Thanks @Knowsstuff Indeed google is your friend! I found some info. But it’s always good to hear from those who have actually done it. $185 for all home games is a steal!
And, lol about soccer I would be shocked if soccer tickets (in ANY school) are hard to get lol.
On June 1st, the ticket window opens up for incoming freshman. You should receive an email with info in a month or two. Last year, the online ticket window opened at 8:30 EST, which is 5:30 AM PST. We woke up early and bought them online that day. I’m an “early bird catches the worm” kinda person. You’re allowed to buy football, basketball and hockey season tickets and the cost for all of them is/was $500 plus a $15 service charge.
Price breakdown:
Football $175
Basketball $175
Hockey $150
For all other sports, the demand isn’t as great, and you just either go and pay at the door with your student ID or buy them online thru the ticket portal.
Basketball tickets are a bit odd. UMich has some sort of point system for basketball, where if you don’t actually attend games and use your student ticket (loaded on your MCard), then you’re kicked out of the queue for a future game(s). Something along those lines. It’s weird and I don’t totally understand it.
If you’re a returning student, then the ticket window opened 3/11 and closes 4/5 or until inventory lasts.
If you’re a big sports fan, then buy the season tickets. If you know others who are attending UMich, then you can form a group, use a group number and sit together.
For everyone else, you buy tickets through the website or on the secondary market like StubHub.
Parents can buy football tickets for Parents Weekend separately in this Spring. It’s early this year on October 4-6, which is also Homecoming Weekend. The football game is Iowa. They didn’t want to schedule Parents Weekend for the Michigan State or Notre Dame games, because there won’t be any tickets available.
If a student buys season tickets for football but then doesn’t attend all games, can they sell tickets on the open market? I would have assumed so, but now I’m not so sure – you have to use student ID to get in? I should add that the purpose of my question is not to promote a business of buying student tickets and then selling them. I’m wondering if you can recoup money for the games you don’t attend.
Yes, you can resell your ticket(s) to another student. Football tickets are hard copies and mailed to you. The hockey and basketball tickets are loaded on your MCard. There’s a marketplace for students to buy and sell.
Obviously, you’ll need a student ID to get into the student areas, which is designated on the ticket.
Thanks @sushiritto. Makes perfect sense. A friend of mine whose son is a current freshman didn’t buy season tickets because he didn’t think he’d be able to go to every game. When there was a game he wanted to go to, he was shocked to find out that he couldn’t buy a single game ticket. I don’t want my son to make the same mistake!
Seats are not assigned. First come first served. If you want the most desirable student seats for basketball, then you get there at “Zero Dark Thirty.” Recruited athletes, in other sports, get some nice seats though.
As I understand it, there are actually sub-levels within the student section that are based on a points system. The more games you go to, the earlier you get there, etc gives you more points. Not sure what happens with freshman, I assume they have the section in the back.
Also, student tickets can be sold to other students, but to sell them to a non-student they must be validated which there are fees for. A student MUST show their MCard with their student football ticket.
I’ve seen them send kids away when they didn’t have their MCard with them at the stadium. It appears they are really serious about closing the loophole for students buying season tickets and selling them off to non students.
Do your own thing. You never have to go to any sports games etc. It’s up to you. I would though go to a game or two to experience it THEN make up your mind. Some just go to be with people and not really the games per se. In any college you will find your tribe and go from there.