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<a href="http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/tulsa-police-ready-ncaa-tournament/nzh9/">Between 70,000-100,000 visitors are headed for downtown Tulsa this weekend for the second and third rounds of the NCAA Tournament at the BOK Center</a>.

Translation? We've got company! Like any good hostess would do, I put together this resource of things to do, places to see, stuff to eat and parties to hit for our weekend visitors to Tulsa. I wanted to offer hacks for parking and getting around, too. The goal is to squeeze every last drop of awesomeness and fun out of a short trip to our city.

Here are the goods. Tulsans, feel free to add to these in the comments.

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<strong>In case you don't yet have tickets to the NCAA Tournament</strong>. Tickets are $237 each and provide a reserved seat for six games played in three sessions. Each ticket is an all-session ticket. Single-session tickets hit the box office this morning at $79 each. This event is an expected sell-out, so if you don't have tickets and want to go to the tournament, get 'em now.

<strong>Road closures and downtown parking map</strong>. Expect road closures both in the Blue Dome and Arena Districts Thursday, thanks to the overlap of the NCAA events and Tulsa's epic St. Patrick's Day celebrations. <a href="http://www.cityoftulsa.org/media/156031/downtownstpatrickday2011.pdf">Get a map of the St. Patrick's Day road closures in downtown Tulsa here</a>.

<strong>Color-coded shuttle buses.</strong> A system of color-coded, district-specific buses will be circulating through downtown, Brookside and Cherry Street over the course of the tournament weekend. <a href="http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/upload/file/TSC/NCAA%20Fan%20Shuttle%20Map2.pdf">Here's a map for which shuttle to catch and where</a>.

<strong>St. Patrick's Day parties and stuff to do</strong>. Tulsans love St. Patrick's Day, and we totally blow it out of proportion each and every year both in our Blue Dome District downtown as well as on historic Cherry Street, which is about two miles south of the zaniness downtown. Since we'd love to party with you, here's <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-stuff-to-do-in-tulsa-grown-ups-edition/">a list of Tulsa's biggest St. Patrick's Day shindigs</a>. For those of you who brought your kiddos along for the trip, <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-in-tulsa-kids-edition/">here are some kid-friendly ways to celebrate St. Pat's in Tulsa</a>. And if you're just looking for a <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/03/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-tulsa-this-st-patricks-day-parking-tipsy-tow/">restaurants and bars offering St. Patrick's Day-inspired food and drink, there's a TDT list for that, too</a>.

<strong>Things to do in Tulsa this weekend</strong>. Every Friday morning at 5 a.m. a post appears here at TashaDoesTulsa.com detailing everything that's worth doing around Tulsa between then and when the alarm goes off on Monday morning, and this weekend will certainly be no different. Hear and see snippets of what's usually a batch of several dozen events on Friday morning starting at 6:10 (and through 8:10 on the 10s and 40s) on the <a href="http://www.krmg.com/s/krmgmorningnews/">KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley</a>, as well as on <a href="http://www.fox23.com/content/daybreak/default.aspx">FOX 23 Daybreak</a> at about 8:30am.

<strong>Tulsa Food Guy's Tourney Traveler's Guide to Tulsa's Manly Food</strong>. For a guide to every kind of sports lover-worthy food we have here in Tulsa, from pizza and BBQ to burgers and food with a spicy kick, check out <a href="http://www.tulsafoodguy.com/blog/">the Tulsa Food Guy's Tourney Traveler's Guide to Tulsa's Manly Food</a>. The guy is funny and the tips are solid.

<strong>Info on Tulsa restaurants and free and family-friendly things to do</strong>. Check out these resources:
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	<li><a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/restaurants/">Tasha Does Tulsa: Tulsa Restaurants</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/kids-and-families/">Tasha Does Tulsa: Kiddo and Family-Friendly Things To Do</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/free-stuff-to-do/">Tasha Does Tulsa: Free Things To Do in Tulsa</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/category/attractions/">Tasha Does Tulsa: Attractions</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://tulsafood.com/">My very prolific pals over at Tulsa Food</a> (where you  can find reviews of the best Tulsa restaurants by region)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.thislandpress.com/">Oklahoma stories at This Land Press</a></li>
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Tulsans! Help our visitors out. Where do you think our out-of-town guests should go to experience Tulsa this weekend? 