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Nervous about starting at Michigan State? Worried about your class schedule, living away from home, or where to even start? The Spartan Orientation Station (SOS) is a podcast hosted by New Student Orientation staff and was created by students for students. This podcast will launch twice a week throughout the summer, and each episode will feature a unique interview with campus departments discussing their services, common misconceptions, and fun Spartan engagement opportunities. When you need help at Michigan State, it is okay to signal SOS! Don’t worry – MSU is there for you.
Narrator: 00:08
You're listening to the Spartan orientation station on Impact 89fm, the podcast by students or students. Now this week's episode.
Eva: 00:18
Hello and welcome back to the Spartan Orientation Station. My name is Eva Ignash and I work as a student coordinator in the new student orientation office. And I'm a recent graduate with a BA in international relations.
Myron: 00:30
Hey. My name is Myron Ocansey, and I'm a rising 4th year, who's also student coordinator in the NSO office. I'm majoring in urban and regional planning with a minor in international development.
Dhimaan: 00:40
Hey, everyone. My name is Dhimaan Bhattacharya, and I'm majoring in economics with minors in mathematics, data science, and data analytics. I'm a rising 3rd year, and I'm pleased to be here. Thank you.
Jonah: 00:50
Hi, guys. I'm Jonah Doerr. I'm a rising 3rd year, and I'm majoring in advertising management.
Myles: 00:55
Hello, everyone. My name is Myles McGee. I'm a rising 4th year majoring in business management, and I'm a student coordinator in the office.
Eva: 01:02
Today, we are here to talk about all things MSU Athletics. We're here to talk about how students can buy athletic tickets and attend MSU athletic events. We'll also share a little bit about our experience as students attending these events. So starting off with the first question, how many different varsity athletics teams does MSU have?
Dhimaan: 01:21
So Michigan State has 23 varsity sports teams, with 11 varsity sports for men and 12 for women.
Eva: 01:30
Okay. So going on: which sporting events do students have to buy tickets for? How much do these tickets cost? And where can students buy tickets?
Myron: 01:39
So students only have to buy tickets for sporting events that are paid. So you're looking at for men's basketball, men's football, and then for hockey. For football, typically, they're gonna cost around a 190 dollars.
Jonah: 01:52
So for basketball, it's a little bit different. You have to buy what's called the Izzone membership. Izzone is the name of our student section for basketball. So when you do that as of 2023, the price for that was $55. And what that does is it grants you the access to the membership for Izzone.
Jonah: 02:08
From there, you'll be able to attend to different events, different games, and you'll get points to help you, get better seating areas for each of the games. So a couple months after you reserve your Izzone membership, they'll send out a link to a website where you can choose which games you want to go to. There's too many people to fit into the Breslin for everyone that has the Izzone membership. So you have to reserve which games you wanna go to, and then each game is gonna cost you $10.
Myles: 02:34
So for hockey, a season pass can cost you about $107 and you get a jersey to go with it, Or you can buy tickets for $7 online if bought before the game, or $10 at the door if there are tickets remaining. And you could find all this information at msuspartans.com.
Eva: 02:50
And if you are looking to go to a sporting event and you weren't able to get the season tickets, let's say they sold out, MSU's official partnership is with SeatGeek, which is where you will be able to buy individual tickets that other students may be selling for the game. And with that, they come out depending on when a student decides to sell a ticket. So the ticket prices will change depending on how close the game might be or depending on who we're playing.
Eva: 3:18
So looking at buying tickets, when should you buy your tickets?
Jonah: 03:22
Definitely buy the tickets as soon as you can. You can sign up for emails, that will let you know when they're being released. And then you can also just check Google, whatever your web browser is. But definitely get them as soon as you can because my 1st year, I got basketball tickets probably mid fall. And then for my 2nd year, it was, mid fall, and I found out that they had sold out by summer.
Jonah: 03:43
So there's really no way to tell when they're gonna sell out.
Eva: 03:46
Which sporting events are free to attend for students since we already talked about which ones they have to pay for? And how do students get into these events?
Myles: 03:55
So all sporting events except men's football, men's basketball, and hockey are free to attend. You just need to bring your student ID. Some examples of these sporting events could be women's basketball, women's softball, and men's baseball. These are all places that we went as a team on our NSO Instagram. And as far as getting in to event venues, the gates that students need to go into will be on your tickets.
Eva: 04:21
So we talked a lot about student sections, but do student tickets reserve you a seat in the sports student sections? And where are the student sections? What are they like?
Myles: 04:31
So student tickets don't reserve you a specific seat in a student section. So for games, you'll be led to the student section and you also get a wristband. For example, for football games, you get a wristband and you are kinda sent to the student section. And student sections are very vibrant. All students are having fun.
Myles: 04:49
We're all standing up so be ready to stand up and, they're very fun, a lot of chanting, and it's a really enjoyable experience.
Myron: 04:57
Yeah. I was in the student section for one of MSU's volleyball games last semester. And they actually had placed papers down on the seats in the student section, so that if you didn't know the chance already, you would still be able to join in with the group. So there were chance for all three hits during a game, if we were up by a certain amount, all that good stuff. It's so much fun.
Jonah: 05:18
For the basketball games, you get points for each game you attend or event you attend. So for that one, it does reserve you a seat because you need more points to get the closer section of the student section.
Eva: 05:28
Also, when you're looking at going to something like a football game, especially, you're gonna wanna get there early if you want to be close to the field. The closer you get depends on how early you get there because people will get there very early to get a good seat.
Jonah: 05:43
For the Umich game, I got there 5 hours before the football game started, and I still wasn't 1st row.
Eva: 05:48
I've seen people camp out at Spartan Stadium the night before for that University of Michigan game. So just to wrap us off, who should students contact if they have any questions about student athletics, tickets, and all of that good stuff?
Dhimaan: 06:04
So they can go to the MSU Spartans, website, and they find information about the tickets and when they're going on sale. They also have an email list that they can join so they can be updated about when, they have to get tickets or when they're out. They can also go to 1855 Place. They have an office over there, and they can inquire about, season passes and whatever that is.
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Eva: 06:25
Thank you for joining us on our podcast about student athletic tickets. Please make sure to join us next week for our podcast on intramural sports and gym memberships on campus.
Narrator: 06:37
Thank you for listening to this episode of the Spartan Orientation Station on Impact 89 FM. Let us know what you think by connecting with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @msu_nso.