Even As College Football Playoff Semi Final, 2015 Rose Bowl Tickets Can't Top 2014 Prices (Infographic) — forbes.com

Even as part of the inaugural 2014 College Football Playoffs, prices for this years Rose Bowl tickets can’t compete with the 2014 edition according to data from TiqIQ. When it comes to bowls, proximity is a huge demand driver, even for the first semi-final playoff game ever. While the combined distance for Florida State and Oregon is only a few hundred miles farther than Stanford and Michigan State last year, Florida State fans are not plunking down dollars for tickets like Michigan State fans did last year.   While Tallahassee is only 200 miles father than East Lansing to Pasadena, for Michigan State it was their first visit to the Rose Bowl in 25 years, and enthusiasm was through the roof. For Florida State, there’s nowhere to go but down from last year’s championship-crowning trip to Pasadena against Auburn. Oregon fans, on the the hand, are likely saving up for a trip to the 2015 National Championship Football Game in Dallas.   The result is tickets going for under $150 compared to a game-day get in last year of $324. By January first, prices will likely be even lower, and attendance will be challenged to top last year’s gate of over 95,000. That was the highest draw since Keith Jackson was calling the game in 1998.

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