April 27, 2007
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State athletic department announced today that the annual KGB SkyShow will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, in conjunction with the Aztecs' 2007 football home opener against Portland State at Qualcomm Stadium. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. PT, followed by the postgame fireworks show.
Tickets for the event, which are available for as low as $5, go on sale online at goaztecs.com beginning Fri., April 27 at 7 a.m. PT.
Three of San Diego State's four largest regular-season home crowds in school history have occurred at the previous three SkyShows, so fans are encouraged to get their tickets early. This will mark the fourth consecutive year that the Aztecs have played host to the event, with the three previous fireworks spectaculars resulting in an average attendance of 55,626
Other activities planned for the home opener include SDSU Band Day, featuring more than 1,000 area high school musicians, and the annual SDSU Student Tailgate.
Single-game tickets for the remaining five home football games versus Cincinnati (Sept. 29), New Mexico (Oct. 20), BYU (Oct. 27), Wyoming (Nov. 3) and TCU (Nov. 24) will go on sale Mon., July 9.
San Diego State season football tickets remain on sale and include the Portland State/KGB SkyShow game. Prices start from as little as $8.33 per game. In addition, there are no increases in ticket prices from last year and more than 15 percent of seats at Qualcomm Stadium will cost less in 2007, than they did in 2006.
Season tickets start as low as $50 in the four-pack zone in the field level. Several discounted season areas have been expanded for the 2007 campaign, and SDSU is now offering a $110 season ticket in certain sections of the plaza level. With the added discounted areas, nearly half of all seats in Qualcomm Stadium (26,241 of 53,000) have a season ticket price of $110 or less. In 2007, season ticket holders will receive one football fan spirit t-shirt for each season ticket purchased.
Fans interested in season tickets or current season ticket holders looking to secure additional SkyShow tickets should contact the SDSU Ticket Office at 619-283-SDSU or visit Gate E at Qualcomm Stadium.