Sugar Bowl Ticket Lottery Starts

Notre Dame hasn’t lost its ability to send fans to bowl games. The university has once again sold out its allotment of bowl tickets.

The Irish received 24,635 requests for 17,500 tickets for the Sugar Bowl. That means for the third straight BCS bowl officials will resort to a lottery to determine who gets tickets for the Jan. 3 New Orleans game between Notre Dame and LSU.

Requests came from contributing alumni, current students, parents of current students, Monogram Club members, benefactors and current faculty-staff members.

Lottery results will be available Friday by calling 574-631-7356 or by checking www.und.com/tickets (ticket account number needed for access). Tickets will be shipped Friday via Federal Express two-day delivery. Refunds will be mailed in January.

Of course, there are other ways to get tickets for those with the money, means and will. Do you have what it takes?