So I've been thinking about trying to get season tickets in 2009 at the new stadium. With the great start this year and the risk of not getting seats if I wait I decided to call the Gopher Ticket Office today to check into buying tickets for this year to get guaranteed access to the stadium. I figured that even though I'd still pay the full $250/ticket price for 4 games it might be worth it now that they look like a more fun team to watch. Plus, if I did get into TCF I wanted to make sure to have a seat that can see that beautiful new scoreboard.
The problem - they told me the best seats yet available for new season ticket holders is Section 203 - Row 31 - yes, that's the very top row in the corner of the end zone. It's my own fault for waiting until now - I'm sure the problem is that they've sold out the rest of the stadium for Iowa single game tickets. Still, those seats are absolutely terrible.
So, I couldn't do it. Guess I'll take my chances next year.