Hurricanes received more than 10,000 ticket requests for playoff game at Texas A&M

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The Hurricanes’ first-ever College Football Playoff game is an 11 a.m. local-time kickoff in College Station, Texas.

Plenty of Miami fans are happy to make the trip.

UM received more than 10,000 ticket requests for their first-round showdown with Texas A&M, a Miami spokesperson said. That number far exceeds the allocation of about 3,500 tickets that visiting teams are provided for road playoff games, according to The Athletic.

For people who do not get tickets through Miami, the next option is the secondary ticket market (websites such as SeatGeek, Gametime and StubHub). However, ticket prices are high for the game, as both teams are in the playoff for the first time.

As of 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the least expensive single ticket is an upper-deck seat for $368 (including fees), according to Gametime’s listings. For a pair of tickets, the cost rises to $373. Lower-bowl tickets are listed at $700 or more.

The several thousand Hurricanes fans at Kyle Field will be dwarfed by the home crowd. Kyle Field is the largest stadium in the SEC with an official capacity of 102,733. But Texas A&M has fit as many as 110,000 people in the stadium, and the Aggies have drawn at least 100,000 people to each home game this season.

“That’s one of the best atmospheres in all of college football or pro football,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said Monday. “I’ve been there four times, and all four times it’s a maniacal scene. Great support, extremely loud. Certainly they do a great job. What can you say? I mean, it’s very well-documented. So again, preparation has to be at its best.”

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