Illini Football 2026

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illiniE
Saturdaze said:
This has got to be the most important year in Bielema’s time here. Not just him personally, but the institutional and NIL support behind him as well.

Tougher schedule than it looks with the team’s history of playing on the road.

Has anyone followed ticket sales yet? How are those trending compared to last year?
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They sold out season tickets last year, so with the year they had last year it will happen again. Single game tickets are not on sale yet.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
Saturdaze said:
This has got to be the most important year in Bielema’s time here. Not just him personally, but the institutional and NIL support behind him as well.

Tougher schedule than it looks with the team’s history of playing on the road.

Has anyone followed ticket sales yet? How are those trending compared to last year?
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I would also be really interested to hear how ticket sales are going. We went from getting over 35k being an actual challenge in Bret's first year to not only selling out multiple 60k+ games last year but also being able to count on 50k as an absolute floor ... and that has mostly been from a huge increase in our season ticket population. I hope that momentum continues, and it would be a really great sign to see a continued positive trend in attendance for a season that has less preseason hype (at least nationally) than last year!
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
SixthandWhite said:
Some dev either loves Illinois or hates OSU, two years ago it was Illinois raising the Illibuck
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I might be pulling this out of thin air, but I have a vague memory of some Instagram or YouTube comment accusing one of the main developers of being a Michigan fan, lol. If his / her form of trolling OSU is to promote Illibuck rival Illinois, I am ALL here for that hilarity! :ROFLMAO:
 
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Saturdaze
I would also be really interested to hear how ticket sales are going. We went from getting over 35k being an actual challenge in Bret's first year to not only selling out multiple 60k+ games last year but also being able to count on 50k as an absolute floor ... and that has mostly been from a huge increase in our season ticket population. I hope that momentum continues, and it would be a really great sign to see a continued positive trend in attendance for a season that has less preseason hype (at least nationally) than last year!
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No doubt that enthusiasm is highest in a very long time. I’m just curious if the ticketing momentum has carried through to what many fans may foresee as a relative down year.

Not to be overdramatic but these next 10 years may make or break the future of this program when the next major realignment happens. My belief is that there will be power 2 teams left on the outside looking in. My concern is that a 10 year history of full stadiums will be paramount, and I think the ticketing office is more concerned about short term p&l over filling the stadium while having a longer financial outlook.
 
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kmunt09
I did a little looking into the 3 game Flex Plan. Ran a few scenarios, and both had outcomes of Section 107, Row 62.

A good way to try filling underneath the East Overhang.
 

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