Experience the NCAA WRESTLING Championships in Style
Posted on | February 2, 2008 | 1 Comment
VIP Packages On Sale Now!
VIP Packages for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships are now available. Featuring great food and prime seating in the Scottrade Club, VIP Packages are a great way to experience the championships in style. Certain packages also include access to lower bowl tickets! For more information on VIP packages, contact Karli at 314/206-7388.
Get Around St. Louis with a MetroPass
The St. Louis Metro is once again offering a special five-day MetroPass for wrestling fans. With the MetroPass, fans can make unlimited trips on the MetroLink rail line and MetroBuses from March 19-23 for just $14.20! The MetroPass will also include a special offer from the Gateway Arch Riverfront: purchase one Adult Tram ticket and receive a Child Tram ticket FREE! To pre-order your pass, contact Mia at 314/982-1495.
Back to the Arch in March!
College wrestling fans return to one of their favorite championship sites when St. Louis hosts the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in 2008 and 2009. All-session tickets to the 2008 championships are on sale now. For the first time ever, fans will know their seat location as soon as they purchase their tickets. To order tickets, call 866/646-8849 (toll free) or 314/241-1888 (in St. Louis); log on to www.ticketmaster.com; or click here for more details. Great mezzanine center seats are still available!
Sportsmanship Clinic for Boy and Girl Scouts
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops are invited to attend a special Sportsmanship Clinic and earn a merit badge before taking in the excitement at a session of the Wrestling Championships for only $5 per person. Interested Scout Troops can call Karli at 314/206-7388 or click here for an order form.
Sign Up Now for the Wrestling Youth Clinic!
Group ticket packages for the 2008 NCAA Wrestling Championships are now available. In addition to discounted single-session tickets for groups of 15 or more, group package buyers will also get priority access passes to the 2008 Wrestling Championships Youth Clinic!* Held on Tuesday, March 18, the clinic will provide kids ages 10-16 with instruction from college coaches. Each participant will also receive a commemorative wrestling T-shirt! For a group tickets order form, click here.. For more information, call Karli at 314/206-7388.
The St. Louis Sports Commission would like to thank the NWCA, Ozark AAU Wrestling and Vance Brown, Inc. for sponsoring this year’s youth clinic.
* Clinic attendance limited to 300. Passes awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
Schedule of Events
The NCAA and St. Louis Local Organizing Committee have released a tentative schedule for the 2008 Wrestling Championships. A listing of all the events, which begin on Tuesday, March 18, can be found here. In addition to the action inside Scottrade Center, the schedule highlights include a Youth Wrestling Clinic, the NWCA Social, the NCAA Fan Festival at Union Station (with great food available at the Hard Rock Cafe), the US Olympic Team Preview and autograph session, the NWCA Coaches Clinic and more!
Hotel Information
Several St. Louis area hotels have “fan blocks” set aside for fans traveling to the 2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Fans can reserve rooms at these hotels by clicking here to reserve a room online or by calling the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission at 888/882-5569. Please note that fan block rates may not be available through the hotels themselves. Hotels may also have rooms available beyond those available in the fan blocks, and fans should check www.explorestlouis.com once rooms at the special rate are sold out. St. Louis visitor information can be found at that address as well.