BY: Kameron Berry
For countless years Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium has held roughly 87,000 screaming fans, but due to COVID-19 Auburn has announced it will only allow 20% capacity inside for this upcoming football season. In accordance with the Southeastern Conference’s (SEC) safety guidelines, Auburn has decided that tickets outside of premium seating and tickets designated for home and visiting team coach and player guests will go to the Auburn students for their Sept. 26 game against Kentucky.
I spoke with Auburn student Daniel Richardson, who is a part of the Auburn University Athletic’s grounds crew that works on Pat Dye Field. Richardson said, “ I think it’s great that the university decided to give the tickets to the students, we only have a limited amount of time here and we should be able to experience everything that entails.” He went on to add, “Season ticket holders will be able to come back next year and enjoy games again, but for some students, this will be their last time to enjoy coming to a game as a student.”
Auburn’s home field crowd is among the most feared in the SEC. Richardson went on to say, “I think that students add more to the home-field advantage than the average season ticket holder, they’re just louder.”
Auburn will announce at a later date how they will distribute tickets for games against Arkansas, LSU, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.