Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game an official sellout as UGA sells 800 tickets in 2 minutes
Not that it will come as a surprise to anyone, but the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between Georgia and Boise State officially became a hard sellout on Monday.
The exact time was 9:02 a.m. At 9 sharp, UGA put 800-plus $55 tickets on sell and they were gone two minutes later, according to both Georgia and Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game officials.
That means all 71,228 tickets have been snapped up a month and nine days before kickoff (Sept. 3, 8 p.m.) and Chick-fil-A Bowl President and CEO Gary Stokan is a very happy man.
“One of the things that sold Georgia and [Athletic Director] Greg McGarity on this game was we could give them access to tickets,” Stokan said Monday. “As of today they sold more than 53,000 tickets. I think the majority of their season-ticket holders were able to get access to tickets. That said, I have lists longer than both my arms of people calling me. So it must be a tough ticket if people are already calling me this far out.”
It wasn’t the earliest sellout for the still-relatively-new game. That goes to the 2009 game featuring No. 5 Alabama and No. 7 Virginia Tech, according to Matt Garvey, vice president of communications for the Chick-fil-A Game.
“But nobody has sold as many tickets as Georgia has either,” Stokan pointed out. In the previous three Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games the schools split 31,000 tickets each. Only LSU-North Carolina last year was not a sellout.
“When we put this game together, we went to Boise State and asked them how many tickets they thought they could sell and they said 75-hundred [7,500],” Stokan said. “And then we went to Greg and asked him what he thought he needed and he said, ‘as many as you have to sell.’ So I think Mark Richt and Greg have done a wonderful job of getting their people excited about this year. I think it’s a credit to the passion of the University of Georgia football fans. That’s what you need to do in a game like this.”
Georgia has sold 53,522 tickets, or approximately of the Georgia Dome’s capacity. Boise State sold out of its allotment a couple of weeks ago. The remainder go to Georgia Dome suiteholders and the Chick-fil-A folks.
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Dirty Dawg
July 26th, 2011
11:43 am
Interesting takes on this game…and we’ve only got five and a half weeks before we find out the truth. Not sure if the ‘blues’ posting here are BSers (by that I meant Boise State fans) or just more UGA-haters with, different, assumed names, but regardless you’ve almost got me believing that Georgia doesn’t stand a chance…again, we’ll see, won’t we?
As for home-and-home stuff, the primary point is that no self-respecting program will submit to playing a regular season game on that blue plastic rug – I know, Tech has, but that’s Tech and whatever bowl game they agreed to go to…I mean really folks, hasn’t that ‘gimmick’ run its course? Do you really need that to call attention to yourselves? Unless, of course, is gives you an advantage when you play in those all-blue outfits, against an all-blue background, people can get confused – I know it hurts my eyes just to watch it on TV – which I find myself doing only because I’m waiting for scores scrolling across the bottom of the screen.
This season is damned important to both teams…Georgia’s because of the ‘manufactured’ hot-seat that some have built under Richt…Boise State’s because they are getting more attention and higher pre-season rankings than ever before – at least in my feeble memory. Accordingly, if they should get the snot beat out of ‘em by a Georgia team that lost seven games last year, it will indeed go far to ‘validate’ the ’sisters-of-the-poor’ comment from that idiot at Ohio State and will doom BS’s season even before it gets started good.
Also interesting were the stats posted on those games against the ‘big boys’…I had forgotten the Oregon State game a couple of years back – wonder how that jaw feels now?…gotta tell ya’ if you guys should happen to win this one, don’t, I repeat don’t, get in any Bulldog fan’s face and ‘rag-on him’ like your boy did to the OSU RB that time…trust me on that. As for the other two, no amount of stats will change the fact that you beat Oklahoma on a couple of miracle trick-plays at the end of the game and Va Tech made enough mistakes that they were still countin’ ‘em the next week against an even lesser team than BS. You guys are gonna have to ‘go some’ to pull this one out, and Kellen is gonna have to ‘move or die’…this defense is ready to do some damage and if they can’t against you then we’re in for a long, long, sad season.
Seriously, it will be an interesting game and obviously I’m expecting Georgia to acquit themselves well…then it’ll be on to the ‘real business as hand’ – South Carolina.
Dawg Gone
July 26th, 2011
11:57 am
@BSU TRUE that my friend was LOL funny…watch in awe!! I’m still chuckling as if playing in a conference that has hoisted the last 6 crystal football you would think we haven’t seen any good team or players…really? Tell Mr.Moore to buckle his chinstrap please.
Level-Headed-Bronco
July 26th, 2011
11:58 am
Sorry about BroncoBlue… the ignorance is not shared throughout the program. We normally pride ourselves on work ethic and modesty…clearly he did not get the memo. I am looking for another high-energy game in less than 40 days and would love to see some hard-nosed football. Good spot-light for both teams and a great way to start the season. Excited and nervous for the big day. I got money on Big Blue but I know it isn’t going to be something to take lightly… this is a talented, young, ambitious group of kids who have every possibility to make head-way this season.
Boise!!!
State!!!
Dawg Gone
July 26th, 2011
12:11 pm
@Level-Headed-Bronco nice post it will be great to get the season underway. Looking forward to a great game against Boise I’m hoping we win but I won’t make any guarantees.
Big67Bronco
July 26th, 2011
12:38 pm
@Dawg Gone – LOL…touche my friend! I’m astounded by our own fans’ ignorance sometimes…
Dawg Gone
July 26th, 2011
12:48 pm
@Big67Bronco as we get closer to the game the bandwagon fans and the trolls acting like they are UGA fans will get real stupid..it should be a great game between two very good programs. Don’t let the crazies get to you…..I have to tell myself the same thing.
BleedBlue
July 26th, 2011
12:59 pm
Georgia fans are pretty pathetic when they have to bring up games from the past!!! Past doesn’t matter anymore. We are a much better team and we are gonna show it this September, just you wait. Makes me laugh with all your trash talk…
Suga slapped a cowboy
July 26th, 2011
2:21 pm
@bleedblue, arent you assuming you will beat us based on our past too (last yr)?, so why shouldnt we go back to when we played in 05′? U r not a better team POINT, BLANK, PERIOD!!
Sharee
July 26th, 2011
10:46 pm
The BSU section will indeed be all Boise fans…..I’m sure you will also find some mixed among the U of G fans!
DougsMugs
July 29th, 2011
10:20 am
@Suga slapped a cowboy, @BleedBlue – After reading through the comments, I had forgotten about how worried we were about the great Zabransky and how he was going to pick us apart. It will be interesting to see how this year works out with the great Kellen Moore. Will he avenge Zabransky, or suffer the same horrid fate?
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SmurfPeter
July 29th, 2011
1:20 pm
Dawgs are gonna beat our az.
St. Simons
July 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
(((((((((( 45-42 ))))))))) hahahahhaa
Spike 80DF
July 29th, 2011
4:01 pm
@sharee, not so fast, I know plenty of Dawg fans that hopped on BSU’s ticket website and ordered seats for that game. you might want to wear ear plugs, it’ll be loud….
bulldoginohio
July 29th, 2011
8:54 pm
Level-Headed-Bronco
good post indeed.Some of the Georgia fans should respect Boise St football.That doesn’t mean I don’t think we will win, but I do still respect Boise football.Should be a good game