Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford has turned Saturday’s LSU-Ole Miss matchup into a pricey ticket long before kickoff.
As of Tuesday morning, SeatGeek listed the cheapest seat for No. 7 LSU at No.
8 Ole Miss at $467 with fees included. Other lower-priced tickets on the site were showing in the $480 to $618 range, and prices jumped fast from there depending on the section.
Many seats were listed above $1,000, several climbed into the thousands, club tickets were above $5,000, and the priciest Field Club ticket checked in at $15,088.
SeatData, which tracks secondary-market listings without fees, had the get-in price at $421 on Tuesday and a median ticket price of $862. The site said the get-in price hit an all-time high of $520 on Aug. 26 and an all-time low of $282 in January, with the current number sitting about 19% below that August peak.
Even with some cooling from the high point, LSU-Ole Miss is still carrying a much bigger price tag than a typical Ole Miss home game. SeatGeek showed Missouri tickets starting around $147, Auburn around $114 and Georgia around $239.
The gap is even starker when you compare it with Ole Miss’ Sept. 12 game against Charlotte, where SeatGeek listings were hovering around $31 to $41 in the days before kickoff. Ole Miss won that game 41-9.
The demand makes sense given what’s on the field and on the sideline. LSU comes in ranked No.
7, Ole Miss is No. 8, and both teams are 1-0 entering LSU’s first SEC game of the season. It’s also Kiffin’s first trip back to Oxford since leaving Ole Miss to take over at LSU, a detail that has only added to the buzz.
Kiffin said Monday he understands the spotlight but wants the focus elsewhere.
“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.
Saturday’s game will also be the first LSU-Ole Miss meeting between two top-10 teams since 1962. ESPN’s “College GameDay” will be in The Grove on Saturday morning, adding another layer to an already packed day in Oxford.
The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Ticket prices can still move as the week goes on, depending on inventory and demand.
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