A family outing to a SEC home opener cost $160 per person, USA TODAY Sports study finds

If a family of four wanted to make a weekend of an SEC team’s home opener, it could run them about $160 per person, a USA Today study found.

A USA TODAY Sports study published Monday said a family of four who wanted to attend a home opener for an SEC team would spend an average of $643.47, or about $160.87 per person.

The math included four tickets bought on the resale website TicketSmarter.com the Monday before the game. The study also factored in the cheapest public parking within a mile of the stadium, four hot dogs, and four sodas.

The cheapest combined costs were found at Vanderbilt, which only totaled $259.49 (about $64.87 per person). Arkansas and Mississippi State were both under $350 as well. Georgia and Tennessee both surpassed $1,000 for total expenses calculated, with the Volunteers coming in at $1,256.73 (about $314.18 per person).

The combined costs of parking, food, and beverage averaged out to about $71 per stadium, with Missouri being the cheapest at just $40.

The full results of the study can be found here.