Tennessee-Georgia tickets hit staggering costs

About the one factor hotter than tickets for Saturday’s showdown between the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers and the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs is the $1.5 billion Powerball lottery.

In line with Vivid Seats, the present “get-in” value — the most affordable ticket nonetheless obtainable — for Saturday’s recreation at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, is $568, whereas seats on the 50-yard line are going for greater than $3,200.

The typical ticket value for the sport is $398, which is greater than double the typical value for tickets ($136) to final yr’s recreation between the groups, which Georgia received 41-17, at Neyland Stadium, en path to profitable its first nationwide championship in 41 years. It is also greater than each NFL recreation this week.

In line with Vivid Seats, the median listed value for tickets to this recreation has elevated 156% over the course of the season. The winner of Saturday’s recreation could have the within monitor to profitable the SEC East and taking part in within the SEC championship recreation. Each groups are among the many high contenders to achieve the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

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Over the previous 5 seasons, just one different Georgia recreation — a Sept. 21, 2019, dwelling recreation towards Notre Dame — was a dearer ticket. The typical ticket value for that contest was $540. The Bulldogs defeated the Preventing Irish 23-17 in entrance of a crowd of greater than 93,000 followers between the hedges.

“I do know our fan base will likely be loud and proud,” Bulldogs coach Kirby Good stated earlier this week. “All people talks in regards to the Notre Dame recreation, however we need to be louder than that. We need to be there sooner than that. We had some nice matchups final yr right here at dwelling, and I assumed [the fans] actually affected the sport every time we had a giant matchup. So we’ll want them once more and we’ll be able to go.”