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2011 NCAA Tournament: March Madness Site, Venue and Ticket Information

Plan your trip now and experience March Madness in person

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Reliant Stadium will host the Final Four in 2011 and 2016

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The NCAA Tournament is the year's greatest event for couch potatoes -- there's just nothing like wall-to-wall basketball from noon to midnight. But even if you've got one of those HDTVs the size of a stadium jumbotron, it just isn't the same as being there.

Plan your trip now and experience the 2011 NCAA Tournament in person. Ticketing information -- and the ticket lottery for Final Four ducats -- will be available in early 2010.

Opening Round: Tuesday, March 15
UD Arena, Dayton, OH Host: University of Dayton
First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 17 and 19
Pepsi Center, Denver, CO Host: Mountain West Conference
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL Host: University of South Florida
McKale Center, Tucson, AZ Host: University of Arizona
Verizon Center, Washington, DC Host: Georgetown University
First and Second Rounds: Friday and Sunday, March 18 and 20
Time Warner Cable Arenas, Charlotte, NC Host: UNC Charlotte
United Center, Chicago, IL Host: Big Ten Conference
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH Host: Cleveland State
BOK Center, Tulsa, OK Host: University of Tulsa
Regionals: Thursday and Saturday, March 24 and 26
West: Honda Center, Anaheim, CA Host: Big West Conference
Southeast: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA Host: Tulane University
Regionals: Friday and Sunday, March 25 and 27
East: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ Host: Seton Hall
Southwest: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX Host: University of Texas-San Antonio
Final Four: Saturday and Monday, April 2 and 6
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX Host: University of Houston/Rice University

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