Ohio Stadium is adding a new premium perch for Saturday’s season-opener against Ball State, and the price tag is as eye-catching as the view.
The new field-level suites sit on the south end of the stadium, built where the Ohio State Marching band used to be. The band moved to the north end last season to clear the way, and the area now opens alongside the new turf installed during the offseason.
There are nine suites in all, each built for as many as 12 people. Just above them, Ohio Stadium also added 400 chairback seats. Both options are already sold out.
Suite holders and seat buyers will have access to the 1922 Club, which opens three hours before kickoff. The club is also available on non-game days through memberships priced at $4,500 per person.
For the season, the suites cost $142,700, while the chairback seats run $6,000 annually.
Off the field, Ohio State also landed at No. 5 in the annual 247Sports Talent Composite, released Friday. That put the Buckeyes second among Big Ten teams behind only one league school. The ranking is a measure of which roster carries the most recruiting talent.
Ohio State’s 90-man roster includes six five-star recruits, 49 four-star recruits and 33 three-star recruits, adding up to 923.22 points and an average star rating of 90.68.
The four teams ranked ahead of the Buckeyes are Georgia, Oregon, Alabama and Texas. And over the 12-year history of the metric, Ohio State has never finished outside the top five.
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