K-State Announces WBB Season Ticket Packages

Wildcats have ranked among the top-25 in the nation for attendance in nine of the last 11 seasons

K-STATE SPORTS INFORMATION

June 13, 2012

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Season tickets for K-State’s 2012-13 women’s basketball season will go on sale Monday, June 18, athletics officials announced on Wednesday. Fans can begin purchasing tickets online at www.k-statesports.com, or can call the ticket office at (800) 221-CATS. The priority deadline to renew tickets and retain season ticket locations is Wednesday, August 15.
Season ticket prices begin at just $3 per game when fans purchase a Wildcat 4-Pack of four or more general admission tickets for $50 each. Other season ticket options include Reserved Bench and Cat Cushion tickets at $99 per seat, as well as Chairback seats for $132 each (plus a $50 donation per season ticket account to the Ahearn Fund). For the first time, K-State football and men’s basketball season ticket holders are eligible for a significant discount on general admission season tickets, which can be purchased for just $20 each.

All women’s basketball season ticket holders can participate in the roll-over ticket program for the upcoming season. Fans may redeem unused game tickets for general admission seats to future games by visiting the K-State Ticket Office at least one day prior to the game they are interested in attending.

Any season ticket holder who purchases tickets on Monday will receive the following: a one-time use promotional code for 20 percent off at the K-State Online Store, a one-time use promotional code for 20 percent off at K-State Pix Online and a pre-game dinner and chalk-talk in the Legends Room in Bramlage Coliseum before a to-be-determined non-conference game in the 2012-13 season.

All season-ticket holders who order on Monday will also be entered into a drawing to win one of the following prizes: one-year subscription to K-StateHD.TV, honorary coach for a game, a 2012-13 autographed poster, a Bramlage Coliseum loge box party for 10 during a non-conference game or a 2012-13 season parking pass.

Fans who order season tickets by the early bird deadline of Friday, July 13 will receive a one-time use promotional code for 10 percent off at the K-State Online Store, a one-time use promotional code for 10 percent off at K-State Pix Online and a voucher for two complimentary general admission tickets per account to a non-conference home game of their choice. Online purchases will receive a discount of $10 from the season ticket processing fee (normally $25 per account), while season ticket holders renewing online and paying with e-check will receive an additional $15 processing fee discount.

All fans who order tickets by the early bird deadline will also be entered into a drawing for one of the following prizes: a 2012-13 autographed basketball, two courtside seats for a non-conference game, two tickets and a $30 gas card for this season’s road game at KU, an invitation for two to the postseason banquet or two all-session tickets for the 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship in Dallas, Texas.

K-State faculty and staff can purchase discounted season tickets in the Chairback sections at $110 each and Reserved Bench/Cat Cushion sections at $79 per ticket. A limited number of premium courtside and floor-level seats are also on sale for $165 each, with per-seat Ahearn Fund donations of $500 required for courtside tickets and $100 for floor-level seats.

Payment plans for season ticket purchases by credit card are available, including a six-month payment option for fans purchasing tickets by July 16, while orders by August 15 may be enrolled in the five-month payment plan. Credit card payment plans can be coordinated through the online renewal applications on www.k-statesports.com for returning season ticket holders, or by calling the ticket office at (800) 221-CATS for all renewal and new customers.

Kansas State finished the 2011-12 season ranked 24th in the nation in average attendance with 4,069 per game coming through the turnstiles. It is the fourth straight season and the ninth time in the last 11 seasons that K-State has finished among the top-25 in average attendance.

For the second straight season, K-State was the Big 12 champion and one of 33 winners in the NCAA Division I “Pack the House” Challenge. The 12,528 fans to witness the Feb. 4 game between the Wildcats and eventual national champion Baylor was a season-high in Bramlage Coliseum and was the highest attended women’s basketball game in Bramlage Coliseum since March 31, 2006, when K-State hosted the WNIT Final in front of a sell-out crowd of 13,340.

The 2012 sell out was the ninth-largest crowd to view a women’s basketball game since Bramlage Coliseum opened in 1988 and the 15th largest crowd to witness a home women’s game in the program’s 44-year history.

The Wildcats return seven letterwinners and two starters from the 13th NCAA Tournament squad in school history, including All-Big 12 selection and All-America candidate Brittany Chambers. The Wildcats registered an overall record of 20-14 and a 9-9 mark in Big 12 action which resulted in a tie for fourth in the league standings. Head coach Deb Patterson, K-State’s all-time wins leader, returns to the sidelines for her 17th season in Bramlage Coliseum.

To purchase season tickets, fans may order online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets, by phone at (800) 221-CATS or in person at the K-State Athletics Ticket Office located in Bramlage Coliseum.

The 2012-13 schedule, the 2013 Big 12 schedule and the television schedule, will be released at a later date.