Special Ticket Offers Available on 'Black (and Gold) Friday'

Nov. 26, 2008

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Black Friday…the day after Thanksgiving…a shopper’s delight: Price cuts, discounts, two-for-ones and more.

Black (and Gold) Friday is the same deal.

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning until midnight Friday night, the UI Athletics Ticket Office’s online store is offering a handful of special offers for fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes in addition to the savings already available for fans purchasing one of the packages of men’s basketball, women’s basketball or wrestling tickets still on the shelf.

Here’s what’s available on Friday and Friday only:

Men’s Basketball
Friday, Dec. 5 vs. Bryant – save $6 by purchasing tickets for just $16
Tuesday, Dec. 9 vs. Northern Iowa – save $6 by purchasing tickets for just $16
Saturday, Dec. 27 vs. Western Illinois – save $6 by purchasing tickets for just $16

A $10 youth ticket for boys and girls high school aged and younger is available for all three of these events as well.

Shop at the UI Athletics Ticket Office’s online store on Friday and you’ll find big savings on men’s basketball, women’s basketball and wrestling tickets as part of “Black (and Gold) Friday.”

Women’s Basketball
Thursday, Dec. 11 vs. Northern Iowa – save $4 by purchasing tickets for just $5
Sunday, Dec. 28 vs. Purdue – save $4 by purchasing tickets for just $5

Wrestling
Friday, Jan. 30 vs. Bucknell – save $5 by purchasing tickets for just $5
Friday, Feb. 13 vs. Purdue – save $5 by purchasing tickets for just $5

To take advantage to these savings and more…

  • Click HERE
  • Select “Buy Tickets”
  • Select the sport (men’s basketball, women’s basketball or wrestling)
  • Select the game or games. (Tickets to other games on the Hawkeyes’ schedule will also be available for purchase at this time as well)
  • And follow instructions to complete your purchase

There is no limit on the number of tickets you can purchase, so go ahead and think “stocking stuffer,” “mailman,” “newspaper delivery boy” and anyone else – including yourself – who you think would enjoy a night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena cheering the Hawkeyes!

And don’t forget to purchase your tickets for Iowa’s men’s basketball, women’s basketball and wrestling events in early December against intrastate rival Iowa State. All three events will be staged in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the UI campus.

As a special bonus, all orders received by the UI Athletics Ticket Office online on Friday will also include one free meal at Carlos O’Kelly’s, home of Hawk Talk with Todd Lickliter.

Questions? Call the UI Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800 IA-HAWKS.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving and Go Hawks!