Ticket prices for Texas A&M football and Texas showing that Aggies and Longhorns are still the biggest game in the state—and, in 2024, possibly the nation
No matter whether you're a resident of the Lone Star State, or just a college football fan in general, it's hard to deny that the game between Texas A&M football and the Texas Longhorns is one of the top contests on the entire 2024 slate. One of the fiercest rivalries in the sport was unceremoniously discontinued by petty politicking years ago when the Aggies made the jump to the SEC; now that the Longhorns have followed A&M, the game is back once more.
If you don't believe me, how about this: according to Seatgeek prices on August 8th, it's just under five times as expensive to get into Kyle Field on November 30th to see the Aggies and Longhorns face off as it is to get into AT&T Stadium for the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving matchup against the New York Giants.
What makes this crazier is Kyle Field is larger than At&T Stadium and both games are being played on the same weekend.
— Texas Football Life (@txfblife) August 9, 2024
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That's a pretty big deal. I mean, it's not like this is Jaguars-Raiders or something: these are two of the biggest brands in the NFL facing off, and the Aggies and Longhorns are lapping them in this regard.
If my suspicion is correct, this number will only creep upwards as gameday comes nearer and nearer. Especially if the Aggies get off to a quick start, this could be a game for one team or another—or both—that has massive CFP consequences. Heck, it could even have SEC championship consequences.
Imagine those kinds of stakes piled on top of all of the hatred that's been brewing for the last dozen years—hatred unsatisfied by any sort of on-field contest at all. Kyle will be a veritable pressure cooker on November 30—packed to the gills and as loud as it has ever been.
The attendance record was set mid-renovations in 2014, when over 110,000 came to see the Aggies face off against Ole Miss; I think that number is in danger of being shattered for this matchup. If both teams have good years, I wouldn't be surprised at all if that is the case—even with ticket prices this high.