Ohio State football season-ticket sales return to pre-COVID level

Ohio State sold over 50,000 non-student season tickets for first time since COVID-19 began impacting attendance two years agoGetty Images

Season-ticket sales for Ohio State football games have “returned to pre-pandemic levels,” according to sources cited by Joey Kaufman of the COLUMBUS DISPATCH. The school has “sold 53,606 season tickets” to the general public and to faculty and staff for the upcoming ‘22 season. It is the “first time Ohio State has sold more than 50,000 non-student season tickets” since COVID-19 began impacting attendance two years ago and is the “most sold since selling 53,926” in ‘17. OSU has an “attractive upcoming home schedule” for fans next fall, “opening up against Notre Dame and ending with their rivalry game versus Michigan” on Thanksgiving weekend. Through Thursday, the renewal rate “had reached 86%, equating to 37,333 season tickets.” The school also has “sold 16,273 new season tickets” to bring the base of season-ticket holders “above 50,000.” This is the first year that a majority of season-ticket holders are “required to make annual seat contributions for the right to purchase tickets in certain locations at the stadium.” The per-seat contributions, which “range from $100 to $1,500 depending on location,” replace previous forms of giving that required season-ticket holders to “pay membership fees to the Buckeye Club or the President’s Club” (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 4/2).