IMAGES

With Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Clemson all competing in Friday's Midwest Regional semifinals at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, secondary market ticket prices are "way up," according to Kevin Coffey of the OMAHA WORLD-HERALD. Vivid Seats shows prices for Friday’s Sweet 16 games -- Duke-Syracuse and Kansas-Clemson -- "doubling those of regional games" in Boston, L.A. and Atlanta. The "lowest price for games in Omaha is $329; the median price is $616" on Vivid Seats (OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, 3/20). In Syracuse, Stephen Bailey notes Vivid Seats' average ticket prices for games at other sites are $300 in Boston, $250 in L.A. and $189 in Atlanta (SYRACUSE.com, 3/19).

CATS IN THE CRADLE: In Atlanta, Tim Tucker notes a series of upsets in the South Regional "have dropped ticket resale prices" for Sweet 16 games at Philips Arena to the "lowest level of any of the four regional semifinal sites." TickPick said that the "average price on its site for the Kentucky-Kansas State and Nevada-Loyola Chicago doubleheader in Atlanta on Thursday was $304.14" as of yesterday. That is "below TickPick’s averages" for the other regional sites. The top four seeds in the South "were eliminated" on the opening weekend (AJC.com, 3/20). Also in Atlanta, Steve Hummer wrote Kentucky's role is "clear this week in Atlanta." The school's fans are "here to fill seats and streets." Hummer: "Much pressure rests with your famous travelling party to make up for any tourist-dollar shortfalls that may come with having smaller, less-experienced fan bases in this event." Hummer: "For a couple days here, we need to court Big Blue like [it's] Amazon, because, frankly, I just don’t know what the other three teams will bring" (AJC.com, 3/19).

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