Department of Athletics officials announced Friday that all of this year's season tickets have been sold -- not a huge feat, some officials say, but significant nonetheless.
Steve Kirschner, associate athletics director for communications, said it is not uncommon for season tickets to sell out, although it hasn't happened the past couple of seasons. "I don't think we sold out last year or the year before," he said. "We've come close though."
Season tickets went on sale May 1, he said, and by Friday 32,300 of them were gone.
This doesn't mean people can't get seats for individual games. Out of UNC's six home games this season, four still have tickets available.
There are no tickets left for the home games against Texas and N.C. State. One thousand additional bleacher seats were added between the east end zone and Kenan Field House for those two games and the matchup against Georgia Tech.
Carolina Athletic Association President Kris Willett said Friday's announcement was an exciting development for UNC football.
"It's always great, whether you're a student or alumni, when you see season tickets sell out," Willett said.
While Kirschner said the sellout is nothing out of the ordinary -- about 30,000 season tickets are sold each year -- Willett said the sales increase could be directly attributed to last season's performance.
With head coach John Bunting entering his second season -- coming off an 8-5 record that includes a Peach Bowl victory -- both demand for and interest in UNC football are up this year, Willett said.
