The Register article says that general-public season ticket sales are expected to fall 3,000 to 5,000 (roughly 10 percent) short of last year's total. The article is here:
http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sp...ry-barta-stands-behind-kirk-ferentz/29186419/
there's a lot of factors affecting ticket sales:
* MN is the best home game
* Iowa lost 3 home games last season, including to an Iowa State team that went 2-10.
* Iowa is 10-11 in home games since 2012.
* "Ferentz Fatigue" is alive and well among fans.
* Fans could justifiably be viewing 2015 as a wait-and-see season, knowing they'll have the opportunity to buy a ticket for face value (or less, on the secondary market) last-minute, then return for 2016's more attractive slate that includes Iowa State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska
Iowa's first two games will be telling. Beating ISU twice — Illinois State, then Iowa State in Ames — could entice on- or outside-the-fence fans to pull the trigger for a 7 p.m. game the following Saturday against Pittsburgh and beyond
IOWA FOOTBALL TICKET SALES BY YEAR
Data supplied by the University of Iowa in regards to season ticket sales and attendance since the 2005 season (*—as of June 19; the UI said it expects faculty and student sales to be similar to 2014, and expects a few thousand more general-public season tickets to be sold):
Year — Season ticket sales (General + faculty/staff + students) — Avg. attendance
- 2005 — 54,584 (40,456 + 3,864 + 10,264) — 70,585
- 2006 — 54,308 (40,092 + 3,684 + 10,532) —70,585
- 2007 — 54,357 (40,284 + 3,929 + 10,144) — 70,585
- 2008 — 51,985 (38,397 + 3,937 + 9,651) — 70,169
- 2009 — 51,497 (37,125 + 4,078 + 10,294) — 70,214
- 2010 — 54,620 (40,101 + 4,206 + 10,313) — 70,585
- 2011 — 55,457 (40,506 + 4,438 + 10,513) — 70,585
- 2012 — 54,490 (39,786 + 4,333 + 10,371) — 70,474
- 2013 — 50,229 (38,637 + 4,210 + 7,382) — 67,125
- 2014 — 48,268 (37,823 + 4,005 + 6,440) — 67,512
- 2015 — 36,514* (30,686 + 3,394 + 2,434) — TBD
Note: Reported ticket data does
not include premium seating, which is annually sold out and counts 2,280 people toward each game's final attendance figure (and counts as 1,970 in ticket sales). Premium seating is sold out again in 2015 and the UI's Rick Klatt said there is a waiting list for those club-level and suite tickets.