Just bought my 35th ticket for VT @ UVA on Jan 18. Who else is going?
We have a crew going and will be in Section 308 this year. Started with 2 blocks of 16 tix and people have been hitting me up to add more ever since. This is the first year I couldn't get lower level seats from UVA, but they had a bunch of upper levels and it's almost sold out now. I suspect there will be a strong showing from Hokie Nation, especially since you can't buy tickets for the Blacksburg game from VT. I just don't get UVA fans not supporting their own team for these rivalry games. The few that do go get so irritated at the Hokies that show up. Last year, the old men behind us spent the whole game yelling at some kids from VT that got seats up front (and those kids were just cheering for the Hokie players). I saw on the Sabre that they were peeved that the JMU crowd bought a bunch in their upper level earlier this year, too. We sold out ACC games in Blacksburg with season ticket sales alone, so this was about the only shot for my friends that want to see the rivalry this year. Everyone remembers how loud the Cassel was when UVA showed up, so let's make some noise in JPJ and really have some fun...
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To date they are 3rd in ACC in attendance only behind Syracuse and UNC. They also avg 96% tickets sold per game vs 88% sold for VT.
Both numbers are very solid in this day and age for live sports, but the numbers would say that uvas basketball fans show up both in higher number of tickets and higher percentage of tickets.
I think the support for basketball across all schools in the state is arguably as good as any other state for college basketball
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I have bought a block of tickets for myself and friends to the JPJ game since 2020. Couldn't go in 2021 because of COVID, but they played on a Sat in 2020 and way before students were back. We got a bunch of seats where their band normally is that year. Last year was mid week and closer to student return, but still empty. Plenty of lower level seats and it sure did not make the season ticket holders behind us happy to see so many Hokies within rows of court. None of us had to go resale for those seats, either.
This year, students should be back and there were no lower levels released when single game sales started at end of November. They only let rows of tickets out in small releases and gradually added more while raising the price over the last month. Tonight, it looks to be almost sold out, but I wouldn't be surprised to see more seats open up later this week. They are definitely playing games with the ticket sales this year, but I think we'll have a good showing regardless.
For all the people trying to get tickets to the game on Feb 4 in Blacksburg, their best chance to see the 2 live may be in C'ville. That's my PSA as I've got my tickets for both games again (just not able to help my friends get into the Bburg game at all).
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Cville & Richmond much larger than Bburg/Roanoke and so many bball games played during weekdays
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When in reality they sell more tickets in volume, and a higher percentage of available tickets. So no matter what metric is used, over Tony Bennett era, uva has consistently been top 3 in ACC attendance
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