The Dolphins don't release season-ticket totals until the selling season is over. But heading into traditionally the best selling month, sales to new season-ticket buyers were up 31.4 percent over last year at this time and had surpassed the final totals for 2011 and '12, he said.
More encouraging for a franchise that has had to buy up thousands of tickets to avoid television blackouts for most games the past couple of seasons, sales are up at all levels.
Fewer than 10,000 tickets remain for the first two home games, against the Falcons and Ravens, as well as the Dec. 15 visit by the Patriots, Rushton said.
Overall, the priciest club seats, Dolphins Prime, are up 155 percent from this time a year ago, and group sales (10 or more) are up 163 percent.
On the specialty side, Club Liv is approaching sellout, and the Cefalo Legends and Castronovo's Vineyard suites and Duffy's Sports Grill are filling up quickly, well ahead of last year's pace, Rushton said.
"We're excited about the response we've gotten so far this year, the way the fans are rolling back into the organization," Rushton said. "We have a ton more work to do. We're not satisfied where we are right now. Our goal is to sell out every game."
A decade of ineptitude on the field coupled with the recession led to an expanding vista of empty orange seats. The larger-than-usual turnout at the draft party in April and 22,000 who attended last week's scrimmage indicate fans are eager to reconnect with South Florida's oldest pro franchise.
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