Feb. 23, 2016
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa Department of Athletics announced Tuesday that ticket sales for the upcoming Big Ten Wrestling Championships and United States Olympic Wrestling Team Trials are either nearing a sellout or ahead of schedule.
Fewer than 2,500 tickets remain on sale for the 2016 Big Ten Championships hosted inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on March 5-6. More than 11,000 all-session tickets have been sold for the conference tournament, which is being held in Iowa City for the first time since 2005.
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The U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials return to Iowa City for the second straight Olympic cycle on April 9-10. A record 54,766 fans attended the 2012 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and sales today are ahead of 2012 year-to-date. The University has sold 7,200 all-session tickets as of Tuesday, Feb. 23. On this date in 2012, all-session sales were at 6,653.
The upcoming tournament totals will add to the more than 97,000 wrestling fans that have already entered the gates of Kinnick Stadium and Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2015-16. Iowa opened the season hosting Oklahoma State at the “Grapple on the Gridiron” inside Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 14, when an NCAA dual attendance record 42,287 people saw the No. 2 Hawkeyes defeat the No. 1 Cowboys.
In eight home dates this season, Iowa averaged 12,166 fans, breaking its previous NCAA record of 9,014 set in 2011-12.
All-session tickets to the Big Ten Championships ($50 adults/$40 youth) and the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials ($75/$50) are available for purchase at the UI Athletics Ticket Office, over the phone at 1-800-IA-HAWKS, or online at hawkeyesports.com.
Single-session tickets for both events go on sale the week leading up to the event, if available.
