Want to see Lane Kiffin return to Ole Miss? Cheapest LSU ticket nears $500
SeatGeek listings for Saturday’s top-10 LSU-Ole Miss showdown start at $467 with fees included, while some seats are listed for thousands
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Want to be inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium when Lane Kiffin returns to Ole Miss?
The cheapest seat could cost nearly $500.
As of Tuesday morning, SeatGeek listed the cheapest available ticket for No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss at $467, including fees. Other lower-priced options shown on SeatGeek included tickets for $480-$618.
SeatGeek’s stadium map showed prices climbing quickly depending on location, with many seats listed above $1,000 and some listings topping several thousand dollars. Club tickets were over $5,000 and the most expensive Field Club ticket was listed at $15,088.
Ticket prices have moved as game day gets closer
Ticket-tracking website SeatData showed a slightly different number because its prices do not include marketplace fees.
As of Tuesday, SeatData put the secondary-market get-in price at $421 before fees. The site’s data showed a median ticket price of $862 for the game.
SeatData tracks public listings across the secondary market and updates prices multiple times per day. It recorded an all-time high get-in price of $520 on Aug. 26, compared with an all-time low of $282 in January. The current get-in price is about 19% below that August peak.
That means prices have eased from their highest point, but LSU-Ole Miss remains far more expensive than most other Ole Miss home games.
SeatGeek currently lists Ole Miss home games against Missouri starting around $147, Auburn around $114 and Georgia around $239.
The difference from Ole Miss’ previous home game is even larger.
SeatGeek listings for Ole Miss’ Sept. 12 game against Charlotte were available for roughly $31 to $41 in the days leading up to kickoff, depending on the section and when prices were checked.
Ole Miss beat Charlotte 41-9.
Now, just one week later, the cheapest available LSU-Ole Miss ticket seen on SeatGeek Tuesday morning was $467 with fees included.
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Why LSU-Ole Miss demand is so high
Saturday’s game combines several of college football’s biggest storylines.
LSU enters Oxford ranked No. 7, while Ole Miss is No. 8. Both teams are 1-0 entering the first SEC game of the season for LSU.
The game also marks Kiffin’s first return to Oxford since leaving Ole Miss to become LSU’s head coach.
Kiffin said Monday that he knows his return will receive plenty of attention but wants LSU focused on the game.
“I know a lot is going to be made about me, but this is about the players being prepared really well and playing really well,” Kiffin said.
The matchup will also be the first LSU-Ole Miss game featuring two top-10 teams since 1962.
ESPN’s “College GameDay” will broadcast from The Grove on Saturday morning, adding another major event to an already busy weekend in Oxford.
No. 7 LSU and No. 8 Ole Miss kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Ticket prices can change throughout the week as inventory is added and tickets are purchased.
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