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Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne
Dan Dolby strolled around Allegiant Stadium’s artificial turf before today’s football game between UNLV and Utah Tech and he sported a pleasant smile.
Dolby, UNLV Learfield’s sports and sponsorships head, said 8,000 tickets were distributed to UNLV students and he was hoping for 27,000 in attendance for the Rebels’ home-opener against Utah Tech after UNLV hammered Houston in Texas by 20 points a week ago.
Here’s our pregame interview with Dolby:
Dolby said UNLV’s ticket deal of four tix for $56 helped draw fans to the stadium’s lower bowl. Update: Attendance was announced at 24,512.
He noted that $56, four-ticket deal will be re-evaluated for UNLV’s future five home games against Mountain West foes Boise State, Fresno, Nevada-Reno and San Diego State and the ACC’s Syracuse Orange.
LVSportsBiz.com also interviewed UNLV Athletics Director Erick Harper, who told us that UNLV sold more than 1,000 new football season tickets for 2024.
Harper said ticket packages like multi-game ticket deals will be evaluated for future home games.
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As for the game itself, UNLV hammered Utah Tech from St. George, 72-14. It gave the Rebels a 2-0 record.
Next week the competition gets much more challeging. The Rebels travel to play a ranked Kansas Jayhawks team that defeated UNLV in the Arizona Bowl at the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball stadium in downtown Phoenix in December.
The Kansas team, however, will not play UNLV at its usual football stadium. The game will be played at the Major League Soccer stadium in metro Kansas City.
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UNLV paid homage to the Class of 1974 football team, which racked up a university record 12 wins.