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The Swamp will be packed for Billy Napier's first season with the Gators

Untitled designby:Nick de la Torre•08/10/22•

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Billy Napier reveals encouraging season ticket update more sold last five years dan mullen new era
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Excitement is building for the 2022 football season. There are just over three weeks before the Florida Gators will open the 2022 season against the Utah Utes. Fans are ready to see what the new era of Gator football will look like and they want to see it in person.

“We’re excited to announce that we’ve sold more season tickets at this point maybe than in the last five years so really very thankful for the support,” Napier reported on Tuesday at a press conference. “We’ve got unbelievable fans and the alumni group that we have. The students obviously selling out their portion of the tickets. Getting closer. Just a few spots left, just a few tickets left and we’re excited about that.”

When Napier got to Florida he set a challenge of sorts to the fans. In his opening statement, he told the fans, and alumni that turning the program around would be a team effort. Fans included. He reiterated that Tuesday.

“We said at the beginning here, (that if) we’re going to have success, it’s going to require a team effort and I think our fans and their positive energy and the things that they bring to gameday can make The Swamp a very unique and challenging place to play, there’s no question that we’re very thankful and appreciative of their support.”

What does that support look like?

Current Gators season ticket sales for the 2002 season

Well, Napier was right when he threw out his stat. Florida has sold approximately 46,000 season tickets. That doesn’t include the completely sold-out student section (17,500), which brings the total for season tickets sold to 63,500. That’s the most since 2017, Jim McElwain’s final season and a season that came after back-to-back SEC Championship Game appearances.

Even more impressive for Florida is that 6,500 of those season ticket buyers were new, meaning they had not previously purchased season tickets. That number is three times the amount of new account holders in 2017 (approximately 2,000).

Finally, Florida has had incremental revenue increases since 2017 in ticket contribution and ticket-related revenue from 57.8 million in 2017 to 59.2 million currently pledged in 2022. That total doesn’t include selling single-game tickets, which should make this quite the year for the Gators at the ticket office.

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