Athletics

Football season tickets in high demand

More than 3,600 new 2017 football season tickets have been sold

Penn State fans have purchased more than 3,600 new season tickets for the 2017 football season. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl appearance last fall has the Blue & White faithful even more excited for the 2017 season. Penn State fans have purchased more than 3,600 new season tickets and have renewed their season tickets at a nearly 92 percent rate.

The 3,612 new season tickets sold is a significant jump of nearly 2,300 tickets from last year at this time (1,358), which is an increase of 166 percent. Last week, 776 new season tickets were purchased, which was a record weekly total in the Coach James Franklin era.

The 91.7 percent paid renewal rate is very strong for early February and is 7.3 percentage points higher than last year at this time (84.4).

The 2017 home schedule features a trio of non-conference games, including Pitt's first visit to Beaver Stadium since 1999. The Nittany Lions open the season against Akron (Sept. 2) and face Pitt (Sept. 9) and Georgia State (Sept. 16) to close out a three-game homestand to start the year. In Big Ten play, Penn State welcomes Indiana (Sept. 30), Michigan (Oct. 21), Rutgers (Nov. 11 - Homecoming) and Nebraska (Nov. 18) to Happy Valley.

Last Updated February 10, 2017