November 23 & 24, 2004 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO

The University of Missouri will serve as an opening round site of the 2004 Guardians Classic scheduled for Monday & Tuesday, November 15-16. Other opening round tournament hosts are Creighton and Ohio State. The winners of each opening round tournament plus a wild-card team will advance to the Guardians Classic Championship Rounds to be held Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov. 23-24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Game times in Kansas City will be 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 23-24. All teams advancing to Kansas City will play on both days.

Championship Round Tickets - On sale now! A portion of Municipal Auditorium is reserved for Mizzou Fans. Tickets in the Missouri reserved section can be purchased through the University of Missouri box office today!

Call 1-800-CAT-PAWS to purchase tickets in the designated Missouri Section or

Non-reserved tickets can be purchased by

Calling Ticketmaster charge by phone 816-931-3330 or

Order Online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/839203

The all-session (2-Day) tickets available through the Missouri Box Office are priced from $58 to $98 each. The tickets are located in the following sections:

Riser ($98) Sections 2, 4, 30, 3, 34, 36

Loge ($98) Sections 102, 103, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136

Balcony ($78) Sections 229, 230, 231

Balcony ($58) Sections 201, 202, 203, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236

These seats will be sold to Tiger fans on a first-come, first-served basis and will be released to the general public no later than November 17th, although the Guardians Classic may release them sooner at its discretion pending demand and sales levels.

Hotel

The Tigers will be staying at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, the Official Hotel of the Guardians Classic, located across the street from Municipal Auditorium.

General reservations at the Kansas City Marriott can be made online at http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage.mi?marshaCode=MCIDT using the following Internet Group Code: GCFGCFA. There is a prompt for group codes during the online reservation process.

Fans can also call the hotel directly at 816-421-6800 and need to mention the code GUARDFAN in order to receive the event rate of $69 per night.

For more information on the Guardians Classic, please visit the event website at www.guardiansclassic.com.