EDISON, NJ (Nov. 21, 2024) – Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships at historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from March 11-15, 2025.
All-session tickets are available for fans who would like to see multiple sessions throughout the championship. All-session ticket packages range from $125 to $230. All tickets can be purchased by visiting ticketmaster.com or by visiting maacsports.com/basketball.
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall has served as the host venue for the MAAC Basketball Championships for five consecutive years dating back to 2020 and will continue to serve as the host site for the MAAC through 2026. The five-day event will feature the league’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball championships and a number of MAAC ancillary events.
Beginning in 2025, the MAAC basketball championship field will feature the league’s top-10 teams. This marks the first time in the league’s 44-year history that the championship will not include every conference team. With the new championship field format, competition will commence with the first round on Tuesday with two games each for both the men’s and women’s for a total of four contests, which is amended from the six total games that were played in the previous format dating back to 2014. First round games will put the No. 8 seed against the No. 9 seed and the No. 7 seed against the No. 10 seed.
The 2024-25 campaign culminates with the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 11-15 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the sixth consecutive year dating back to 2020. For all information regarding the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter.
About the Atlantic City Sports Commission
The Atlantic City Sports Commission was officially formed on January 13, 2015 as a 501 (c)(3) organization with the support of Visit Atlantic City and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) to attract sporting events, conventions and competitions to Atlantic City.
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About OVG
OVG is a full-service venue management and hospitality company that helps client-partners reimagine the sports, live entertainment, and convention industries for the betterment of the venue, employees, artists, athletes, and surrounding communities. With a portfolio of more than 200 client-partners spanning arenas, stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, cultural institutions, and state fairs around the globe, OVG provides a set of services, resources and expertise designed to elevate every aspect of business that matters to venue operators. Service-oriented and driven by social responsibility, OVG helps facilities drive value through excellence and innovation in food services, booking and content development, sustainable operations, public health, and public safety and more.
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall and the Atlantic City Convention Center are operated by OVG and owned and funded by the CRDA.
About the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA)
The only agency of its kind nationwide, the CRDA has used Atlantic City casino reinvestments as a catalyst for meaningful, positive improvement in the lives of New Jersey residents since 1984. Under the 2011 Tourism District Act, the Authority's mission evolved from statewide projects to becoming the state's key economic development agency for Atlantic City. CRDA's expanded responsibilities now include land use regulation, tourism marketing and clean and safe initiatives. The CRDA also oversees Historic Boardwalk Hall (the leading entertainment venue of its size in the country) and the Atlantic City Convention Center. In total, CRDA has invested nearly $2 billion in more than 400 projects statewide, of which $1.8 billion has been invested in Atlantic City, spurring business investments and expansions, and creating permanent jobs in the process. For more information about CRDA and our projects, visit www.njcrda.com.
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist College, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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