As most of you have heard by now, tickets to the 2010 BCS National Championship game are hard to come by. This year, each team (Texas and Alabama) was only alloted 19,000 tickets each to distribute to their fans, students, and spirit groups. (When Texas played USC in the Rose Bowl 4 years ago, Texas and USC were alloted 25,000 tickets each). The Rose Bowl seats just over 92,000, but for the National Championship game they are bringing in an addition 8,000-10,000 seats. So just over 1/3 of the tickets sold to this game are actually going to the fans of the teams involved. The majority of the remaining tickets are distributed to corporate sponsors, such as the title sponsor Citi Bank. (Yes, the same company that was taken over by the gov't last year). It should also be noted that a few thousand tickets were set aside for Pasadena residents to purchase.
All in all, if you're wondering why you're a student or a member of the Longhorn Foundation and didn't get a ticket to the game, this is why. The LHF had over 30,000 requests, combined with the over 5,000 requests from the students (mostly of whom were Seniors), the LHF could not possibly fill all requests.
***Note: The cutoff for tickets in the LHF was $1,500 annual donation with a cumulative donation total of $8,000.
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