When someone says get your tickets now, they usually mean it. That's been the case for the University of Wyoming football program. Despite last year's disappointing season, enthusiasm appears to be at an all-time high, especially if you count ticket sales.
When the season tickets went on sale this past February, the UW athletics department set a goal of selling 10,000 season tickets for the 2011 season. That goal was reached this week, as 10,035 season tickets were sold as of July 14. The previous UW record was 8,336 season tickets in 2009.
Less than 500 available season tickets remained for sale as of Thursday.
Cowboy fans were informed in February that the only way to guarantee themselves a ticket to the Wyoming-Nebraska game was to purchase a season ticket for the 2011 season. Season tickets were made available for purchase by the general public beginning Feb. 28, and renewals were also mailed to 2010 UW season-ticket holders on Feb. 28.
“The response from our fans has been tremendous,” said University of Wyoming Director of Athletics Tom Burman said in a release. “We knew the demand for tickets this season was going to be great. We weren’t absolutely positive we could reach the 10,000 season-ticket mark, but the outpouring of support from our fans has been outstanding.
“When we put tickets on sale last February, we wanted to make sure that all of our fans had enough advance notice to be able to purchase a season ticket, allowing them an opportunity to see this historic game versus Nebraska. Now, almost five months later, Cowboy fans have taken advantage of this opportunity to see what has become the most anticipated event in our athletic history.”
With a general positive response to the release of the new cowboy football uniform combinations, football season apparently could not get here any quicker.
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