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” worth — the most cost effective ticket nonetheless obtainable — for Saturday’s sport 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 worth for the sport is $398, which is greater than double the common worth for tickets ($136) to final yr’s sport between the groups, which Georgia gained 41-17, at Neyland Stadium, en path to profitable its first nationwide championship in 41 years. It is also greater than each NFL sport this week.

In line with Vivid Seats, the median listed worth for tickets to this sport has elevated 156% over the course of the season. The winner of Saturday’s sport could have the within observe to profitable the SEC East and enjoying within the SEC championship sport. Each groups are among the many prime contenders to achieve the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Saturday we’d like Dawg Nation to have an effect on the sport !! For those who can speak whenever you depart, you did not yell sufficient !!

— Coach Kirby Good (@KirbySmartUGA) October 30, 2022

Over the previous 5 seasons, just one different Georgia sport — a Sept. 21, 2019, residence sport towards Notre Dame — was a costlier ticket. The typical ticket worth for that contest was $540. The Bulldogs defeated the Combating 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 concerning the Notre Dame sport, however we wish to be louder than that. We wish to be there sooner than that. We had some nice matchups final yr right here at residence, and I believed [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.”