A majority of Ohio State football season ticket holders opted to purchase their seats for this Saturday’s playoff game against Tennessee, but it appears some passed along an additional perk to other fans.
In an email sent by Ohio State to football season ticket holders in early November, those ticket holders got first dibs to buy seats for the first-round playoff game, as is typical for postseason games.
Season ticket holders could request to purchase any or all of their season ticket seat locations, but they could not add additional tickets through the process. Instead, Ohio State held a presale for season ticket holders who wished to purchase additional tickets after the playoff game was confirmed.
A promo code for that presale opportunity was communicated to all season ticket holders prior to the public sale, said university spokesperson Chris Booker.
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Some of those season ticket holders appeared to share that promo code with others before ticket sales opened up to the general public, causing conspiracy rumors to swirl online.
“It was unfortunate and not our intent that the promo code was shared beyond its intended recipients,” Booker said. “We are not concerned about any internal leak.”
In all, 76% of season tickets were opted into — or 46,100 tickets — and an additional 13,000 were sold to Ohio State students, according to the university. The stadium’s capacity is roughly 103,000.
Tennessee officially received 3,500 tickets, with about 100 tickets going to marching band members traveling for the game.
General public tickets sold out in minutes on Thursday morning, with 1,700 tickets released for public sale, according to ticket sales provided by OSU. No tickets for the game against the Volunteers were available by 10:23 a.m. Thursday on Ticketmaster, except for verified resale tickets.
That led to an uptick in resale tickets.
Booker said resale tickets are very common for big matchups.
“This is a playoff game in very high demand and it’s not uncommon for games of this magnitude to have significant secondary market activity, similar to past home games against Notre Dame and Michigan.”
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