Good news...the Chippewas have sold all their alloted tickets and now fans must purchase them through ticketmaster.

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$10 a ticket? I might have to sneak down and see it. What side are we on? The seating chart doesn't say which side is home or visitor.

Does anyone know why we were only given around 7,000 tickets only? Doesn't the MAC want a sell out crowd or close to it? I guess they want us to play in empty stadiums, like we've done all season.

No, I think Ticketmaster wants more site traffic/$$$$$$$$.

BarnardHall211 Wrote:No, I think Ticketmaster wants more site traffic/$$$$$$$$.

I see.

I just went onto ticketmaster to see what the best tickets I could buy and sure enough...I was able to purchase some close to the 50 yard line. I'm assuming it's Miami's side (section 108).

I also found seats in section 108 however it was in row 38 which is pretty close to the last row. I am guessing that it will be full in the lower level

I doubt Miami will bring over 5,000 fans. Someone else mentioned they just bought tickets in section 131 which would seem to indicate that the CMU side is just about sold out.

Hopefully walk-up sales are good and we can at least fill the lower bowl for TV. That would require a crowd of 36,000 which I think is doable.

From cm-life:

Ticket/bus packages sell out
Seats still available for Saturday's game at Detroit's Ford Field
By: Tim Ottusch
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: News

Those looking to take the CMU-sponsored busses or get the $10 student tickets are out of luck.

The 1,000 extra tickets and a remaining bus is sold out. The extra tickets bring the total sold to 7,000, about 1,300 more than last year's game.

"It's fantastic, because last year we sold about 5,700 to 5,800 tickets," said Nick Williams, associate athletic director of external operations. "Which as far as I know was a record by any one school for the championship game and then obviously to come in this year and sell 7,000 tickets, that's fantastic."

Students can still buy tickets through Ticketmaster or by calling Ford Field at 313-262-2003. Tickets also will be available at the stadium ticket offices on Saturday morning. Those tickets cost between $10 and $20.

The $10 tickets are located in lower level sections, club level sections and upper level sections. The $20 tickets are located in the club level sections.

Students who have tickets can go to a "tailgating party" by calling the Athletic Ticket Office, 774-3045, for a pregame party inside Ford Field. The pregame tickets cost $20 and include a meal and nonalcoholic drinks.

For the students who have tickets, the anticipation is growing.

"I hope we score 40 points and then play Michigan State in the Motor City Bowl," said Jason Kolis, Dearborn sophomore.

Deputy Director of Athletics for Miami University Jason Lener said Miami had only sold a couple hundred of their allotted tickets as of Monday



"We're hoping we have a huge crowd advantage," Williams said.

The Athletic Ticket Office also is taking reservations for tickets to CMU's future bowl game. The Chippewas three options still available are the International Bowl on Jan 5 in Toronto, the GMAC Bowl in on Jan. 6 in Mobile, Ala. or the Motor City Bowl on Dec. 26 in Detroit.

"Basically all we're doing is taking reservations," Williams said.

Williams said athletics is not charging anyone, they're just taking credit card numbers and information to process them when the tickets come in.

The MAC bowl games will be announced this weekend after the MAC Championship game is over.

CMU (7-5), Ball State (7-5) and Bowling Green (8-4) are bowl eligible, and if Miami wins the MAC Championship it will improve to 7-6 and become bowl eligible.


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