Last week, Purdue Athletics tweeted out that over 4,000 new season tickets sold:
Since existing season ticket holders have until April 30th to renew their season tickets, we won’t know the percent of those renewing. I would conservatively hypothesize that is at or above 90%, as last year’s renewal rate was at 87%, and season ticket prices have held steady (or decreased). Last year, Purdue sold just over 14,000 season tickets (not counting the students), which was 2,000 more than they sold in 2016.
If we assume that 90% of season ticket holders renew their packages, and include the 4,000 new season tickets sold, it’s safe to say that Purdue has sold around 16,700 season tickets so far, which is nearly 30% of Ross-Ade’s seating capacity.