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2020 Ticket Prices

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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The window just opened for season ticket holders to pay for their 2020 tickets and apparently you have until March 27, 2020 to do so. The season ticket price for 2 seats is ($1404 for 2 tickets plus a $35 processing fee) $1439.

The site listed the individual game "reserved seat" prices as (note: club and box seats are a little more):

Bowling Green - $70
Buffalo - $63
Rutgers - $80
Iowa - $150
Nebraska - $150
Indiana - $90
Michigan - $220.....
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https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/tickets/football-tickets-2/
 
Apparently football ticket sales aren't going as well as the tOSU Athletic Dept. had hoped:

Renewal Deadline Extended Until May 29

As we continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working to adapt timelines and policies to this unique and continually evolving situation. Accordingly, the Department of Athletics is implementing additional changes to the season ticket renewal process to offer additional flexibility for fans and provide assurances on reimbursements for any games not played.

Extension of Renewal Deadline until May 29: We have added an additional month (to our previous extension to April 30) for fans to renew their season tickets and opt-in to a payment plan.

Payment Plan Options: Even if you have not yet renewed, you will still have the option to select up to a four-month payment plan when renewing tickets. For fans who already opted in to a payment plan, those charges will resume on May 1.

Seat Selection Process: The extension of the renewal deadline to May 29 necessitates an adjustment to the dates for seat selection. Further information will be provided at a later time, but the tentative schedule is for faculty and staff seat selection to begin June 1, with donors and public seat selection beginning June 22. Seat selection windows will be communicated at least five business days prior to the first selection window opening.

Ticket Assurance Plan: If, for any reason, any portion of the 2020 football schedule does not take place, season ticket holders will have the option to receive either a refund for the canceled game tickets, or have a credit toward a future ticket purchase. This guarantee will apply to all ticketed home athletic events.

We hope these changes are helpful and provide a level of confidence as you invest in our programs. The Department of Athletics appreciates your patience and understanding as we work through this challenging time together, and we thank you for your support. We will continue to follow the advice and directives of the Governor, University leadership, health experts and medical officials. We are dedicated to protecting the health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes, staff and fans.
 
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Re: One area of consensus among all concerned is that, if college football is played this season, it will be much different. As in, you won’t see packed stadiums right away.

“Just because there’s some regulation that’s been lifted doesn’t mean that automatically means you should immediately put 105,000 fans in a football stadium,” Emmert said in his interview. “I think that the proper thing to do and the sensible thing to do is a phased approach. It’s plausible to me that early in the season, let’s just stick with football, you see a very limited fan access, but by later in the season, as things develop, hopefully in a very positive way, you all of sudden can see larger fan bases attending.”

Just sayin': Gee, Ohio Stadium just holds around 105K. It will be interesting to see how this plays out with the season ticket holders.
 
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Report: Ohio Gov. renews OSU tickets, discusses football in 2020

While uncertainty remains over what exactly the 2020 college football season will look like, it would appear that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is hopeful for a best-case scenario. DeWine reportedly told the Toledo Blade on Friday that he renewed his tickets for Ohio State football this season amid the COVID-19 crisis, though he was hesitant to make any official prediction on whether or not fans will be able to watch Buckeyes play in-person this fall.

“Well, look, first of all, it's much, much too early (to make predictions or decisions),” DeWine told The Blade. “The one thing we've found about this virus is there's a lot we don't know about it. We're going to have respect for it ... I would certainly think they could figure out how to do a season. Can we go watch (Ohio State)? I think it's much too early to be making that [decision].”

Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...97VgUx01-Zx1gobK27iGkCA7sYofzs-nBVuu7iwXkPU0I
 
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As to the million-dollar question of who might be getting those 22,000 tickets, there is a semblance of a plan in place, but you can expect about 80,000 people to hate it.

“So we would obviously have to look at our [season ticket holder] point system for example that we have in place,” Smith said. “We do have a diversity in constituency throughout our stadium. So we have to make sure that we look at each individual group, faculty, staff, students, donors, Varsity O, parents of athletes, all of those different constituencies, media."
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Let's see.....

VIPS + parents of athletes + students + faculty + staff + varsity O + media + big money donors + some alumni using the point system = 22,000

For alumni season tickets, I was like 8,290 out 10,861 at last count......so, I'M (probably) SCREWED.....:mad1:
 
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AN EMPTY 'SHOE. The 'Shoe's crowd is almost certainly going to be a little light this year with social distancing measures in place – if there's a crowd at all.

It's not easy to even imagine Ohio Stadium only 20 percent full on a game day, so a local architect answered the call to help us out with a visual.



So basically, think "fourth quarter against Bowling Green," but just all the time.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...ings-visualizing-what-a-social-distanced-ohio
 
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A summary of the article, Gene Smith's "current status" on the 2020 football schedule:
At this stage, Ohio State is still preparing to play all of its games as originally scheduled, and Smith said he isn’t at a point of being ready to make any decisions about potential changes yet. By early July, though, he believes it will be necessary for Ohio State to make final decisions about what its football schedule will look like in 2020.
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Update on the season tickets:



According to the email, “the timeline for seat selection will be adjusted to allow time for conference, state, and local officials to clarify physical distancing guidelines to provide the safest environment for fans while also maximizing allowable attendance. Seat selection windows will be communicated via email at least five business days prior to the first selection window opening, at which time fans will have the opportunity to preview available seats.”

Athletic director Gene Smith said last week that Ohio State is considering models that could allow Ohio Stadium to host anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 fans this season, depending on how much physical distancing guidelines are relaxed between now and then.

“If, for any reason, any portion of the 2020 football schedule does not take place, season ticket holders will have the option to receive a refund for the canceled game tickets, receive a credit toward a future ticket purchase, or donate their season or individual game ticket payment(s) to support student-athlete scholarships,” per Thursday's email. “This guarantee will apply to all ticketed athletic events.”
 
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SKULL SESSION: STUDENTS SHOULD GET FIRST DIBS AT TICKETS THIS FALL, THAD MATTA IS PROUD HE NEVER PAID FOR PLAYERS AND THE 2002 SEASON OF TRESSEL BALL

STUDENTS FIRST? There's a very real chance the 'Shoe will be just 20 or 25 percent full this year, if there are fans at all. If that's the case, there are going to be some decisions to make about who gets to go through those gates.

My take: it should be the students before anybody else. Dave Briggs of The Toledo Blade puts it eloquently:

If universities need students on campus to play college football — and Michigan president Mark Schlissel sensibly made this clear last week, telling the Wall Street Journal: “If there is no on-campus instruction then there won’t be intercollegiate athletics” — it only stands to reason the students should get first dibs on the tickets.

And I don’t mean token dibs, like at the Final Four, where a couple hundred students are propped behind the baskets to keep up appearances.

I mean real priority.

The pecking order should be this: family and guests of players and coaches, students, then the big-money donors and superfans. If there are 20,000 tickets to go around, I’d give the students at Ohio State and Michigan at least 15,000 of them, which should take care of every undergrad trying to embrace all they can in a suddenly dystopian college experience. Last year, in regular times, Ohio State sold 21,716 student season tickets; Michigan sold 20,356 student packages. (The same idea applies, in theory, at Toledo and Bowling Green, where student fees are the athletic department’s top source of revenue.)

So far, I’ve heard only one big-school AD put the students first.

“We’re committed to having fans in the stands and we’ll start with the students,” Notre Dame’s Jack Swarbrick said at a fundraiser the other day. “My view throughout has been if we think it’s safe for students to be on the field playing football, it should be safe for students to be in the stands watching football.”

I'm a realist, so I know damn well this isn't going to happen. Ohio State's going to prioritize donors because money talks, but that doesn't mean that's not bullshit. For starters, I think students should get priority anyway, given that it's college football and they are the college students and as Urban Meyer used to put it, "the lifeblood of the program." If you want to preserve any home-field advantage of any kind, make sure any student who wants to go to the game can go to the game.

But more than that, if we're really concerned enough about the spread of this virus that we're going to cut capacity by 50-75 percent, why do we think it's just a fine idea to have 20,000-50,000 people traveling two and from campus every week? Why not fill the stands with the people who've been on campus and will stay on campus afterward?

The answer, of course, is because money.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...had-matta-is-proud-he-never-payed-for-players

Just sayin': The fair thing to do is split up the games so nobody gets tickets to all 7, I just hope I get at least a couple games.

I also think that anyone who tries to resell their 2020 game tickets at a price higher than "face value" should be barred from buying any football tickets in the future.
 
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Last month, Gene Smith said Ohio State was exploring the possibility of playing games with no fans, or limiting the capacity to 20,000 to 50,000 spectators with social distancing measures in place. Smith said he was becoming more comfortable with the idea of no fans in the stands, but was optimistic it won't come to that, with the school instead using social distancing measures with fans in the stands.

“Obviously, we're fortunate 100,000 seats in the stadium,” Smith said. “So, could we implement the current CDC guidelines, the state guidelines around physical distancing, mask requirements and all those types of things in an outdoor environment and have obviously significantly less fans than what we are used to? I think it's possible. I just feel like we have the talent, skill and space capacity to provide an opportunity for a certain number of fans to have access to our particular stadium.
 
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So I am coming back to Ohio in October and am trying to get tickets for the Iowa game. Since I graduated from OSU, I have never tried to get alumni tickets since I live so far away now. Is it too late for me to get alumni tickets? Obviously that is assuming fans can be in the stands by then, but my dad has looked and general tickets are priced around $300 right now after taxes and fees and that is just for a general ticket where they will assign you seats. Any guidance on how to go about getting alumni tickets (if even possible) would be appreciated.
 
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SKULL SESSION: CJ STROUD ATTRACTED ATTENTION AS ELITE 11 MVP, GENE SMITH STILL WANTS 50,000 IN THE HORSESHOE, AND EZEKIEL ELLIOTT OWNS MICHIGAN

HOLDING OUT HOPE. While some folks all across the country are holding their breath with concern about whether we will even have a college football season, Gene Smith's out here still hoping to have 50,000 people in the 'Shoe.



I love the optimism, and I was right there with him a month ago. But with the way folks are talking these days, I'm unconvinced we'll even see any fans in the stands, much less 50,000.

But as my fiancée can attest – I'm extremely good at being wrong!

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2020/06/114753/ohio-state-football-cj-stroud-attracted-attention-as-elite-11-mvp-gene-smith-still-wants-50000-in-the-horseshoe-and

 
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