What Tennessee baseball fans paid for tickets to sold out super regional vs Southern Miss
HATTIESBURG — Darius Magee was determined to be at Pete Taylor Park for the Southern Miss Super Regional. However, the Hattiesburg native and baseball fan wasn't there to support the Golden Eagles or cheer on 14-year coach Scott Berry in his final home series before his retirement.
Instead, Magee was covered in orange, including a Volunteers bucket hat and T-shirt.
Magee, a Tennessee fan since 1995, didn't let the heat with temperatures in the 90s, threats of rain in the forecast, or a $800 ticket price stop him from supporting the Volunteers. He bought tickets for Game 1 on Saturday and Game 2 on Sunday.
"It's about the same price as going to Knoxville," Magee said. "I was going to be there."
Tickets for the Hattiesburg Super Regional sold out on Thursday and Tennessee was allotted 600 tickets. Third-party resellers on StubHub are listing tickets for as low as $205 and as much as $882 for Game 1.
Chris Reece, a UT fan from Huntsville, paid nearly $200 for tickets on Saturday. The price decreased to $113 plus Stubhub fees for Sunday's Game 2. Tennessee baseball season ticket holders could secure tickets for $80 per game.
"We're not season ticket holders yet," Reece said with a smile.
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The contingent of Tennessee fans were on the far right side of Pete Taylor Park near first base and extending to right field. Don Skidmore sat right next to Reece. There was a pleasant smile on Skidmore's face when discussing ticket prices.
Skidmore is a football and baseball season-ticket holder. He never had a doubt on whether he would make the trip for the super regional. The 65-year old boasted about only missing one Tennessee regular-season football game in nearly 40 years — the Volunteers' 41-22 loss at Alabama in October 1987.
Johnny Cloe, a baseball season-ticket holder, wasn't able to purchase his tickets until Thursday. The delay might have an impact on how many Tennessee fans could make the trip.
"We didn't get tickets until Thursday," Cloe said. "So we didn't have enough time for people to make plans to get here. I don't know if they'll come later or not.
"I know a lot of Tennessee fans have tickets left because their family couldn't make plans to come."
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee-Southern Miss tickets: What Vols baseball fans paid
