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Memphis football season-ticket sales down from peak years

The Univ. of Memphis has "sold about 11,000 football season tickets with about two weeks left before the start of the season," according to Jonah Dylan of the Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL. That number "represents a drop from just a few years ago," when Memphis sold "more than 20,000 season tickets." The school has sold "close to that amount for a few years," including when it "sold more than 22,500 in 2017." Sales "rose from 9,000 in 2014 as the team improved," but numbers have "gone down since the 2019 season," when Memphis won the AAC championship. While the school has seen an "increase in single-game ticket sales and already had sold a few thousand for the opener" on Sept. 2, attendance has "not rebounded to the levels from before COVID-19." Last season's average attendance "was 26,196, a decline of just under 16.3% from the previous season's average of 31,295" (Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 8/16).

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