Saturday's Ohio State spring game is officially sold out.
Ohio State announced Wednesday afternoon that tickets are no longer being sold for Saturday's game. With about 18,000 seats in Ohio Stadium unavailable for Saturday's game because of construction in B-deck and restoration work on parts of C-deck, approximately 79,000 tickets have been distributed.
While tickets can no longer be purchased from the university for Saturday's game, children under the age of 6 will be admitted, while Ohio State students will also be admitted for free with a valid BuckID at Gates 32 through 36.
Ohio State has led the nation in spring game attendance for three straight years. Ohio Stadium hosted 99,391 fans for the 2015 spring game, a national record 100,189 fans for the 2016 spring game and 80,134 fans for last year's spring game. Like this year, Ohio Stadium's capacity for last year's spring game was reduced by construction. The Buckeyes' streak could be in jeopardy this year, as Nebraska's Memorial Stadium – which holds a capacity of more than 90,000 – sold out in less than two days for this year's game, which will be played next Saturday.
While several other Big Ten schools, including Michigan and Wisconsin, have canceled their spring games for this week due to the threat of inclement weather, Ohio State's spring game is still set to be played as scheduled. According to Ohio State's release, however, "The Ohio State University Department of Athletics is prepared to communicate with fans if and when inclement weather interferes with events at Ohio Stadium."
The Ohio Stadium gates will open Saturday at 10 a.m., with Ohio State men's lacrosse set to play its annual "Showdown in the Shoe" game against Michigan at 11 a.m. Tickets for the spring game include admission to the lacrosse game.
