JonDMiller
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Hawkcentral had an item on Tuesday talking about Iowa's football ticket sales for the 2011 season...I will admit to being surprised at some of the numbers and quotes.
Iowa sold out it's season last year on August 6th, which was the first time folks in Iowa City could remember every ticket for every game being sold out before the season had began.
Iowa sold 59,000 tickets last year via season ticket sales, or some sort of ticket package sale. The remaining 11,000 tickets went via student season ticket sales.
Before the 2009 season, Iowa sold 37,000 tickets via season tickets to the general fan base and faculty and staff, plus another 10,500 season tickets to students.
This year, Iowa is holding back 11,500 tickets for students and 4,000 tickets for opposing fans. Some of those opposing fan tickets get turned back in, and are available a few weeks before the game they were returned from.
The HawkCentral.com article said that "between 95 and 97 percent" of season ticket holders from last year have renewed for this year, plus an additional demand of 7,000 seat requests "from new customers, people who got mini-packs last year or season ticket holders who want additional seats."
Use the 57,000 season ticket number (not student tickets) from last year and multiply it by .95 and you get 54,150 season tickets already purchased for the 2011 season...at a minimum. The Michigan and Michigan State games are already sold out. Iowa will offer three game mini-packs with the Tennessee Tech and Louisiana Monroe, plus either Northwestern or Indiana.
Those will likely sellout, because Indiana is Homecoming and the Northwestern game will be played under the lights. It's also hard to imagine the Pittsburgh game not being a sellout.
Again, I am a bit surprised by that, but I shouldn't be. It's only normal for there to be a bit of a pull back on season ticket sales following a season where expectations were unmet. However, Hawkeye fans are not your typical fan base; they are a rabid bunch and they have stepped up yet again, despite a 'down economy', high gas prices and the fact that every one of their games will be televised in HD.
The article also mentions that Iowa will be mailing out requests for road game tickets this year. Tickets to the Nebraska game (if you can get them) will cost you $72. The highest price ticket? Iowa at Iowa State, which will cost you a cool $92...but I have already written that article and beat that topic to death on the radio. I know that game looks real, real good on my 50 inch Sony in HD.
Iowa sold out it's season last year on August 6th, which was the first time folks in Iowa City could remember every ticket for every game being sold out before the season had began.
Iowa sold 59,000 tickets last year via season ticket sales, or some sort of ticket package sale. The remaining 11,000 tickets went via student season ticket sales.
Before the 2009 season, Iowa sold 37,000 tickets via season tickets to the general fan base and faculty and staff, plus another 10,500 season tickets to students.
This year, Iowa is holding back 11,500 tickets for students and 4,000 tickets for opposing fans. Some of those opposing fan tickets get turned back in, and are available a few weeks before the game they were returned from.
The HawkCentral.com article said that "between 95 and 97 percent" of season ticket holders from last year have renewed for this year, plus an additional demand of 7,000 seat requests "from new customers, people who got mini-packs last year or season ticket holders who want additional seats."
Use the 57,000 season ticket number (not student tickets) from last year and multiply it by .95 and you get 54,150 season tickets already purchased for the 2011 season...at a minimum. The Michigan and Michigan State games are already sold out. Iowa will offer three game mini-packs with the Tennessee Tech and Louisiana Monroe, plus either Northwestern or Indiana.
Those will likely sellout, because Indiana is Homecoming and the Northwestern game will be played under the lights. It's also hard to imagine the Pittsburgh game not being a sellout.
Again, I am a bit surprised by that, but I shouldn't be. It's only normal for there to be a bit of a pull back on season ticket sales following a season where expectations were unmet. However, Hawkeye fans are not your typical fan base; they are a rabid bunch and they have stepped up yet again, despite a 'down economy', high gas prices and the fact that every one of their games will be televised in HD.
The article also mentions that Iowa will be mailing out requests for road game tickets this year. Tickets to the Nebraska game (if you can get them) will cost you $72. The highest price ticket? Iowa at Iowa State, which will cost you a cool $92...but I have already written that article and beat that topic to death on the radio. I know that game looks real, real good on my 50 inch Sony in HD.
