BATON ROUGE — Highlighted by the sale of 778 season football tickets, LSU’s “Hot Season Ticket Month” got off to a successful start on Tuesday.
The ticket promotion, which runs for the entire month of July, features season ticket sales for football, and men’s and women’s basketball. In all, 943 season tickets were sold in all three sports on Tuesday.
In addition to the 778 season football tickets that were sold, fans purchased 105 lower level tickets for women’s basketball and 50 upper level season tickets for men’s basketball.
Football season tickets are $249 for south end zone and west upper deck seats and $324 for east upper deck seats. A limited number of south end zone seats remain in Tiger Stadium after Tuesday.
Men’s basketball season tickets are $176 for upper level seats. With the purchase of four season tickets, fans will receive one free parking pass for the 2003-04 season.
Women’s basketball season tickets are $75. Lower level seats continue to be available for Lady Tiger Basketball.
Nearly 700 LSU Corporate Sponsor Value Packs, which features free merchandise and discounts from LSU’s corporate sponsors, remain after the close of business on Tuesday. The Value Pack is valued at over $300 and is given to first 1,000 new ticket accounts during LSU’s “Hot Season Ticket Month” promotion in July.
LSU’s Corporate Sponsor Value Pack includes coupons for a free 12-pack of 12-ounce cans of Coca-Cola product, $1 off any beef purchase at Winn-Dixie, a free Louisiana Lottery Golf Shirt, 20 percent off designer glasses at Ochsner Clinic, a free Big Mac from McDonald’s, a free financial profile at Bank One, one free case of Tiger Water from Abita Springs, three free months with a one-year subscription to The Advocate, free drinks and a tumbler from CC’s Coffee, two free six-packs of 20-ounce bottles of PowerAde, a switch-and-save offer from EATEL, a free Louisiana Traditions Cookbook from Farm Bureau Insurance, a free discount coupon book from UPS, and 15 percent off any purchase in the Tiger Gift Center.
The LSU Athletics Ticket Office is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets can also be purchased by phone at (225) 578-2184 or (800) 960-TKTS, and on the official website of LSU Athletics, LSUsports.net.