UNIVERSITY PARK — All tickets have been mailed.
That’s according to the Penn State Athletic office and associate athletic director of strategic communications Jeff Nelson.
“A large group of season ticket holders received their tickets and parking today,” Nelson told Centre County Gazette on Aug. 29, “while the remainder of those outstanding were sent via UPS this afternoon.”
He said any season ticket holders who have not received their tickets by noon Thursday, Aug. 31, are encouraged to contact the ticket office at golions@psu.edu. Tickets can be printed. He said those who did not receive parking passes also can contact the same email address.
University officials said the delays results from a heavy demand this year following last season’s surprising run to the Big Ten title, and a new printer.
Through an email in late July, Penn State assured season ticket holders that everyone would have tickets in time to watch the Nittany Lions open again Akron on Saturday, Sept. 2, at Beaver Stadium. Several ticket holders, when the email was sent, already had tickets in hand, leaving others wondering where their passes were.
Season tickets have historically been mailed out in July.
On Aug. 22, Penn State sent out a new email with the subject line, “Your Season Tickets Are On The Way!”
“Your season tickets and parking are in the process of being shipped through express mail via UPS this week,” the email from Penn State Athletics said. “We apologize for the delay but hope you enjoy your all-in-one season ticket and parking booklet.”
The email also noted that tickets could be forwarded electronically through the ticket holder’s account manager.
“Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics apologizes to all season ticket holders for the delay and inconvenience in the delivery of their tickets and parking,” Nelson said. “This is not how we expect to conduct our daily business. We take full responsibility for this and assure that it will not happen again.”
Nelson said season ticket holders will receive a ticket delivery timeline, and their tickets and parking passes, earlier in the summer for the 2018 season.
The Nittany Lions were back in a big way on the field in 2016, and their fans are back in the same big way in 2017.
The Lions came within a whisker of making the national playoffs last season, and within a first down of winning a classic showdown with USC in the Rose Bowl.
Now, as the buzz and positive vibes around No. 6 Penn State are reaching unprecedented levels, so is the demand for the tickets to see the Lions play.
It’s already too late for anyone looking to buy season tickets for 2017. The last of those sold out four weeks ago, and Penn State is already taking deposits to get onto a possible waiting list for 2018.
This was the first season ticket sellout since the 2008 season.
The 70,000 season passes are gone for this year, as are the 20,000-plus student passes. The only tickets remaining are for single-game sales, and they are going quickly, too.
The games against Pitt on Saturday, Sept. 9, and Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 21, are sold out, and the homecoming game against Rutgers on Saturday, Nov. 11, as well as the Senior Day game against Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 18, are getting down to point of just a few remaining tickets.
