NBA Palestra game tickets go on sale at 3 p.m. [UPDATED]

Update (1:19 p.m.): Penn Athletics has posted an official press release for the event. Tickets will go on sale at 3 p.m. TODAY on pennathletics.com. Members of last year's Line and last year's season ticket holders will receive emails regarding a lottery system to win tickets (Line members are eligible for one, season ticket-holders are eligible for two).

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Contrary to reports we heard last night, as well as information the DP published, tickets for the upcoming NBA summer-league game at the Palestra later this month are NOT going on sale at 9 a.m. today. This was confirmed to The Buzz by Penn's Athletic Communications staff. Those who showed up early to secure a ticket found this sign at the Palestra's box office:

The game, which will now feature arguably the best talent in the league, inlcuding LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and more, is scheduled for Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. Last night, the Inquirer's NBA blog Deep Sixer reported that tickets would go on sale this morning at 9 a.m., both at the Palestra and online at RUVILLA.com. That blog has since been corrected.

The Inquirer's Kate Fagan, who wrote the blog post last night, tweeted this last night:

Rahim Thompson, one of the events organizers, tweeted multiple times that tickets would go on sale Tuesday, but did not offer a specific time. Thompson also told the DP to go off of information published by the Inquirer. Late last night he tweeted a picture of a ticket to the event being printed, but later tweeted that the ticketing system was being worked out, and more info would come later.

Philly.com is currently reporting that "Thompson said last night he should be tweeting the site around 1 p.m."

We apologize to anyone who was inconvenienced by the misinformation about ticket sales. As soon as we confirm when and where they will officially be on sale, we will let you know. And we will most likely broadcast that first via our twitter, @dailypennsports.