A look at ticket prices for Sweet 16/Elite Eight weekend

If you wanted to a ticket to a Saint Peter’s home game this season, it would have cost you between $20 and $50.

But if you’re just now hopping on the Peacocks’ bandwagon – and Shaheen Holloway’s bus is filling fast – the cheapest ticket to see Friday’s Purdue-Saint Peter’s Sweet 16 matchup at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia is $320.

Surprisingly, that’s about 36 percent more than the cheapest ticket ($206) to get into Chase Center in San Francisco for Thursday night’s Sweet 16 games, including what potentially could be the final game of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career against Texas Tech

Here’s more ticketing data from TickPick, the New York-based, no-fee secondary ticket marketplace, which offered On3 insights into Sweet 16 ticket-buying habits.

Current get-in price

+ North Carolina-UCLA and Purdue-Saint Peter’s: $320 (Friday in Philadelphia)

+ Arkansas-Gonzaga and Duke-Texas Tech: $206 (Thursday in San Francisco)

+ Kansas-Providence and Iowa State-Miami: $198 (Friday at United Center in Chicago)

+ Michigan-Villanova and Arizona-Houston: $59 (Thursday at AT&T Center in San Antonio)

Average purchase price

+ Friday in Philadelphia: $340

+ Thursday in San Francisco: $282

+ Friday in Chicago: $277

+ Thursday in San Antonio: $251

Average purchase prices (all sessions/Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games)

+ Chicago for Midwest Region: $607

+ Philadelphia for East Region: $607

+ San Francisco for West Region: $584

+ San Antonio for South Region: $514

If you’re interested in the composition of attendees from a geographical standpoint, check out these ticket buyer zip code metrics.

+ South Region in San Antonio

•  66 percent from Texas
  •  16 percent from Arizona
  •  8 percent from Michigan

+ West Region in San Francisco

•  80 percent from California
  •  9 percent from Washington

+ Midwest Region in Chicago

•  61 percent from Illinois
  •  12 percent from Kansas

+ East Region in Philadelphia

• 50 percent from Pennsylvania
  • 23 percent from New York and New Jersey 
  • 9 percent from North Carolina