As more and more fans are staying home and watching games on their televisions, teams, franchises, and venues have had to come up with increasing ways to draw fans to the games.
Those plans rarely involve dropping the prices of tickets or merchandise or concessions, but to do nothing would be foolish.
In an effort to make sure Ohio Stadium is at capacity game after game, Ohio State has announced that for the first time ever they are introducing flexible ticket packages.
Ohio State will be offering two 3-game packages and one 4-game package. None of the packages will include the Buckeyes’ premier home game this season against Penn State.
Beginning in June, OSU will offer three “flex plans.”
Flex Pass — Florida Atlantic, Miami, Michigan State, and Maryland for $249
Rush Plan — Miami, Maryland, Wisconsin for $327
Bitz Plan — Florida Atlantic, Cincinnati, Michigan State for $297
Fans can also purchase full season tickets beginning Monday.
The full release from Ohio State, including comments from Ohio State deputy athletics director Diana Sabau is included below.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Department of Athletics will offer a full season ticket package to the general public beginning Monday, May 13, and then in June will, for the first time, offer a trio of flexible ticketing options designed to make Ohio State football game days more accessible to more fans.
“We understand this new ticket marketplace and that fans want options,” Diana Sabau, deputy director of athletics, said. “We have inventory and so we want to respond to the needs of Buckeye Nation. We realize it can be difficult to commit to a full season ticket, so we want to provide numerous ticket buying alternatives to make Ohio State games more accessible to more fans.”
Full season ticket packages for east side stadium seats will go on sale online Monday at http://go.osu.edu/FBTix, and then flexible, three- and four-game ticketing plans that won’t require a Buckeye Club membership will be available for purchase in June.
The new, flexible ticket plan options for the 2019 football season include the following:
- 100 percent digital plan with seat location sent to your mobile phone the Friday before the game
- A unique seat location for each game, ensuring various viewpoints/experiences for the games
- A limited number of four-game packages priced at $249
- Includes Florida Atlantic, Miami, Michigan State and Maryland games
- On sale June 17
- A unique seat location for each game
- Customers will know seat locations prior to purchasing the plan
- Full ticket management options (mobile entry, transfer to friends, post for sale on Ohio State TicketExchange)
- Three-game packages priced at $327
- Includes Miami, Maryland and Wisconsin games
- On sale June 24
- A unique seat location for each game
- Customers will know seat locations prior to purchasing the plan
- Full ticket management options (mobile entry, transfer to friends, post for sale on Ohio State TicketExchange)
- Three-game packages priced at $297
- Includes Florida Atlantic, Cincinnati and Michigan State games
- On sale June 24
Single game tickets for the 2019 season will go on sale at 10 a.m. July 19 – while supplies last.