$50 standing room tickets for Michigan-Alabama 'Cowboys Classic' go on sale Thursday

By Nick Baumgardner University of Michigan Sports Reporter

Posted on Wed, May 30, 2012 : 3:11 p.m.

Still want to be on hand for the Michigan football team's 2012 season opener against defending national champion Alabama?

You may have to do so while standing.

At 8:30 a.m. Thursday, standing-room-only tickets for the 2012 "Cowboys Classic" in Arlington, Texas will go on sale on the Michigan ticket office website for $50 each.

Cowboys Stadium, site of the Michigan football team's season-opening game against Alabama.

Associated Press

Purchases are limited to four tickets per person for the Sept. 1 game (8 p.m., ABC) between the Wolverines and Crimson Tide at Cowboys Stadium.

Standing room areas inside the stadium are located in the east end zone "platforms," on the 200, 300 and 400 levels of the building.

In February, all 25,000 of Michigan's allotted tickets were sold to donors and season ticket holders before the public sale for the event actually began.

As of Wednesday afternoon, 2,022 tickets for the game were available on Stubhub.com.

Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at nickbaumgardner@annarbor.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.

AnnArbor.com