Two big announcements from the Georgia Athletic Association’s board of directors meeting

Two big announcements related to Georgia football came out of UGA’s annual athletics meeting.

After meeting with the Georgia athletics board at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge on Lake Oconee, UGA athletics director Josh Brooks made two announcements that will delight Bulldogs’ fans.

The first one being that Sanford Stadium will operate at 100% capacity this coming season, as expected. That means that when UGA hosts UAB on September 11 for its home-opener, 92,746 Georgia fans will be in attendance.

“We’re excited to have 100% capacity in the fall,” Brooks said, per Dawgnation. “And a lot of people can talk about having 100% capacity, but we can actually have 100% occupancy as well. So we plan to have full crowds at that first game against UAB on Sept. 1.

I cannot wait for that first home game.”

The second announcement to come out of the meeting has to do with Sanford Stadium’s concessions. This fall will feature much lower prices, similar to what you’d see in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and at the Augusta National Golf Club.

  • Bottled water: $2
  • Bottled soda: $2.50
  • Hot dogs: $2.50
  • Candy: $2
  • Small popcorn: $2
  • Large bucket of popcorn: $5

“I’ve been in enough of our venues and I’ve watched a family walk up to a concession stand,” Brooks said. “I don’t want that family of four to pay $40 or more to feed their family. That’s not the experience I want to create.

It’s not always about profits at every turn.”

Georgia will continue to use mobile tickets this season, a method implemented last fall due to the pandemic.

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Despite recent price increase, SECCG tickets still at three-year low

Georgia football SEC Championship tickets for the UGA vs LSU game are at a three-year low.

With Georgia and LSU ready to tee it up from the SEC Championship on Saturday, TicketIQ provided us with some insight into ticket prices for the big game.

Tickets saw a slight increase in price this week after what was a downward trend for the two previous weeks.

Despite the increase in price this week, this still remains the cheapest SEC Championship of the last three years.

The current average price is now $710, which is up 3% this week, and the get-in price is currently sitting at $246, a 9% increase this week).

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And even with this being the cheapest SEC Championship in the last three seasons, it is still by far college football’s most expensive ticket of championship weekend.

Behind Georgia and LSU, the second most expensive average ticket this weekend is in the BIG10, where Ohio State will play Wisconsin.

 

With no Alabama or Auburn, SEC Championship ticket prices at 3-year low

SEC Championship tickets for Georgia football vs LSU are at a three-year low.

This Saturday will mark the first time since 2011 that neither Alabama or Auburn has represented the SEC West in the conference championship.

That 2011 season featured LSU and Georgia meeting in Atlanta, same as this Saturday, with the Tigers beating the Bulldogs 42-10 (hopefully not same as this Saturday).

For this weekend, prices have been trending downward over the last two weeks, though it will still cost you a pretty penny to see your team play for the SEC title.

The current average price for Saturday’s game is $822 (down 36% over the last two weeks) and the get-in price is at $257 (down 27% over that same time frame).

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Compared to the last eight SEC Championships, LSU vs Georgia is on the more expensive end when talking get-in prices. Georgia’s 2017 matchup with Auburn was by far the most expensive SEC Championship Game we have seen.

Look at the Georgia vs LSU get-in price for 2019 compared to the last time the two teams met in Atlanta in 2011. The price has more than doubled. Then again, in 2011, Georgia already had two losses on its record and did not have a shot at playing for a national title.

While SEC championship prices are at their lowest point since the opening of the new Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the cheapest national championship ticket is currently above $1,000, making it the 4th most expensive championship that ticket vendor TicketIQ has tracked.

If LSU is able to reach the national title game, prices could continue to move up, as TicketIQ detailed in this blog post.

Rivalry week: How UGA vs Georgia Tech ticket prices stack up to the rest of CFB

A look at UGA vs Georgia Tech ticket prices compared to the rest of college football this rivalry week. Plus looking the SEC Championship.

It’s the final weekend of the college football regular season. Wow…how sad is that?

Very sad is the answer to that question, but on the bright side we are in for a good day of college football.

Alabama vs Auburn and Ohio State vs Michigan headline what will be an exciting Saturday. Additionally, fans will also be able to enjoy a ranked matchup between Wisconsin and Minnesota plus Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

With the Dawgs playing LSU in the SEC Championship the following weekend, I’m looking forward to watching how the Tigers handle Texas A&M, which Georgia struggled against last weekend.

Speaking of the SEC Championship, currently, the get-in price for the conference title game is $341 and the average is now $995. The get-in price has only dropped just over 2% in the last week, but the average list price has gone down 23% over that same time frame. I’d be curious to see what would happen to those prices if LSU were to lose this weekend seeing as how it would then be a win-or-go-home battle for both teams.

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As for this weekend, Georgia fans’ wallets will get a bit of a break if they want to see the Dawgs take on Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Currently, Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the weekend’s ninth most expensive game, with a get-in price of $98. For Georgia fans, that’s not too bad; for Tech fans, this is the Yellow Jackets’s most expensive game of the season.

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Minnesota at Wisconsin claims the title of most expensive ticket this weekend with tickets starting $257, followed by the Iron Bowl at $165.

Georgia football tickets vs TAMU: Stats and info on price trend

Stats and info on the price trend for Georgia football tickets vs Texas A&M.

Georgia vs Texas A&M this Saturday will mark the first time the two two programs have met since the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012.

And with this being No. 4 Georgia’s final home game of the season, ticket prices are not coming cheap. However, they are cheaper now than if you were to buy them just a few days ago.

This weekend’s game is averaging $317 per ticket on the secondary market and the get-in price is currently $88, down $50 earlier this week, according to TicketIQ. The average price has gone down 21% over the course of the week.

Also, with Georgia having secured a spot in the SEC Championship Game, tickets for the conference title game have skyrocketed.

Tickets for the 2019 SEC Championship are the most expensive of any conference championship, by a lot. Currently, the average asking price for a ticket to the game on the secondary market is $1,285, up from $820 last year, and the highest it’s been this decade. The next priciest game was the 2017 Georgia-Auburn game, which settled at a $945 average asking price. The cheapest ticket in the 71,00-seat stadium is trending at $343. The next most expensive 2019 conference championship is the Big 10 Championship,  starting at $92.

The Bulldogs have a real shot at making another visit to the College Football Playoff, and with Georgia’s success comes an increase in ticket prices. Playoff tickets are up over the last two weeks, as you can see below.

Fiesta Bowl: 

Average price: $445

Two week % avg price change: 25%

Get in price: $160

Two week % avg get-in change: 11%

Peach Bowl:

Average price: $817

Two week % avg price change: 47%

Get in price: $248

Two week % avg get-in change: 23%

National Championship:

Average price: $1,920

Two week % avg price change: 9%

Get in price: $971

Two week % avg get-in change: 27%