Two published seat prices
The bowl ticket page states the ladder in two sentences. Club seats cost $170 each. Every other seat costs $80. All tickets are mobile only, and printed copies, PDF files and screenshots will not scan at the gate.
Children 3 and under are free when they do not take up a seat. The stadium page for December 31, 2026 sets the clock. Lots open at 8:00 AM. The ticket office and the Bowl Bash both start at 9:00 AM. Gates open at 10:30 AM. Kickoff is at 12:00 PM.
The membership ladder
Three general membership levels sit on the same site. Level A costs $85 and carries the right to buy up to 10 tickets in the Green section at $80 each, up to 2 parking passes at $30 each, and a bowl souvenir.
Level B costs $300 for up to 24 tickets in the Purple section at $80 each and up to 6 parking passes at $30 each. Level C costs $750 for up to 60 tickets in the Purple section at $80 each and up to 15 parking passes at $30 each.
The page describes a right to renew or upgrade seats each year, and states that allotments are limited and first come, first served.
The arithmetic on Level A
Ten seats at $80 come to $800. The $85 membership brings those ten seats to $885, which is $88.50 a seat. Two parking passes at $30 add $60 and bring the total to $945, or $94.50 a seat.
The same ten seats at face value plus two game-day parking passes at $40 come to $880. The membership route costs $65 more than that combination.
One seat bought through the membership costs $165 against $80 at face value. The membership buys a seat position and a renewal right, and it costs more per seat than the ticket it carries.
The one line the membership discounts
Parking is the line where a member pass costs less. A member pass costs $30. Prepaid parking for a car or motorcycle costs $35. Game-day parking costs $40, cashless, first come.
Two passes are the Level A cap. The saving against a game-day purchase tops out at $20. The saving against prepaid tops out at $10.
Level B and Level C carry the same $12.50 a seat premium at the full allotment, which is $92.50 a seat before any parking. Level A is the smallest membership that carries the parking discount.
The club ladder priced per seat
Four VIP levels publish a total and a seat count. Level I costs $3,800 for 12 tickets and 4 parking passes, which is $316.67 a seat. Level II costs $7,200 for 26 tickets and 7 passes, which is $276.92 a seat.
Level III costs $11,000 for 40 tickets and 10 passes, which is $275.00 a seat. Level IV costs $23,000 for 100 tickets and 25 passes, which is $230.00 a seat. A published club seat costs $170.
Every tier seats guests in Yellow sections with access to the Stadium Club Lounge, and the four tiers carry invitations for 2, 2, 2 and 6 people to the VIP events. No separate price is published for the lounge or the invitations.
The date the ticket page still prints
The ticket page describes tickets for the December 31, 2025 game and names November 25th as the Ticketmaster sale date. The fan guide names November 20th and calls 12:00 P.M. the 2025 game time.
Both belong to the prior cycle. Neither page prints an on-sale date for the 2026 game, and the two pages disagree on the prior cycle by five days.
Ask the bowl office at 813-874-2695 for three things. The 2026 sale date. Whether the membership route opens before the public sale. Whether a membership allotment is held or released if a group needs more seats than a level carries.
Two hotels carry a 2026 designation
The bowl hotel pages name properties and print addresses and phone numbers. Two carry a designation for this cycle. Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay at 2900 Bayport Drive is listed as the Official SEC Team Headquarters Hotel for the December 31, 2026 ReliaQuest Bowl. JW Marriott Tampa Water Street at 510 Water Street is listed as the Official Big Ten Team Hotel for the December 2026 ReliaQuest Bowl.
The hotel partners page asks fans to mention the ReliaQuest Bowl when booking and states that many partners hold special rates. No dollar figure appears on the area hotel pages.
The hotel ask
Name the designation in the first sentence of the request. Ask for the bowl rate across December 30 and December 31. Ask for the cutoff date in writing. Ask whether a two-night minimum applies to the holiday window.
Then price the car against the quote. Stadium parking runs $35 prepaid or $40 on the day for a car, $45 prepaid premium or $50 on the day, and $140 prepaid for an RV. Overnight parking is not available on stadium property. A hotel that includes parking changes the comparison.
Where the platform stops
hotelhaggle submits one offer and lets properties accept, counter or decline. The platform sends an offer to 50 or more hotels in a destination, and the site states that most hotels offer group rates at 10 or more rooms a night.
Florida is outside that route. The seller of travel page, last updated October 22, 2026, records that hotelhaggle is not currently registered as a Florida Seller of Travel under Chapter 559 of the Florida Statutes, and that the platform cannot process hotel booking requests from or for Florida residents.
So the two Tampa properties named above take the request directly. Send the designation, the two nights, the room count and the cutoff question in one message.
Sequence it before any resale quote
Confirm the face value first. $80 for a general seat, $170 for a club seat. Price the membership per seat against that value, ask the bowl office for the 2026 sale date, then measure any resale ask against those numbers.
