FOOTBALL: Ball State announces bowl ticket, travel offers

Ball State University announced discounted ticket and travel package options Monday for students to the football team's appearance in the GMAC Bowl.

Student tickets for the game cost $15 each, which is discounted from the normal $45. The seats in the student section can be purchased beginning today and are available throughout Winter Break.

Students can also reserve a travel package to the game, which includes a spot on a bus to and from the game, roundtrip bus transportation from the hotel to a Mardi Gras parade and pep rally, a hotel room for one night and a ticket for the game.

The bus will leave Muncie at 10 p.m. Jan. 4, 2009. It will leave Mobile, Ala., after the game and return to Muncie during the afternoon of Jan. 7.

The price of the travel package depends on the amount of people in a group. A single person can reserve a spot for $250, two people can go for $200 each, three can go for $190 each and a group of four to six can go for $180 per person.

Students can sign up for the travel package today through noon Friday in the Worthen Arena ticket office. Students can also get refunds on the travel package through noon Friday.

If enough people do not sign up for the travel package by noon Friday, the athletics department reserved the right to cancel the trip and issue refunds. Spots for the trip are based on a first-come first-serve basis.

Students can get more information by calling the ticket office at (765) 285-1474. More information about ticket and travel packages for fans can also be found by calling the ticket office or by going to ballstatesports.com.

The No. 22 Ball State football team will play the University of Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl at 8 p.m. Jan. 6, 2009, in Mobile, Ala. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.


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