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BCS Title Ticket Prices Dodge A Major Hit

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 8, 2009

TAMPA - It appears college football fans are feeling the effects of the bad economy, but don't count on getting cheap tickets for tonight's national championship game between the Florida Gators and Oklahoma Sooners.

"The economy is definitely having a suppressive impact on bowl games in general," said Scott Roback, vice president of business development for Los Angeles-based RazorGator.com, which sold tickets for the New Year's night Orange Bowl between Virginia Tech and Cincinnati for as low as $5. "But certain games, including the BCS title game, have held up better than expected. There has been a surge in interest in the last few weeks, maybe because people are expecting a great offensive game like USC against Texas three years ago."

Ted Jackovics

DIGITS

1,400+

Tickets available Wednesday afternoon on RazorGator.com, Ticket master.com and StubHub.com

$870

Average price for tickets that RazorGator.com sold through Tuesday to this year's BCS title game, compared with an average of $1,415 for tickets to the 2008 BCS title game between the LSU Tigers and Ohio State Buckeyes
$105

Lowest price for tickets to this year's game on RazorGator.com, compared with $650 last year

$3,440

Highest price for tickets to this year's game on RazorGator.com, compared with $3,909 last year

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