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UT to have the lowest opening game attendance in recent memory for Saturday. 8000 tickets remain unsold.
Opening night jitters: New ticket scanner has UT officials on edge GoVolsXtra
Fuller said he expects a walk-up crowd similar to last year's season opener against UT Martin, when more than 2,000 tickets were sold on the day of the game.
Barring an unprecedented surge in ticket sales, UT will post its lowest season-opening crowd in recent memory. In the past three seasons, the Vols have averaged 98,696 fans for their first home game of the season.
Fuller said he's hoping for somewhere in the "mid-90,000s."
UT has promoted the game in a variety of ways, including a collaborative venture with Bristol Motor Speedway, but there aren't any plans to "devalue the product" by slashing prices just to fill the stadium, Fuller said.
Individual tickets for Saturday's game start at $40.
"We still think there's tremendous value in Tennessee football," Fuller said. "The balance here is between making sure you don't devalue the product by getting crazy on pricing versus 'We want to play in front of a full house.' "
This has been expected but I'm suprised to see only mid - 90,000 in attendance. I would expect 98,000 or 99,000. Oh well, Montana will be overwhelmed anyways. Go Big Orange!
Opening night jitters: New ticket scanner has UT officials on edge GoVolsXtra
Fuller said he expects a walk-up crowd similar to last year's season opener against UT Martin, when more than 2,000 tickets were sold on the day of the game.
Barring an unprecedented surge in ticket sales, UT will post its lowest season-opening crowd in recent memory. In the past three seasons, the Vols have averaged 98,696 fans for their first home game of the season.
Fuller said he's hoping for somewhere in the "mid-90,000s."
UT has promoted the game in a variety of ways, including a collaborative venture with Bristol Motor Speedway, but there aren't any plans to "devalue the product" by slashing prices just to fill the stadium, Fuller said.
Individual tickets for Saturday's game start at $40.
"We still think there's tremendous value in Tennessee football," Fuller said. "The balance here is between making sure you don't devalue the product by getting crazy on pricing versus 'We want to play in front of a full house.' "
This has been expected but I'm suprised to see only mid - 90,000 in attendance. I would expect 98,000 or 99,000. Oh well, Montana will be overwhelmed anyways. Go Big Orange!
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