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Saturday, June 10, 2000

Ticket sale dates set
for USA teams

Star-Bulletin staff

Tickets for late-summer exhibition games featuring the U.S. Olympic men's and women's basketball teams at the Stan Sheriff Center will go on sale Tuesday.

They will be available through the University of Hawaii and ETM outlets.

The teams, featuring top NBA and WNBA players, will play four games on three days in late August-early September as part of each team's pre-Olympic training.

Tickets will be available at the following locations:

University of Hawaii Stan Sheriff Box Office (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday); Ward Centre Rainbowtique (10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday); UH Campus Center (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday), or by calling 808-944-BOWS (noon to 4 p.m. on June 13 only, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday).

Tickets also will be available through all ETM kiosks, the ETM Web site (www.etm.com), or by calling ETM at 888-ETM-TIXS.

The U.S. men's "Dream Team" will open the series of games Aug. 31, facing the Canadian Olympic team at 4 p.m.

Ticket prices for that game are $35 and $18 for the general public, and $13 for military personnel (limited to four tickets per ID).

Anyone purchasing a ticket for the Aug. 31 game also will receive a free ticket to the U.S. women's game Sept. 3.

On Sept. 2, the U.S. women and men will play a doubleheader.

The women will face 1996 Olympic silver medalist Brazil at 10:30 a.m. The men play the USA Basketball Select Team, composed of the top available college players, at 1 p.m.

Ticket for the doubleheader are $35 and $18 for the general public, and $13 for military personnel (limited to four tickets per ID).

The women will close out the Hawaii exhibition series on Sept. 3 against the USA Basketball R. William Jones Cup Team, a squad made up of top collegiate players. Game time is 11 a.m. All tickets are general admission and cost $7.

The 12-member Dream Team includes Ray Allen, Vin Baker, Vince Carter, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tim Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allan Houston, Jason Kidd, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton and Steve Smith.