Ticket sales to the Monon Bell Classic football game at Wabash College are struggling as this year's matchup rapidly approaches.
About 1,000 of the 3,200 allotted tickets have been sold for the Nov. 10 game, according to Athletic Director Stevie Baker-Watson. That number is down from previous years, according to Director of Media Relations Ken Owen. There are 2,199 tickets left for students and alumni to buy from the university.
Typically around this time, the game is either sold out or there are only a few hundred tickets left, Owen said. The last time DePauw played the bell game at Wabash in 2010, only around 300 tickets were left unsold.
Baker-Watson was not sure why ticket sales were so low, but said that traditionally DePauw does not sell out when the game is at Wabash.
She also said that students may not realize that they have to buy the tickets. She stressed that tickets for away games are never free, but that the university usually handles the cost for students at home games.
Owen said that less alums may travel to the game because the game is now easier to access online.
Tickets can still be purchased online at the DePauw football homepage until to noon today.
Tickets, which went on sale Oct. 22, will be sold at this Saturday's home football game and at the Lilly Physical Fitness Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $15. These sales will be cash only.