LSU-Ole Miss Tickets Hit $664 Average as Kiffin Return Drives Oxford Weekend Prices to Records
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
LSU-Ole Miss Tickets Hit $664 Average as Kiffin Return Drives Oxford Weekend Prices to Records
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
Summary
$664 is the average resale ticket price for Saturday’s LSU-Ole Miss game, with the cheapest seats at $451 and demand 65% above Ole Miss’ previous home-game high, according to SeatGeek.
Lane Kiffin’s first trip back to Oxford as LSU coach has pushed the matchup into a new price tier: one buyer paid $4,862 per ticket, and TickPick called it the priciest event it has tracked in Mississippi.
305,000 visitors are expected in Oxford this weekend, up from about 150,000 on a typical home game, straining nearly every part of the town’s hospitality market.
Hotel rooms that normally start near $225 climbed to $1,900-$3,500 a night, some condos reached $4,000, and restaurants sold premium reservations or stocked tens of thousands of dollars in extra inventory.
Visit Oxford estimates major football weekends generate $30 million to $70 million in spending, showing how one rivalry game can bankroll local businesses while pricing some fans out.