Ticket King Wisconsin – Sports – Concerts & Theater

The Kohl Center in Madison Wisconsin is home to both the Badgers Hockey and Basketball teams. This winter, the Badger Men’s hockey team will play eighteen games at home, starting with the “U.S. Under 18 team” game on October 6. That one is not an official Badgers hockey game, but it gives folks a glimpse of the up and coming talent from the region. The first home game for the Badgers is on November 2, when they face Colorado College. That’s game one of a two game series.

The Badgers will head to Minneapolis to take on the Golden Gophers for a pair of road games on November 16 and 17. Between November 23 and December 14, the team will have six home games, and a pair of away games in Denver. Their first game of 2013 will be on January 4, at Anchorage. Game time for that series is set for 10 pm local time. Anchorage will come to the Kohl Center on January 25 and 26. The entire Badgers hockey schedule is listed below.

Badgers 2012 Hockey Schedule

OCTOBER

• 6–U.S. National Team Development Program U18 (exhibition) 8 PM
• 12/13–@ Northern Michigan (Resch Center) 7 PM
• 26/27–@ Minnesota-Duluth 7 PM

NOVEMBER

• 2/3–Colorado College 7 PM
• 16/17–@ Minnesota TBA
• 23/24–Minnesota State 7 PM
• 30/1–@ Denver 8:30 PM Fri, 8 PM Sat

DECEMBER

• 7/8–Michigan Tech 7 PM
• 13/14–Alabama-Huntsville 7 PM (Thursday/Friday Series)

JANUARY

• 4/5–@ Alaska Anchorage 10 PM
• 11/12–@ Minnesota State TBA
• 18/19–Miami (OH) 7 PM 25/26–Alaska Anchorage 7 PM

FEBRUARY

• 1/2–@ North Dakota TBA
• 8/9–Bemidji State 7 PM
• 15/17–Minnesota (Friday Kohl Center, Sunday @ Soldier Field)
• 24/25–Penn State 7 PM (Sunday/Monday Series)

MARCH

• 1/2–@ Nebraska Omaha 7:30 PM Friday, 7 PM Saturday
• 8/9–St. Cloud State 7 PM (Series hosted at Veterans Memorial Coliseum)

In just a couple of months, the Milwaukee Bucks will kick off their 2012-13 season.  This is the first full NBA season since the strike shortened affair of last year.  It all starts with a preseason game at the United Center in Chicago.  There will be a second preseason game against the Washington Wizards at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.  That game is set for 10/20.  The first official game will be an exciting match up between Milwaukee and Boston.  Bucks tickets for all home and away games are already available.

The Bucks first regular season home game will be against the the Cavaliers.  That November 3 game is one of two home games to be played before they head to the Verizon Center in Washington DC.  That one game road trip will be followed up with one game back in Milwaukee.  They will play the Celtics on a Saturday night, 11/10.  Expect the team to try to make their mark early in the season.  Milwaukee will head to Philadelphia for one game, then once again come back to Milwaukee for a pair of games against the Pacers and Hornets.

Joel Przybilla Comes Back to Milwaukee

The Bucks will be without Andrew Bogut for the first time in years.  They have Samuel Lambert, Drew Gooden, and Ekpe Udoh to take his place at Center.  Who will step up and make their mark under the hoop?  We won’t know until later this fall.  In 2011, Ekpe Udoh came to Milwaukee from Golden State.  He averaged 5.5 points per game, and pulled down nearly four rebounds during his usual 20 minutes on the court each night.  He will be called upon to support Joel Przybilla, who signed a one year deal just three days ago.  Przybilla started his NBA career in Milwaukee, and looks to finish his time in basketball back here it all started.  He’s had multiple procedures on both knees, and will have limited playing time for sure.  

As promised, the BMO Harris Pavilion will be booking shows for post-Summerfest concerts.  After all, it’s a beautiful venue.  The next show on the list is My Morning Jacket, and they perform this Saturday.  The show starts at 7:30, and the opening act is none other than Band of Horses. 

BMO Harris Pavilion Layout and Sections

For those of you who didn’t make it down to Summerfest this year, the BMO Harris Pavilion is new to the grounds.  It replaces the old M&I stage, right next to the Marcus Amp.  This is not your typical Summerfest side stage.  The pavilion is under cover, with assigned seats for nearly ten thousand people.  The stage faces west, which means that your view of the stage has Lake Michigan as its backdrop.  From what I have heard, it’s an amazing view.  There are 13 sections in total, with five sections that are just in front of the stage.  Sections six through thirteen are set behind one through five.  During the Summerfest run, there is room enough for folks to stand behind the assigned seats.  The venue is set low, so those that have to stand in the back can see the stage with no obstructions.

This is not a four season venue.  Aside from the roof, it’s wide open to the wind, rain, and Milwaukee winters.  Given time, I’ll bet that this venue becomes a favorite for those who head down to Summerfest.  The last show of the season will feature none other than Elvis Costello.  Costello plays on September 15.    

Brewers fans were excited to see their team sweep the Houston Astros at Miller Park.  The Brewers take a short trip to St. Louis this weekend, and head back to Milwaukee for a two game series against the Reds.  There is still a lot of baseball to be played, and Ticket King has a discount offer for you!
Use the discount code “HOTWEEKEND” and take 10% off any Brewers game, home or away.  Here’s the catch: You have until midnight this Sunday to take advantage of this offer.  This special offer is short and sweet, just like that two game series coming up at Miller Park.  

Turn the calendar to August, and you will see that Jimmy Buffett is scheduled to perform at Alpine Valley on August 25.  Buffett fans are called “Parrotheads,” and they are excited to know that this show is just a few weeks away.  All they need is a bit of sun, and a parking lot to party in before Jimmy Buffett hits the stage. Alpine Valley has at least one of those two things. There is nothing they can do about the sun.  Either way, the event will be great. 

Jimmy Buffett tickets are currently priced at $59 each for lawn tickets.  Pavilion seating is priced higher, but if you buy a pavilion ticket, you will be under cover, and have an actual seat to sit in.  Some folks say that there is more fun to be had in the lawn section.  I’ll bet that’s the case during a Buffett show.   

The Badgers football program released their entire 2012 football schedule earlier this week, finally putting to rest speculation on the upcoming year. Wisconsin has long been a program which, despite its historic success, was undercut by less-than-challenging regular season schedules. This year, head coach Brett Bielema took advantage of laxer Big-Ten scheduling rules to change that perception, moving games to accommodate four out-of-conference opponents. Those four are highlighted by Brigham Young University, who visits Camp Randall on November ninth.

Bielema had to move up a planned September twenty-eighth conference opener against Purdue a week earlier to get the Brigham Young game scheduled, meaning that the Badgers begin their Big Ten schedule a Saturday before the rest of the conference. Two other non-Big-Ten teams will also make their way to Madison. Massachusetts will make the trip on the last day of August, kicking off the Badgers season, before Tennessee Tech visits the following week. Wisconsin’s first away game comes against their third out-of-conference opponent in as many games, Arizona State, who they will meet on September fourteenth.

The Badgers head into five consecutive conference games starting with Purdue at Camp Randall on the twenty-first. They play their first conference opponent away from home on the twenty-eighth, when they play the Buckeyes in Columbus. October is a strange month for the team, as they play just two games, four days apart. Northwestern comes to town on the twelfth, before the Badgers travel south to face Illinois on the nineteenth. The Badgers then wait nearly two weeks before playing the Hawkeyes on November second in Iowa. Wisconsin wraps up the final full month of play with home games against Brigham Young, Indiana, and Penn State. Those three match-ups are straddled by an away game against Minnesota on the twenty-third, and the Big-Ten Championship game in Indianapolis on December seventh.

 

Badgers Football Schedule for 2012

•  August 31st – Massachusetts
• September 7th – Tennessee Tech
•  September 14th – at Arizona State
•  September 21st – Purdue
• September 28th – at Ohio State
• October 12th – Northwestern
• October 19th – at Illinois
• November 2nd – at Iowa
• November 9th – BYU
• November 16th – Indiana
• November 23rd – at Minnesota
• November 30th – Penn State
• December 7th – Big Ten Championship

When you think of classic rock, you have to give a nod to the band Journey. Journey will perform at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on November 16. They will be joined by none other than Pat Benatar, and Loverboy. Journey has two dozen gold and platinum records to their name.  They wrote nearly 20 hit songs, and their fans still come out in the thousands to see them perform live.  Arnel Pineda is now their singer, and the band hasn’t skipped a beat.  Purists might think that this is not the real Journey, but once you hear Pineda belt out the chorus to Don’t Stop Believing, you will forget all about their former singer Steve Perry. Their original drummer Steve Smith was also replaced, as he didn’t think that the band was the same without Perry.

Pat Benatar and Loverboy Join Journey on 2012 Tour
Pat Benatar is also on this star studded rock tour. Benatar is known for her hit songs such as Hit Me With Your Best Shot, and We Belong. Benatar is joined by Neil Geraldo.  Together, they wrote great songs, and will not disappoint fans of 1980’s of rock ballads.  If that wasn’t enough, Loverboy will be on the bill.  Loverboy is a band that has sold over ten million records, mostly before 1987.  Their most widely known album is titled Get Lucky.  Tickets are on sale now.  

Do you have “Bieber Fever?” Justin Bieber comes to the BMO Harris Bradley Center on 10/21, and Ticket King has great seats.  Checkout the special floor seating layout for this show.  Bieber’s stage will have a walkway that extends nearly fifty feet along the center of the main floor.  Sit in sections one, two, or three, and you will surely get a close up view of this young, talented singer.  Looking for a budget priced Justin Bieber ticket? We have seating in the upper level, that is priced just right. 

Justin Bieber is now four years into his singing career, and is one of the most popular pop singers to come out of Canada.  From the moment My World was released, Justin took a rocket ride to the top of the charts.  Without a doubt, he’s a teen idol to millions of kids. All it took was an accidental viewing of one of his early videos by a powerful marketing manager, and the rest is history. 

His current tour is titled “Believe.”  He starts the tour in Glendale Arizona on September 29.  This kid doesn’t stop the fun until March 23, in Bologna.  He will take a break in December, but fans might see some additional bookings for that month.  If you miss the Milwaukee show, have no fear.  He has two dates scheduled for the Rosemont IL – Allstate Arena on 10/23 and 10/24.  See you at the BMO Harris Bradley Center!

Packers tickets.  Are they hard to find? Ticket King has Green Bay Packers tickets for all home games, road games, and playoffs.  There is no need to wait 35 years for season tickets.  We have been doing it right since 1992.  With offices in Milwaukee, and just across the street from the Lambeau Field parking lot, you could say that we have you covered.

The Packers schedule comes out in spring.  Tickets are printed in the summer, but you don’t have to wait for tickets to be in hand before you place your order.  We have Packer prices the moment the schedule is announced.  All ticket orders are guaranteed.  Order directly from Ticket King, and you won’t pay extra fees.

Finding Packers Tickets 

Need help finding the right ticket?  When they say that there are no bad seats at Lambeau Field, “they” are telling the truth.  From the top row of the end zone, to the fifty yard line, the views of the field are amazing. One of our customers told us that they bought a pair of tickets in the upper-most row at the goal line, and had no problem seeing a rainbow throw completion from Aaron Rodgers to Donald Driver on the opposite side of the field.  The NFL experience in Green Bay is like none other.

Packers away game tickets are no problem for Ticket King.  We would be happy to provide you with a number of options for any venue.  Do you want to see the Packers take on the Bears at Soldier Field? Call our Milwaukee or Green Bay office.  We can walk you through the available sections, seating, and prices of any Packers away game.  If you want tickets in hand before you head out on the road, we can do that too.    

Ticket King is located just southwest of Cathedral Square Park. That’s a good thing, becuase we are so close to Bastille Days 2012.  It all started with the 5k run last night, and ends on Sunday night.  In between that time, over 200,000 people will walk the streets of downtown Milwuakee, taking in the French and Cajun fun. 

Do you have a craving for French food? How about some solid cajun cooking? It’s all here this weekend.  The business crowd will surely take advantage of the lunch options, even if that means a trip out into the hot summer sun.  The festival starts at 11am each day.  For those of you who just love to shop, there will be retail vendors lining the streets. There will be music and live entertainment throughout the weekend.  Check the Bastille Days website for specific info.