August 16, 2010

Tickets for 2010 Old Spice Classic Go On Sale Today

Tickets for the 2010 Old Spice Classic will go on sale today, Monday, Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. ET, ESPN Regional Television has announced. The fifth annual Old Spice Classic will be held on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25, 26 and 28, at the Fieldhouse sponsored by HP at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.

The Old Spice Classic field features eight teams: Boston College, California, Georgia, Manhattan, Notre Dame, Temple, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. Five of the eight teams reached the NCAA Tournament in 2009-10.

The tournament consists of 12 games through three days, Nov. 25-26 and 28. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The full schedule is listed below.

Fans can purchase tickets to all six sessions (12 games) for $100 each, or single-session tickets (two games) for $25 each. Booster tickets are also available for $60, allowing entrance to all three sessions (six games) involving the pre-designated team of your choice. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or through walk-up at the ESPN Wide World of Sports^® Complex Box Office. Booster tickets are also available by calling 407-939-1529.

Fans can purchase official travel packages, which include game tickets and official team hotel accommodations, by going to www.AnthonyTravel.com or by calling 1-800-736-6377.

Additional information can be found on the Old Spice Classic’s official website: www.oldspiceclassic.com. For more information on ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex, visit www.espnwwos.com.

 

2010 Old Spice Classic Schedule

(Home team listed second; Manhattan will be home team in each of its games)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Nov 25	Noon	Game 1: Boston College vs. Texas A & M	ESPN2
	2 p.m.	Game 2: Wisconsin vs. Manhattan	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Game 3: Georgia vs. Notre Dame	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	Game 4: Temple vs. California	ESPN2
Fri, Nov 26	Noon	Game 5	ESPN
	2:30 p.m.	Game 6	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	Game 7	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	Game 8	ESPNU
Sun, Nov 27	11 a.m.	Game 9	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Game 10	ESPNU
	4:30 p.m.	Game 11
	7 p.m.	Game 12 (Championship Game)	ESPN2

About ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which hosts more than 300 events a year, is the leading multisport venue for amateur and professional sports in the United States, accommodating 60 different sports and athletes from more than 70 countries. Designed to take youth sports to the next level, the 220-acre facility features: The Fieldhouse sponsored by HP, a 165,000-square-foot field house that seats 5,500 for basketball; Champion Stadium ballpark (cap. 11,500); Hess Sports Fields, which include multiple baseball, softball and soccer fields; Jostens Center, an 80,000-square-foot multisport field house; and the Innovation Lab, a real-world testing ground for the ESPN Emerging Technology group to develop groundbreaking on-air products such as Ball Track and ESPN Snap Zoom. In addition, the complex features 56 high definition cameras (42 robotic, 10 hand-held and four studio) and 40 high definition video screens, including three jumbo screens, that can capture and display footage from any event taking place at the complex. The camera and video screens, as well as a 20-zone audio system, are controlled through the state-of-the-art Production Center, which features eight edit bays and links to ESPN facilities in Bristol, Conn., New York and Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.wdwnews.com for releases, photos and videos. Follow us on Twitter at @DisneySports.

ESPN Regional Television/Event Ownership
The nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming, ESPN Regional Television (ERT) annually produces more than 1,000 telecasts of sporting events. Programming includes football, basketball, NCAA events, golf and NHRA events accounting for more than 2,200 live and/or original hours of programming. In addition to event ownership, ERT is the production headquarters for ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network; syndication rights-holder and producer of national, regional and local shows for college conferences (e.g. – SEC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Mid-American, WAC).

ESPN Regional Television markets and/or owns several sporting events, including collegiate football events: the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg; Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas); Birmingham Bowl; MAACO Bowl Las Vegas; New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Texas Bowl (Houston); the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); and The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards; collegiate basketball events: the 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.); Cancun Governor’s Cup; Charleston Classic (S.C.); DIRECTV SEC/BIG EAST Invitational; Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Old Spice Classic (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); All-College Basketball Classic (Oklahoma City) and BracketBusters; as well as the new ESPNU Warrior Classic (Lacrosse) and the ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway. For more information, visit ESPNPlus.com.

Media Contacts:
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