GRAPHIC BY: CADY HERRING
Price ranges for Egg Bowl tickets as seen on Stubhub and Facebook.
Fans cannot seem to get enough of Ole Miss Football this season with the Rebels holding an impressive record of 8-2 thus far.
Arguably, the most anticipated game of the season is the 87th annual Egg Bowl against rival Mississippi State, and it will be hosted in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 29. After a devastating loss of 17-10 to the Bulldogs last year, fans are eager to see the Rebs take home a victory.
According to Wesley Owen, assistant athletics director for ticket operations, 60,196 Egg Bowl tickets have been sold so far; therefore they are sold out.
Last year, Ole Miss came within 1,000 tickets of selling out of season tickets, and this year, they sold out by Aug. 28.
“The team’s performance has a significant role in ticket sales,” Owen said. “When the team is successful, fans want to see our team do well and want to be there to cheer them on.”
Eight thousand tickets are allotted for Ole Miss students each year, leaving 53,000 tickets for the remainder of the stadium. Ticket prices through Ole Miss Ticket Operations have remained the same for conference games the past three years with a face value of $75 each.
Ticket prices vary through the second ticket market, particularly Egg Bowl tickets. StubHub has over 1,800 tickets available, starting at $196 in the north end zone, ranging all the way to sideline tickets in the upper thousands.
“I wasn’t prepared for the increase of the prices, so I didn’t have enough money when the tickets went on sale, and by the time I did, the tickets were already sold out,” junior pre-pharmacy major Marlene Nguyen said.
Student tickets were on sale for five months, but they ran out the week prior to the first football game. Some students are still trying to find a reasonably priced ticket for the Egg Bowl.
Regardless of increased ticket prices, fans have been able to pack the stadium to watch the Rebels play this season. The Egg Bowl will be no exception for the fans willingness to pay high prices to see the Rebels defeat the Dawgs.
“In the past, the Egg Bowl has been the biggest game in Mississippi, but this year, it is on the level of the Iron Bowl,” junior business marketing major William Miller said. “It will be the biggest football game Mississippi has ever hosted.”
