...he got a ticket to ONE game?
Duke Basketball Season Ticket Campout 2009
Welcome to Duke! Let's get right to the most important issue on your mind: How can YOU
get season tickets to this year's men's basketball games in Cameron Indoor Stadium?
Eligibility
to purchase tickets is determined via the Graduate and Professional Student Council
Basketball Ticket Campout. Campout for the 2009-2010 Duke Men's Basketball season will be
held starting at 7:00 pm on Friday, September 11, 2009 and runs through Sunday, September
13, 2009 at approximately 7 am.
The rules are simple: make it through the weekend without missing two attendance checks
and your name is entered in a lottery. Lottery winners are then drawn and each of these lucky
individuals is eligible to buy one of the 700 graduate and professional season tickets. But
Campout isn't just about basketball tickets. With almost 2000 students representing nearly every
program and department at the University in attendance, this is also the premier graduate and
professional student social event of the year. Campout is an excellent opportunity to bond
with your students in your own program and make friends in other programs.
Campout will be held in the Blue Zone parking lots and adjacent field on Wannamaker Dr.
near Duke University Rd. There is space at this location for students to set up tents or park trucks
and RVs for the weekend. Students commonly form Campout groups to share the planning,
lodging, expenses, and the tickets won by group members. Campers will have the opportunity to
compete in the yearly basketball shootout, view classic Duke basketball games, and enjoy
karaoke and a DJ. In addition, the GPSC Basketball Committee will coordinate numerous
community service opportunities that campers may take part in on the morning of Saturday,
September 12th.
In order to participate in Campout, you must register between 9 am on Friday, August 28,
and 5 pm on Friday, September 4. Registration is online at our website,
http://www.gpsc.duke.edu/basketball.
Please read the 2009 Basketball Ticket Distribution Policy, also located on our website
for all of the campout requirements, rules, and regulations. Additionally, town hall meetings will be
held across campus during the beginning of the fall semester to answer any general Campout
questions. If you have a conflict with Campout, you may still qualify for the ticket lottery by
applying for and receiving an exemption. All those wishing to apply for an exemption from any
portion of the campout period must complete an exemption request form and return it to the
Committee no later than 5 pm on Friday, September 4, and complete the online registration
process as described above. The Basketball Committee will notify students prior to campout as to
whether their exemption request was granted. Please see our website,
http://www.gpsc.duke.edu/basketball or contact the exemptions committee at
[email protected] with questions about exemptions.
Want to get involved? Each year, Campout requires a great deal of planning. Any
interested graduate or professional student is welcome and encouraged to join the Basketball
Committee! The Committee is a large and active group, and a great way for you to get involved in
the Duke community. Much of the planning is already underway, so sign up today! Details can be
found on our website.
For more information, please visit
http://www.gpsc.duke.edu/basketball. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact the 2009-2010 GPSC Basketball Committee Co-Chairs,
Felicia Hawthorne and Mark Kohler at
[email protected].