Championship Game Tickets - UM Allotment

Submitted by Kilgore Trout on December 6th, 2023 at 10:45 PM

I got the email from the Athletic Department a little after 5 today for championship game tickets. 

  • 1000 or more points - up to 6 tickets
  • 500-999 points - up to 4 tickets
  • Less than 500 points - up to 3 tickets 

Price range $475 - $1300(!!!)

That ticket price definitely ended any ideas I had of trying to go. Holy moly. 

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mbasrfun

December 7th, 2023 at 8:16 AM ^

Interesting on the less than 500 points... the email they sent out on Sunday 12/3 said the following: 

12/3/23

Congratulations to the Michigan football team for capturing its third consecutive Big Ten Championship with a 26-0 victory over Iowa!

Michigan Athletics will take requests for the National Championship game from Wednesday, December 6 - Monday, December 11.  To be eligible to request National Championship tickets, you must be a current football season ticket holder or a donor to Michigan Athletics with 500+ points. Complete details will be communicated via e-mail later this week. 

 Thank you and Go Blue!

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CTSgoblue

December 7th, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^

It pays to be a season ticket holder.  Getting to 500+ points, excluding bonuses for being an alum/etc., as a non-season ticket holder would require $50,000 in athletic donations or $500,000 in university donations.  Shoot, if I did that, I'd hope I'd at least get some ticket priority every now and then.

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jcgary

December 7th, 2023 at 8:49 AM ^

Please note the 'OR' there.  

you must be a current football season ticket holder or a donor to Michigan Athletics with 500+ points

Basically if you aren't a football season ticket holder for Michigan but have 500+ points then you can still apply.  All season ticket holders can apply for NC tickets.  

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Midukman

December 7th, 2023 at 8:40 AM ^

Yep. I dumped a grand just going to the big championship. Meanwhile my adult son sat next to me and won $1400. We thought about making a road trip out of it, but the thought of driving 24 hrs home if we’d lose is more than I could stomach. 

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LeCheezus

December 7th, 2023 at 10:48 AM ^

This pricing is basically in line with what the secondary market was for M-OSU tickets this year, once you factor in fees, starting from about the mid season point when I started keeping my eye on it.

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CTSgoblue

December 7th, 2023 at 11:16 AM ^

I have 260pts and requested 3 tickets.  I think there's zero chance I end up getting any, especially after failing to get any for the Rose Bowl.  If there's any chance at all, it's because they're allotting fewer tickets/person (the Rose Bowl allowed everyone to request up to 8 tickets). 

The tough thing is that I don't really want to make travel arrangements for my family until I know if we're going--and doing so on <1 week notice makes me shudder to think of the costs of that. STILL, if I get the tickets I may do it as a once-in-20+-years kind of thing.

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aMAIZEinBLUEinTX

December 7th, 2023 at 6:58 PM ^

I'd happily pay 10% above price for the hassle/imposition to snag a ticket/tag along -

At the risk of sounding too forward, I am in Houston (well, Katy, 20 miles away from NRG) and have a 2-br 1200 sq ft Vegas resort-style new apartment (big pools both buildings, hot tub sits 20, free Starbucks, I can grill out 70-degree weather) -

41 year old male/ gf would most likely not want to go given the price point, so just a solo ticket...

Could work out arrangements for 2nd bedroom /separate bathroom too if accommodations needed. Probably just Uber down and back, half hour each way without traffic.  Been to NRG dozens of times and know the layout well.

GO BLUE 

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