June 19, 2012

BERKELEY - Being a Cal football season-ticket holder offers many benefits for Golden Bear fans, and several of them become available as soon as this week with priority on-sale opportunities for partial season-ticket plans and group-ticket deposits.

The action gets underway on Wednesday, June 20 with the first chance to buy partial season and group tickets, as well as seats for the Sept. 15 game at Ohio State. Single-game home and away contests other than Ohio State go on sale beginning Wednesday, July 25.

A very limited number of tickets in the Cal seating section for the Cal-Ohio State game in Columbus will be available to ESP participants, season-ticket holders and donors on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Wednesday, June 20.

Complete Cal-Ohio State Ticket Information

Partial season-ticket plans offer fans a variety of choices to catch the Bears in a renovated Memorial Stadium this year. Options include opportunities to purchase tickets for the season-opener, the Big Game and the home finale vs. Oregon.

• Big Game Plan - Nevada (Sept. 1), Southern Utah (Sept. 8), Stanford (Oct. 20), Oregon (Nov. 10)
• Blue Plan - Nevada (Sept. 1), Arizona State (Sept. 29), Stanford (Oct. 20)
• Gold Plan - Southern Utah (Sept. 8), UCLA (Oct. 6), Oregon (Nov. 10)

Complete Partial Season-Ticket Plans Information

Those wishing to purchase for groups of 20 or more may place a ticket deposit of $50 starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday. In order to buy group tickets to premium games against Stanford or Oregon, fans must also purchase an equal amount of tickets to an additional home game.

Complete Group Ticket Information

In addition to donors and season-ticket holders, fans who subscribe to the Cal football gameday e-newsletter or follow Cal Athletics social media pages will receive early access to purchase partial season plans. This special pre-sale will begin Friday, June 22 at 2 p.m. In order to receive the pre-sale promo code, fans can sign up to receive the gameday e-newsletter by clicking here or by following the official social media pages: Cal Bears on Facebook and @CalAthletics on Twitter. Fans must join by Thursday, June 21 at 5 p.m. PT to receive the code for this season.

Key Dates

• Wednesday, June 20 - ESP Participants and 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $10K+ level^
• Thursday, June 21 - 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $1,200+ level^
• Friday, June 22 - All 2012 football season-ticket holders and donors who are not season ticket holders at the $5,000+ level^

Partial Season Plans

• Wednesday, June 20 - ESP Participants and 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $10K+ level^
• Thursday, June 21 - 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $1,200+ level^
• Friday, June 22, 2012 - All remaining 2012 football season-ticket holders and donors who are not season ticket holders at the $5,000+ level^
• Friday, June 22 at 2 p.m. PT - Football Gameday e-newsletter subscribers, Social Media, CAA Member presale
• Tuesday, June 26 - General Public

Single-Game Tickets and Group Tickets**

• Wednesday, July 25 - ESP Participants and 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $10K+ level^
• Thursday, July 26 - 2012 football season-ticket holders who are donors at the $1,200+ level^
• Friday, July 27 - All remaining 2012 football season-ticket holders and donors who are not season-ticket holders at the $5,000+ level ^
• Friday, July 27 at 2 p.m. PT - Football Gameday e-newsletter subscribers, Social Media, CAA Member presale
• Wednesday, Aug, 1 - General Public

All on sale times at 9 a.m. PT unless otherwise noted
^Total annual contribution to Athletics during July 1, 2011 - April 30, 2012
All partial season and home/away single-game tickets are based upon availability
**Excludes Cal at Ohio State tickets