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RJHokie OP
Oct 06, 2025 at 02:06 PM ET
Just received an email wrt ordering tix to the 2026 ACC women’s
basketball tournament which will be held in Duluth, Ga. The deadline to order for priority seats is October 17 which seems quite early.

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JRHokie JRHokie
9mo
" going out of my way " was my thoughts.. When I got that email
and wondered why such a place..Oh well.. ** Edited by JRHokie at 10/7/2025, 6:09:19 AM
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UpperQuad
9mo
Why not just do it New Hampshire or North Dakota?
Were they not able to get a convenient arena that far in advance?
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RJHokie OP
9mo
Sounds like the ACC put it out to bid and these folks won the bid.
It should have stayed in Greensboro, or perhaps moved to Greenville SC if you wanted a new neutral site venue for a few years.
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ACCJesse
9mo
Odd place to have a basketball tournament...
Over an hour from the Atlanta airport.
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JKCMHokie
9mo
For anyone driving it's much more convenient than having to go through Atla
hokiepro hokiepro
9mo
Greensboro was much more convenient
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134465Hokie
9mo
Price of tickets
I usually go to the tournament in Greensboro where I paid $99.00 for the full session of games. The price of the tickets for the tournament in Georgia is $212.00 each. Plus if I would go to that tournament I would have to stay multiple nights when Tech advances. Too rich for my blood. I was happy driving from the NRV back and forth for the daily games. Who in the conference is in Duluth Georgia. I guess Ga. Tech is the closest. $200.00 versus $424.00 plus hotel rooms!
hokiepro hokiepro
9mo
Yep they’re going to go from a full lower bowl in GSO to an empty arena
Stork Stork
9mo
For GT fans? Miami? Fla State? SMU? Cal? Stanford?
** Edited by Stork at 10/8/2025, 3:45:45 AM
hokiepro hokiepro
9mo
Heckuva a lot easier to get from GSO airport to coliseum
Than from ATL airport to this arena. And it’s driveable for VT, NCSU, Duke, UNC You know the fan bases who actually care about the sport
Stork Stork
9mo
You know, we ***** and moan about how Tobacco Road has its grasp on
everything ACC. Especially conference tournaments. And then when they stretch their wings a bit, and listen to non-Carolina fans, we ***** about where they choose. When it’s not conveniently in NC.
hokiepro hokiepro
9mo
I think it’s fine to move the men’s tourney around to ATL, DC
But it’s dumb to move the women to a northern suburb of ATL ** Edited by hokiepro at 10/8/2025, 12:53:58 PM
King of Hokies King of Hokies
9mo
This doesn't make any sense. Why can the men play outside NC but the women
can't? Are they too fragile to travel that far? Are the fans too fragile? What?
hokiepro hokiepro
9mo
No. It’s just that it makes more sense for women’s tourney
For attendance reasons to be closest to the core of schools. VT, NCSU, UNC, Duke & UVA have the most fans of women’s hoops (as well as UL & ND but there’s nowhere central for them)
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Hokies83
9mo
I agree that it is best for the tourney to remain close to the core schools
I will be interested to see how the attendance compares with this season's location with past seasons. In Greensboro, along with the fans from the schools, local citizens attend the tourney. They speak with pride about the number of years they have attended the ACC tourneys. We currently hear rumblings of the fate of the ACC. It would be great to keep the long-standing traditions alive while we can. Btw, I do not live in Greensboro, but like many ACC fans, I can travel there by car within a few hours. I briefly considered signing up for the tickets, but when I saw that I would have to rent a car and then drive another hour from Atlanta, I gave up on that idea. Both Charlotte and Greensboro offer convenient airports for teams that are flying in. There may be other cities that also offer this convenience, possibly a neutral site in South Carolina or Virginia (Greenville?, Richmond?) If, by chance the Hokies make it to the semi-final/final games, I will likely buy tickets from a resale venue-very costly, but I don't think I can stay away from those games! Go Hokies!
HtownHokie HtownHokie
9mo
with every school going all in on football player purchases, acc lady hoops
are fortunate to not be playing on an outdoor, asphalt court with metal backboards and chain nets. but all this will be rever$ed when the acc’s money boat docks in Birmingham, Ala, or Rosemont, Ill. ** Edited by HtownHokie at 10/12/2025, 5:37:13 PM ** Edited by HtownHokie at 10/12/2025, 5:38:57 PM
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RJHokie OP
9mo
Agree.
Will be interesting to see how well attended it is.