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Buckeye football ticket prices likely to rise with 2013 football season

hope.46@osu.edu

Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 23:01

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The stakes will be higher for Ohio State football next season, as the Buckeyes will no longer be banned from the postseason and will be able to pursue a national championship. The price to watch a game in Ohio Stadium will likely be higher as well.

OSU’s Athletic Council will propose a football ticket price increase at the next Board of Trustees meeting Jan. 31 through Feb. 1, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

The Dispatch reported Wednesday that the general public ticket price could be raised from $70 to $79, an increase of nearly 13 percent. The Board will also vote upon the proposal to designate as many as two games per year as premium games, which would have higher ticket prices than other games.

Student and faculty ticket prices could also increase, according to The Dispatch. In 2012, student season tickets cost $272 for all eight home games and $136 for four Big Ten home games ($34 per game), while faculty season tickets cost $448 for the full home season ($56 per game).

An OSU athletics spokesman said Wednesday it was “premature” for the athletic department to comment upon the proposal at this time but said the Board will release information on its upcoming meeting Friday.

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5 comments

Anonymous
Sat Jan 26 2013 09:24
Gee and Trustees need to stand up and bring values to the process. The dream of taking a couple kids for their first football game is a thing of the past. Mom, Dad and 3 kids would cost me.... $875 for 5 (175) tickets ..... $160 for breakfast at the Blackwell $50 for parking..... 100.00 for a soda and popcorn. So thank you for making a trip in the car to Florida and a couple nights in a hotel the much better option. I can watch the game for free and find much better value elsewhere.... And just maybe I will just go to the beach and my kids will fall in love with an Academic University rather than a sports factory!!!
Anonymous
Sat Jan 26 2013 09:18
Students cant't scalp tickets but the Athletic department can. What a joke
Anonymous
Sat Jan 26 2013 09:15
Amazing and out control. We are no longer an academic university with an athletic program. We cheat in athletics, only focus on sports and money for sports facilities and coaching salaries. Gene Smith should have been fired for not monitoring his program. Now the trustees are looking at giving the athletic program more money. I propose that the trustees consider having all increases go to support the academic core that is falling apart. Look at athletic facilities and then academic beyond medicine and business and you can see the problem. Trustees do your job and say NO to this athletic department request. You run the university and you are to blame. Gee should not even bring this forward!!!
Anonymous
Thu Jan 24 2013 14:39
the NCAA and its universities continue to refer to the term student-athlete yet they want to implement everything in accordance of a professional football organization. These are college games and they should be ashamed of themselves for even charging students for admission and now they want to increase the price, pathetic.
Anonymous
Thu Jan 24 2013 10:55
Yet another money grab by OSU. No surprise there. Next thing you know they'll be forcing kids to stay on campus in their uber expensive dorms for another year!




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