Bowl Season is upon us, which means tickets are being bought and sold.
Just curious, I looked up all 42 bowl games with 82 teams. (hopefully OSU plays in TWO bowl games).
ESPN's scoreboard lists the "Tickets as low as" prices. Curious, I checked midday of the 12th. These aren't average prices, but entry level.
- As expected
- Big ticket items (over $100) are the playoffs, Rose Bowl.
- Sticker Shock
- Bahamas Bowl of Miami (OH) vs. UAB is 'starting at' $326. Which is $1 MORE than OSU. It's a small stadium; however, is demand that high for UAB vs. Miami OH?
- If I was in the Bahamas, I'd likely skip the game in favor of the beach.
- click for yourself, this isn't a typo.
- Bahamas Bowl of Miami (OH) vs. UAB is 'starting at' $326. Which is $1 MORE than OSU. It's a small stadium; however, is demand that high for UAB vs. Miami OH?
- No LA Love
- USC and UCLA have the 2nd and 4th Cheapest entry prices of all bowls.
- Yes, their games are doozies; however, these are major schools with national alumni from a massive city. The bowls are both in Texas, which now houses a LOT of former Californians.
- Still shocked Ohio v Wyoming in Tuscon is MORE than Tulane v USC near Dallas.
- Priciest?
- The national title game of TBD v TBD -- Have Tickets?
- Cheapest
- Idaho Potato Bowl, in Boise, next Tuesday, Eastern Michigan v San Jose St.
- Are you going?
| Bowl | Date | City | Home | Away | Starting at $ | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Potato | 12/20 | Boise | Eastern Mich | San Jose St | $5 | A soda costs more |
| Cotton | 1/2 | Arlington | Tulane | USC | $9 | Not a typo |
| Arizona | 12/30 | Tuscon | Ohio | Wyoming | $11 | |
| Sun Bowl | 12/30 | El Paso | Pitt | UCLA | $15 | |
| Camelia | 12/27 | Montgomery, AL | Georgia Southern | Buffalo | $16 | |
| First Responders | 12/27 | Dallas | Memphis | Utah St. | $16 | |
| Cure Bowl | 12/16 | Orlando | UTSA | Troy | $17 | |
| Music City | 12/31 | Nashville | Iowa | Kentucky | $18 | |
| New Mexico | 12/17 | Albuquerque | SMU | BYU | $20 | |
| Armed Forces | 12/22 | Fort Worth | Baylor | Air Force | $20 | |
| Independence | 12/23 | Shreveport | Louisiana | Houston | $20 | 11 bowls: $20 or less |
| Lending Tree | 12/17 | Mobile, AL | Rice | Southern Miss | $23 | |
| Birmingham | 12/27 | Birmingham, AL | Coastal Carolina | East Carolina | $24 | 2 directional Carolinas |
| Fenway | 12/17 | Boston | Cincinnati | Louisville | $27 | |
| New Orleans | 12/21 | New Orleans | Western Kent. | South Alabama | $27 | 2 regular directionals |
| Quick Lane | 12/26 | Detroit | New Mex. St. | Bowling Green | $27 | at least it's a dome |
| Gasparilla | 12/23 | Tampa | Wake Forest | Missouri | $28 | |
| Las Vegas | 12/17 | Las Vegas | Florida | Oregon St. | $35 | |
| Myrtle Beach | 12/19 | Conway, SC | Marshall | UConn | $35 | Marshall>Notre Dame |
| Jimmy Kimmel | 12/17 | Los Angeles | Washington St. | Fresno St. | $36 | |
| Hawai'i | 12/24 | Honolulu | Middle Tenn. | San Diego St. | $37 | |
| Guar. Rate Bowl | 12/27 | Phoenix | Wisconsin | Oklahoma St. | $38 | |
| Military Bowl | 12/28 | Annapolis | UCF | Duke | $40 | 12 b/w $21 and $40 |
| Frisco Bowl | 12/17 | Frisco, Tx | North Texas | Boise St. | $41 | not typo, it's $41 |
| ReliaQuest Bowl | 1/2 | Tampa | Miss St. | Illinois | $41 | RIP: Mike Leach :( |
| Holiday Bowl | 12/28 | San Diego | Oregon | UNC | $48 | |
| Sugar Bowl | 12/21 | New Orleans | Alabama | Kansas St. | $55 | |
| Pinstripe Bowl | 12/29 | NYC | Syracuse | Minnesota | $57 | cold weather abound |
| Duke's Mayo | 12/30 | Charlotte | Maryland | NC State | $59 | |
| Texas Bowl | 12/28 | Houston | Texas Tech | Ole Miss | $66 | |
| Citrus Bowl | 1/2 | Orlando | LSU | Purdue | $66 | |
| Celebration | 12/17 | Atlanta | Jackson St. | NC Central | $67 | FCS, they get 1 too |
| Gator Bowl | 12/30 | Jacksonville | Notre Dame | South Car. | $68 | |
| Liberty | 12/28 | Memphis | Kansas | Arkansas | $72 | both end in 'ansas' |
| Alamo | 12/29 | San Antonio | Texas | Washington | $76 | |
| Citrus Bowl | 12/29 | Orlando | Oklahoma | Florida St. | $95 | |
| Orange Bowl | 12/30 | Miami | Tennessee | Clemson | $98 | 14 b/w $41 and $100 |
| Rose Bowl | 1/2 | Pasadena | Penn St. | Utah | $164 | Utah back again |
| Peach Bowl | 12/31 | Atlanta | The OSU | UGA | $325 | not quite Bahamas |
| Bahamas | 12/16 | Bahamas | Miami (OH) | UAB | $326 | Not a typo, it's $326 |
| Fiesta Bowl | 12/31 | Phoenix | TCU | Michigan | $391 | |
| Nat'l Champ. | 1/9 | Los Angeles | TBD | TBD | $585 | pricey, eh? |
(Mod Edit: moved to the College Sports Forum.)
