Tickets for SEABA tournament go on sale April 12

Gilas pool members Calvin Abueva, Kevin Ferrer, and Raymond Almazan were on hand for the 2017 Seaba Championships contract signing and press conference. Photo by Randolph B. Leongson/ INQUIRER.net

Fans will be able to see the national team in action for a fair price as the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) released the ticket prices for the 2017 Seaba Championship from May 12 to 18.

SBP executive director Sonny Barrios said host venue Smart Araneta Coliseum will start selling tickets on Wednesday, but only for the upper box seats and above until final arrangements have been sorted out.

“We are still determining the complementary seats and the Seaba-required seats just to make sure that we don’t sell what will be effectively the dead seats,” he said. “We expect to work on that by Wednesday at the latest, so that by Holy Week or to put in on a working schedule by Easter Sunday, all the tickets will be available.”

Ticket prices for the Gilas gamedays are as follows: Patron A at P950, Patron B at P900, Patron C at P880, Box VIP at P550, Box Regular at P450, Upper Box at P200, and General Admission at P100.

For the non-Gilas playdates, Patron A, B, and C are all worth P200 each, while Box VIP and Box Regular are at P50 each.

The same price range goes for the tickets for the 2017 SEABA Under-16 Men’s Championship, to be held in the same venue from May 14 to 18.

Gilas pool members hope that the fans will come out to support the national team as they begin their quest for the 2019 Fiba World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“This will be the most important tournament for us because this is where it all starts,” said Calvin Abueva. “We have to be focused here and we’ll give our all just to win the Seaba title.”