June Jones expects 35,000 Uinversity of Hawaii football fans at Sugar Bowl

Date December 25, 2007

Hawaii football coach June Jones said Warrior Nation is bigger than people think — and that its citizens will converge on the Superdome for the Sugar Bowl in vast numbers.
The Warriors were scheduled to leave for New Orleans today.
UH season-ticket holders surprised everyone, including the Hawaii athletic department, in their demand for tickets for the […]

Scalper market for Sugar Bowl tickets shifts from sweet to sour

Date December 23, 2007

For Hawaii fans, it’s either feast or famine when it comes to Sugar Bowl tickets.
Just a couple of weeks ago, scalpers were asking $300 for the cheap seats with a face value of $125.
Last night, tickets were still available at the Stan Sheriff Center box office and scalpers were selling tickets for $100, $25 […]

Signing bonus - More than 4,000 UH fans line up to get autographs

Date December 23, 2007

Not too long ago, fans were lining up for tickets to the Allstate Sugar Bowl and leaving disappointed.
Yesterday, there were no lines at the box office and scalpers were selling tickets for less than face value.
But more than 4,000 Warriors fans lined up at the soccer field on campus for […]

Rest of the fans get crack at remaining UH tickets

Date December 21, 2007

The University of Hawaii will put its remaining Allstate Sugar Bowl tickets on sale to the general public tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office.
About 200 tickets will be available to the public, said John McNamara, associate athletic director for external affairs. An exact figure was not available […]

UH season ticket holders get Sugar fix

Date December 19, 2007

The new currency of excitement known as Sugar Bowl tickets kept its luster yesterday as season ticket holders put dibs on nearly half of a fresh stash.
Of the 1,000 extra Sugar Bowl tickets made available yesterday, season ticket holders reserved 489; the rest go on sale tomorrow.
Season ticket holders who did not have a […]

UH comes up with additional 1,000 tickets

Date December 18, 2007

The University of Hawaii is making another 1,000 Sugar Bowl tickets available to Warriors season ticket holders today.
UH athletics officials have been scrambling to fill requests for tickets after they initially underestimated the demand from fans who want to attend the Jan. 1 game in New Orleans against the University of Georgia.
Just where the […]

Lap of Sugar luxury costs $23,000

Date December 13, 2007

A Honolulu business paid $23,000 for a luxury suite at the Louisiana Superdome for the Sugar Bowl, according to a spokesman for the online ticket agent StubHub.com.
Sean Pate said the transaction on StubHub.com appeared to be made by a woman in Honolulu. The suite is on the 25-yard line on the University of Hawaii […]

UH to receive 1,000 extra Sugar Bowl tickets

Date December 11, 2007

The University of Hawaii is getting another allotment of Allstate Sugar Bowl tickets, as UH officials scramble to recover from underestimating the demand from Warrior fans.
Sugar Bowl officials are sending another 1,000 tickets for UH to sell to season-ticket holders on the waiting list, the university announced yesterday. That is in addition to the […]

Agencies struggle to make travel deals

Date December 9, 2007

Finding tickets to this year’s Sugar Bowl has been tough for some University of Hawaii fans. Making travel arrangements has been even harder.
Hawaii residents hoping to score tickets were lucky enough last week if they were willing to pay top dollar. Travel packages to New Orleans have risen to $3,499 for a Hawaiian Airlines […]

UH keeps own reserve of tickets

Date December 8, 2007

The University of Hawaii has reserved more than double the number of Sugar Bowl tickets for team and university use than the University of Georgia.
And Georgia will tell the public where its 1,370 tickets are going while Hawaii has not said who will be getting its 3,000 tickets because it is still compiling a […]