12/26/2022 football Edit

Comparing FSU-OU to other bowl game ticket prices

Jerry Kutz • TheOsceola

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Credit Osceola poster Noleington Russell for this discovery on the price of resale tickets on Ticketmaster.com, which we wanted to share with you

“Just click on "Find Tickets" for each game and the default sorts by lowest price tickets,” he posted. “We are down to $83/ticket for our game but still better than all but the Rose & Playoff.”

If you’d like to take the deep dive, visit Ticketmaster, which lists tickets available for upcoming bowl games. Here’s the cliff notes as of Christmas Day.

Table Name

Game	Location	Opponents	Lowest ticket cost
National championship	Inglewood, Calif.	TBD	$1,209
Semi: Fiesta	Phoenix	Michigan vs. TCU	$143
Semi: Chick-fil-A	Atlanta	Georgia vs. Ohio State	$319
Cheez-It	Orlando	FSU vs. Oklahoma	$83
Duke's Mayo	Charlotte	NC State vs. Maryland	$77
Music City	Nashville	Iowa vs. Kentucky	$19.99
AutoZone Liberty	Memphis	Kansas vs. Arkansas	$40
Cheez-It Citrus	Orlando	LSU vs. Purdue	$60
TaxSlayer Gator	Jacksonville	Notre Dame vs. South Carolina	$65
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl	El Paso, Texas	Pittsburgh vs. UCLA	$22
Quick Lane Bowl	Detroit	Bowling Green vs. New Mexico St	$29
Reliaquest Bowl	Tampa	Mississippi State vs. Illinois	$80
TicketSmarter Bowl	Birmingham, Ala.	East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina	$26
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl	New York	Syracuse vs. Minnesota	$59.90
San Diego Credit Union Holiday	San Diego, Calif.	Oregon vs. North Carolina	$75
Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens	Tennessee vs. Clemson	$50
Camelia Bowl	Montgomery, Ala.	Ga. Southern vs. Buffalo	$53
Guaranteed Rate Bowl	Phoenix	Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State	$79.39
First Responders Bowl	Dallas	Memphis vs. Utah State	$12
Military Bowl	Annapolis, Md.	UCF vs. Duke	$35
Arizona Bowl	Tucson, Ariz.	Ohio vs. Wyoming	$9

As you peruse the list, you’ll notice of the bowl games not hosting a playoff game, the lowest price tickets on the secondary market are just $6 for the Goodyear Cotton Bowl in AT&T Stadium between Tulane and Southern California. Granted, those are the 400 level, nose-bleed seats but even their 200 level seats are listed at $65 and 300 level at $50.

From USC’s perspective, Tulane probably isn’t an attractive matchup and Dallas can be frigid. Although the Tulane faithful are few in number, the bowl isn’t far from New Orleans and with air service into Dallas and Houston, you would think there’s be a Green Wave as this has been a magical season.

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl re-selling for more than the Florida State-Oklahoma matchup in Orlando and why not? It is the “Granddaddy of them all”, features the Pac 12 vs. Big Ten matchup of Utah and Penn State, features beautiful weather and a killer parade.

It’s interesting to note the FSU v OU tickets are re-selling for $20 more than the matchup between LSU and Purdue in the very same Camping World Stadium four days later. There’s no question, demand is much higher from FSU fans than OU fans with the game being played within and easy day-of-game drive from most areas of Florida. And it doesn’t hurt that the Seminoles enjoyed a better-than-expected season, with a roster loaded with players who are fan favorites.

Only three games feature an in-state team, Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl, Texas in the Alamo Bowl and NC State in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

Maybe the most surprising price of re-sold tickets is the Sugar Bowl, featuring nearby Alabama and Kansas State. The lowest-priced tickets are listed for just $25 in the 400 level and $100 in the 300 level and there are large quantities of each being offered for re-sale. Bama fans are surely disappointed about not being in the playoff and have been to the Sugar Bowl ad nauseum.