GENERAL ONLINE FOOTBALL TICKET SALES - CLICK HERE
July 26, 2007
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State fans will have the opportunity to purchase single game tickets for the upcoming football season on Friday, July 27 at 5 p.m. All orders can be placed online at: Ticketmaster.
Unprecedented demand for Penn State season tickets has resulted in a record total of more than 93,500 public and student tickets having been sold for the upcoming campaign. Bud Meredith, Director of Ticket Operations, reported that an all-time high of 99 percent of current season ticket holders renewed their seats for the 2007 season.
Tickets are available for the Nittany Lions' season opener with Florida International (Sept. 1, 12:00 p.m.). There is a limit of four tickets per person, per game. All remaining home games are sold out.
Phone orders, counter and group sales will take place only if tickets remain as of August 5. Phone and counter sales will begin Monday, August 6 at 10:00 a.m. if tickets remain. The numbers to call are: 814-865-5555 or 800-863-3336 weekdays from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fewer than 150 club seat opportunities remain for the 2007 season, with more than 500 club seats having been sold during the past 10 months. For information on club seats, interested fans can call Bob White at 1-800-NITTANY (1-800-648-8269).
The anticipation of the upcoming season has also resulted in a strong demand for tickets to the Nittany Lions' five away games. Penn State's allotment for the Sept. 22 clash at Michigan is sold out. Tickets remain for three of Penn State's Big Ten away games -- Illinois (Sept. 29), Indiana (Oct. 20) and Michigan State (Nov. 17) - as well as the Nov. 10 contest against Temple at Lincoln Financial Field. Phone orders and counter sales for the four away games will begin August 6 at 10:00 a.m.
The Nittany Lion Club has grown by 20 percent over the past two years, according to Joe Battista, Executive Director. The Nittany Lion Club added more than 2,200 new members during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2007 for a record high of 22, 818 members. There were 18,373 NLC members at the end of fiscal 2005, an increase of 20 percent over the last two years.
Season ticket requests for new members, and additional seats requested for current members, exceeded tickets available by approximately 6,000 for the 2007 football season.
Joe Paterno's 42nd Penn State team returns 32 letterwinners and 15 starters for the 2007 season. The Nittany Lions have a blockbuster home schedule that includes five bowl teams from 2006.