Basketball fans hoping to watch the conclusion of March Madness in person may have noticed the large price disparity between men’s and women’s Final Four tickets.
There are clear reasons for the difference, the two biggest being the names featured in each event and the sizes of each arena booked out to host the competitions.
Whether you want to go to Texas, or you’re simply curious after reading what people are saying on social media, The Sporting News looks into the differences in get-in price between the men’s Final Four in Houston and the women’s Final Four in Dallas:
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Why women’s Final Four ticket prices are higher than men’s
There are levels to it.
The women’s tournament features several marquee attractions: reigning national champions South Carolina and Aliyah Boston, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU’s Angel Reese and Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley, all of whom were ranked in ESPN’s best players and top watches in the country during the preseason.
The men’s tournament does not have any traditional powers in it this year. We all saw it; Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, etc., getting knocked out in the early rounds or not making the tournament at all, and…
