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Oregon football season-ticket holders will see a significant price increase heading into the 2026 season, leading some Duck fans to consider whether renewing their seats at Autzen Stadium is financially feasible going forward.

Tickets are up an average of 15.33% over last year in total cost across the various price points, according to data shared with The Oregonian/OregonLive. That includes an average ticket face value increase of 14.64% and a 24.03% boost in required contributions to the Duck Athletic Fund.

For some, this means hundreds or even thousands of dollars more per year to keep their seats — some of which have been held for decades

One Ducks fan who asked not to be named for this story said he and his family declined to renew, as their season tickets went up $150 per seat.

“The mandatory donation made it impossible,” he said.

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The total price of season tickets at Autzen Stadium is up an average of more than 15%.

I find this to be an issue. Not making a judgement.

Financially, what made Oregon competitive in the first place was not fans in the seats, but the ambitious $$ of big time donors driven by love of school and the desire to succeed. Perhaps the Athletic Dept. is looking in the wrong place?

Revenue should change when Oregon receives north of $100 million per year in 3-4 years. That will be up from about $50 million in revenue for the dept. Oregon is about to build its coffers.

This is like Disney saying they need to raise Disneyland price to ensure they can offer new rides in the future.

They are just repricing to find the pain point of their customer base, which has increased with the willingness of the B1G teams' larger fan bases to travel to small little Autzen.

Demand has increased for the same supply, so prices will be increased.

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Just keep showing the games and the telly and don't jack up the price of my streaming service too much! Oh, and thank you to all those fans paying more to put butts in the seats and $ in the NIL coffers. We couldn't do it without you!

The 20 million NIL cost was just added to the budget, which impacts everything. It is no surprise to me.

$150 per seat increase, is that a $1,000 per game seat? If so, really?

I get that budgets can be lean for entertainment at certain times of our lives, but that is a little over $20 per game increase. Multiply that by 56,000, and it is not a whole lot of additional revenue for all sports.

You have to remember that football pays the majority of the athletic departments bills. They are not arbitrarily increasing prices to see how much fans will pay. I have sat on non-profit boards. Oregon joined the BIG at a reduced payout.

The reality is that the athletic department has increased coaching salaries substantially over the last few years, at least for football. It also includes increased travel costs for non-revenue teams. Add in inflation, NIL, and there is your immediate need for revenue.

I get more fired up about paying $14 for a Coors Light inside of Autzen.

I am among those who are not renewing. My wife and I have attended every home game for many years, and some bowl games too. This price hike is just too much. This year two seats (really great seats on the 50 yard line) would be over $4,000 for the year. Last year it was $3,500 and the year before it was just over $3,200.

I’m not paying $285 a seat to see Portland State get crushed again. It was fun while it lasted.

We’ll miss going but instead we’ll go to more track and field events this year.