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The NCAA News - News & FeaturesAugust 5, 1996Basketball tickets mailedGame tickets and refunds for the 1997 Final Four, which will be played March 29 and 31 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, have been mailed to members of the general public who were selected through a drawing to receive tickets.
About 167,900 entries for tickets were received, the second largest drawing in Final Four history. The RCA Dome will seat about 47,000 for the 1997 Final Four. About 34 percent were allocated to the general public, with the remaining tickets reserved for the four participating institutions (30 percent); the host institution and local organizing committee (12.5 percent); representatives of the NCAA membership, such as conference commissioners, chief executive officers and various committee members (10 percent); members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (7.5 percent); and Division I member institutions (6 percent). Applicants could enter as many times as they wanted, but only one entry per household was selected, with a maximum of two tickets. A VAX 4100 computer from the Digital Equipment Corporation was programmed to randomly select the applications, which were received from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and six foreign countries. Indiana had more applicants than any other state with 54,151 -- 32 percent of the entries submitted. About 500 Indiana cities and towns were represented in the drawing. Most 1997 applications, by state 1. Indiana 54,151 2. Ohio 14,354 3. Illinois 13,506 4. Kentucky 11,075 5. California 6,952 6. Wisconsin 4,951 7. New York 4,847 8. Michigan 4,694 9. Pennsylvania 4,030 10. New Jersey 3,637 Most ticket applications, by year 1. 1994, Charlotte 267,498 2. 1997, Indianapolis 167,900 3. 1991, Indianapolis 143,829 4. 1985, Lexington 140,000 5. 1993, New Orleans 131,378 6. 1992, Minneapolis 107,433 7. 1995, Seattle 98,886 8. 1988, Kansas City 93,186 9. 1990, Denver 92,946 10. 1996, East Rutherford 91,500
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