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Navy tops in selling bowl tickets

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 12/26/09

When it comes to selling postseason tickets, no college football program in the country can compare to Navy.

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Navy has appeared in seven straight bowl games and sold a total of 151,000 tickets during that stretch. That is an average of 21,571 tickets per year, an amazing figure that helped the Naval Academy Athletic Association make money on postseason appearances despite the significant costs associated with travel and lodging.

Athletic director Chet Gladchuk declined to discuss the profit margins the NAAA has realized during this current streak of bowl appearances, but hinted that it has been fairly lucrative.

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