Aggies Sellout

[jtoutloud]

Texas A&M fans proved Monday that they will fit right in with the football-crazy Southeastern Conference.

The Aggie football team has sold out of season tickets for the 2012 season, according to the 12th Man Foundation's website. The sellout likely means the Aggies will fill Kyle Field with season ticket holders for the first time since the stadium was expanded in the late 1990s.

Monday's sale, which closed in less than an hour, was for people who didn't previously have season tickets. Those who had tickets last year will still have the option to renew their seats. If they don't, more seats could become available for sale to 12th Man Foundation members in July, the nonprofit organization that handles Aggie tickets said on its website.

In the meantime, fans seeking new tickets must join a waiting list or pay a premium in the secondary ticket market. Prices on Stubhub, A&M's official secondary market, ranged from $875 to $8,749 on Monday.

Specific details on how many tickets were sold weren't available Monday. 12th Man Foundation President Miles Marks said in an email that officials are still finalizing details and will release them soon.

A&M officials largely attributed the increased demand for tickets to the Aggies joining the SEC. Aggie fans have expressed increased interest in home games against teams like Florida, Arkansas and LSU. The team will also allot about 6,000 seats for visiting teams compared to 3,850 when A&M was in the Big 12.

Last year, the 12th Man Foundation's ticket offices became flooded with requests as the Aggies publicly flirted with joining the conference. That, coupled with high preseason expectations, caused the Aggies to break its all-time attendance record in 2011.

Prior to that, the Aggies struggled to consistently fill the stadium. The school averaged about 15,000 to 18,000 in unsold season tickets each year before 2011. The remaining tickets were made available for single-game sales, often at a discount. Nonconference games frequently featured empty seats in the top corners of the 83,002-capacity stadium.

Now, the university is considering expanding.


http://www.theeagle.com/am/A-amp-amp-M-sells-out-of-football-season-tickets--70620002012-03-26T23-46-47

[redpony]

A lot of those tickets might be for sale real cheap after the f-aggies get really butt-whipped by the SEC big boys early in the year.

[Mustangsabu]

I'm guessing that the Aggies will have a really easy non-conference to get things started

[Mustangsabu]

Except that we'll take them down at home.....


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[redpony]

LSU, Fla, Ark, and bama are not non-conference. They might have an easy start (with the exception of the ponies) but conference play will be a real eye-opener for them. IMO

[bubba pony]

ranged from $875 to $8,749

well, SMU can up the price for the game at Ford if they are willing to pay this range of money. also Dallas was always a good road trip for the Aggies back in the SWC days.
So suspect lots of Aggies at the game.

[redpony]

Since Ford is about 1/3 the capacity of their stadium we should offer them one-third the amount of tickets they gave us. Oh, and by the way the price to f-aggies should be about $500 per ticket. Rich SECers can afford that- right?

[ponyboy]

The ticket I got for the game at Kyle last year was occupied by the SMU band. Reinebold's girlfriend, son, my son, and I had to duck a trombone slide all game long.

[Peruna 2K5]

Do we have a dirt field where we can put their alumni tailgate?

[PK]

Do we have a dirt field where we can put their alumni tailgate?

Yes...where the Mrs. Bairds plant use to be. A little rain and it will be oh so fun for them.

[redpony]

and include a temporary fenced pen for the sheep.

[Peruna 2K5]

Brilliant!

[Alaric]

The ticket I got for the game at Kyle last year was occupied by the SMU band. Reinebold's girlfriend, son, my son, and I had to duck a trombone slide all game long.

Reinbold's girlfriend or his wife?

[BCS STANG]

Don't go there...

[malonish]

I doubt the legitimacy of Alaric's post at least in reference to his trombone ducking. Trombones stand in the back section so Al could just move back a row and the band kid could move forward. Problem solved. Plus it looks better when there's not a row of people amputating a whole band section.