BATON ROUGE — The LSU women’s basketball team officially kicked off the sixth annual Pack the PMAC ticket drive on Tuesday. Pack the PMAC VI will be held on Jan. 27 as LSU hosts Vanderbilt at 4 p.m. in a battle of nationally ranked SEC opponents.
Thousands of free tickets are available at all Baton Rouge area McDonald’s locations, as well as Baton Rouge Winn Dixie stores, both Tiger Mania locations and Levis Mitsubishi. Fans can also download a printable copy of a ticket from the LSU website www.LSUsports.net by clicking here. For larger blocks of tickets, you can contact the LSU women’s basketball office at (225) 578-6643.
“Pack the PMAC has really become a wonderful event over the last few years,” said LSU head coach Sue Gunter. “The Baton Rouge community has really gotten behind us and this year we will host a very good Vanderbilt team that should be ranked in the top 10 when they come in here. We want to get at least 10,000 fans to the game and once again break the attendance record.”
Levis Mitsubishi has once again donated a car for the Flying Frenzy contest at halftime. The first 5,000 fans through the doors will receive a flyer that will give them the chance to win a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
If a fan can fly their paper airplane through the sunroof of the Eclipse, that fan will drive away in the car. In 1999-00, Rich Bisson became the first person in the history of the event to win the vehicle.
In addition, LSU students will have an opportunity to win $500 just by showing up and registering their name in a drawing. One lucky LSU student is guaranteed to leave with $500.
Other giveaways include great prizes such as televisions, DVD players, home surround sound systems, satellite systems with installation and gift certificates from Tiger Mania and Winn Dixie.
Since the first Pack the PMAC contest in 1997, LSU has had the school’s 10 largest crowds, which includes eight crowds of 5,000 or better. Prior to 1997, the Lady Tigers had never played before a crowd larger than 2,500 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Five of LSU’s top six home crowds have come at Pack the PMAC.
Last year, Pack the PMAC V drew a school-record 9,636 fans, the largest attendance ever at a women’s basketball game in the state of Louisiana.