Average price up $7 from last year, on par with rest of SEC
Ticket packages and prices have been released for the upcoming 2013-2014 football season, with the highest single-game ticket going for $80.
The game against Clemson, to be played Nov. 30, will cost the most, beating the Florida game by $10. The second most expensive is the season opener against North Carolina, and the cheapest single ticket price is for the Coastal Carolina game at $35.
Last year, the cheapest game was against Wofford, going for $30 a ticket. The most expensive was the much-hyped game against Georgia, which fetched $70 a head.
The average price of a single-game ticket increased slightly between this year and last. The average ticket for a home game ran fans $50.70 in 2012. This season, fans will pay an average of $57.14 a game.
“We set our ticket prices to reflect the expected demand for each game, thus the Clemson and Florida games will be higher priced than some of the others,” said Charles Bloom, an athletics spokesman. “We still have a very affordable $35 single-game ticket to the Coastal Carolina game.”
The prices set forth by USC are comparable to those around the SEC, Bloom said.
“To see the Gamecocks play on the road this season, fans will pay $70 at Georgia, $75 at Missouri and $80 at Tennessee,” Bloom said.
Two “mini-plans” are available. These plans include tickets to three games; the Garnet plan allows entry to games against Vanderbilt, Florida and Mississippi State, all Southeastern Conference opponents, for $175. The cheaper plan includes tickets to one SEC game — Kentucky — and two non-conference matchups — North Carolina and Coastal Carolina — at $145.
The price of mini-plans also went up between this season and last. The less expensive of the two 2012 mini-plans was $135 and the more expensive was $155.
The mini-plans will be available to Gamecock Club members starting July 22 and will be released to the general public on Aug. 5. All single-game tickets will be available to Gamecock Club members on Aug. 12The same for the general public, except the Clemson game, a week later on Aug. 19.
Season tickets will run $365 and are currently available to all.