Air Force football offers "Season Tickets for Troops"
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Source: USAFA
Published Tue Jun 24, 2008, 05:54 PM MDT
Updated Tue Jun 24, 2008, 05:54 PM MDT
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy athletic department is featuring a special program called Season Tickets for Troops for fans and graduates to help enlisted members of the local military community attend Falcon Football games. Fans can support the program by purchasing season football season tickets and helping underwrite the cost of a season ticket for enlisted members and their families. Fans can purchase a $100 season ticket through July 31 that in turn will be offered to an enlisted member and their family at a heavily discounted price at all local service bases. The tickets will be made available to enlisted members in early August at just $4.00 per game or $20 for the season to Air Force football in a reserved sections normally costing $144.
The program is designed for Air Force fans that may or may not live in the area that want to make a tax-deductible donation to support Air Force athletics and the local troops at the same time.
Last year, fans and graduates helped spur Air Force football to one of its most successful seasons ever. The Falcons finished the season 9-4 overall, including a second place finish in the Mountain West Conference with a school-best 6-2 mark. The Falcons earned a trip to the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl, its first postseason bowl in five years, and fans and alumni showed their support in record numbers. Air Force sold a school-record 12,000 tickets for the bowl game, becoming one of just 10 schools in the country to sell more than the bowl allotment for tickets (10,000).
Air Force opens the season Saturday, Aug. 30, against Southern Utah at noon in Falcon Stadium. The Falcons’ home schedule includes visits by MWC opponents Utah, New Mexico, ColoradoState and BYU. The team’s quest to win the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy begins with Navy on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in Falcon Stadium.
“When you consider the unmatched pride and pageantry at Falcon Stadium, combined with the mission of our graduates, an Academy football game in of the most unique experiences in all of college football,” head coach Troy Calhoun said. “By purchasing Season Tickets for the Troops you are going to help soldiers and their families enjoy the game day experience at Falcon Stadium.”
