Ticket prices for reserved seats for 2005 Kansas University football games have been spiked.

Tickets for nonconference games have been boosted from $30 to $35 and tickets for Big 12 Conference games from $35 to $45.

Also, a seat at the Kansas-Oklahoma game Oct. 15, 2005, at Arrowhead Stadium will cost $55.

The new ticket prices were revealed during a Friday meeting of the Kansas University Athletic Corp. advisory board at Parrott Complex.

Brandon Macneill, associate athletic director for administration, told the board the instreases still left Kansas near the bottom on the Big 12 Conference scale.

“The average price per game on our season ticket,” Macneill said, “is 10th in the league. Only Texas Tech and Baylor are lower.”

A season ticket for all seven KU home games — including the one at Arrowhead — will cost $225, a saving of $70 over single-game prices. Last year’s season-ticket price was $185 for six home games — also a saving because a seat for the Kansas State game went for $65.

Faculty-staff season tickets with the usual 20 percent discount will go for $180. The student combo pack for football and men’s basketball remains at $125.

KU officials also have made changes in the family zone in the north bowl.

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“We’ve expanded that section,” Macneill said. “We’ve gone from selling 1,000 packs to 1,500, which means there will be 6,000 seats.”

However, the cost of four tickets in the family zone has been boosted from $200 to $300 for six home games. The Arrowhead game is excluded. Still, the family zone represents a 67 percent discount over regular season tickets.

Big 12 schools scheduled to play in Lawrence next fall are Missouri (Oct. 29), Nebraska (Nov. 5) and Iowa State (Nov. 19). KU also will play three non-league games at Memorial Stadium.

Florida Atlantic and Louisiana Tech have been identified as two of the non-conference foes, but the third opponent hasn’t been revealed.

“We think we’re close,” KU athletic director Lew Perkins told the board, “but we’re waiting for the final contract.”