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More than 57,000 tickets sold for OSU's Oct. 31 meeting with Texas
Published: 10/22/2009 12:02 AM
Last Modified: 10/22/2009 12:02 AM

Having already sold 57,050 tickets for the Oct. 31 Texas game at Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma State is assured of yet another school-record attendance figure.

With a price range of $110-$200, fewer than 300 tickets remain for the 7 p.m., ABC-televised Big 12 showdown.

OSU set a school record for attendance on Sept. 5, when 53,012 watched the Cowboys defeat Georgia; and again on Sept. 26, when 56,901 saw the Cowboys rout Grambling State.

OSU has broken records for overall season-ticket sales (45,952) and student season-ticket sales (11,400).

Through five of this season's eight home dates, OSU's attendance average is 53,699. The university is on pace to shatter last year's school-record attendance average of 48,788.

-- Bill Haisten

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MexiMike (3 years ago)

Yeah, that dumb Mike Holder. His ticket policy will never work....right? Where are all the nay sayers now?

shart (3 years ago)

This article is confusing. Season-ticket sales of 45,952 plus student season-tickets of 11,400 equals 57,352. But, they have "sold 57,050" tickets to this game? What?

Keenin (3 years ago)

Shart...... The student tickets are included in the almost 46k tickets they sold. Its the total of student tickets and other season tickets they sold.

bruinsooner (3 years ago)

MexiMike, Mike Holders attendance policy stinks. The Georgia game should have been a sellout. Out of state fans could have attended as it was played over Labor Day. They cannot come to every game especially with a 7 home game schedule. It was lost revenue for OSU and lost revenue for Stillwater area (motels, restaurants, etc).

Texas game will not be a sellout but Holder calls it a sellout. 1,000 student season tickets were not sold. And Mike Holder refuses to sell those 1,000 student tickets to OSU students as a single game sale. About 11,000 students bought a season ticket; there are more than 20,000 students at OSU and Holder will not sell those extra kids a single game ticket. Lost revenue; lost concessions. And some 900 of the exclusive suite type seats are unsold. He won't sell those for a single game even at an exhorbitant price.

If I ran/owned a business in Stillwater, I would be complaining. Is sales tax revenue up in Stillwater?; across most of Oklahoma, it is down.

The huge crowd at Grambling game was caused by declaring it Dad's Day. Thousands of dads and/or moms went to the game that normally do not attend. And of course, attendance is up because the Cowboys are having a great season. But the game will not be a sellout, even though Mike Holder calls it a sellout, because he will not sell all the tickets.

C SQUARED (3 years ago)

Bruinsooner
I take it your a sooner so shut up about the policy, what ever the numbers say is what is being sold, how the school counts it is their right. But I will tell you this I have sat in my seats for every home game over the last three years and ill tell you this.....ITS WORKING!

DanDDiver (3 years ago)

The whiney Swooners are out in force because Holder's ticket policy and OSU success has brought in more and more fans.
Sure, we've got a ways to go to top the Swooners average, but the OSU average continues to meet or beat expectations.
There is no lost revenue to OSU because those that were required to purchase season tickets to get to see the "big" games like Georgia and Texas are going to the other games as well.
So what Texas and Georgia fans couldn't just walk up and buy a seat. They contributed to the OSU coffers if they purchased season tickets. UGA fans have to shell out thousands of dollars more just to get UGA away tickets. More so than our season ticket prices and their's are.
Don't like OSU's ticket policy or prices, Swooners? Then stay home next year.
We'd rather not see you cheap Goons there anyway.

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