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08-06-2013, 06:22 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The annual Kentucky Football Fan Day has been slated for Friday, Aug. 9 inside Commonwealth Stadium at 6 p.m. ET, when the Kentucky football team will hold an autograph session, followed by an open practice along with a fireworks show. Admission and parking to the event is free of charge.
Below are additional details for the event since the initial release in early July:
Gates 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 will open at 6 p.m. ET with Kentucky football posters and schedule cards available outside each gate for fans to pick up entering the stadium for autographs. The 2013 UK Football Yearbook can be purchased at any gate.
A map of where student-athletes and coaches will be lined up for autographs is attached. Fans should enter the gate corresponding to the student-athlete or coach autograph they wish to obtain first. Assistant coaches will be seated with the position players they coach.
To help the autograph session lines move along fans are asked to limit autographs to one autograph per person and to not pose for pictures with student-athletes or coaches.
Field Gates B, C and D will be open during the autograph session for fans to take pictures on C.M. Newton Field.
Concessions, merchandise and restrooms will be open on the lower concourse, while the East end zone will be closed after autographs and upper levels will be closed for the entire event.
The autograph session will conclude at 7:15 p.m. ET with the team scheduled to practice at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by a fireworks session at approximately 9:45 p.m. ET.
Season ticket holders can pick up their special edition poster by presenting their postcard at program stands located at merchandise locations in the East end zone, West end zone, outside Wildcat Den near Gate 3 and at the Southwest Service Gate between Gates 9 and 10.
Parking will be available in the green, red, orange, purple and blue lots surrounding Commonwealth Stadium as well as parking structures 1 and 7. A parking map is also attached.
Autograph, practice and firework time and locations could change depending on inclement weather.
The event will complete the opening week of fall camp for the 2013 Kentucky Wildcats, who reported to fall camp on Sunday, August 4. Kentuckyâs season opener this season is Saturday, Aug. 31 at LP Field in Nashville against Western Kentucky University at 7 p.m. ET.
Season tickets for the 2013 Kentucky football season are on sale now. For more information, fans can go online at ukfootballtix.com or call 1-800-928-2287.
For more information on Kentucky football, follow @UKFootball or @UKCoachStoops on Twitter.
Single-Game Tickets on Sale Wed., Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. ET: Single-game ticket sales for the general public will begin Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. ET. Tickets may be ordered online at Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, or through the UK Ticket Office. Tickets are $45 for the Miami and Alabama State games, $60 for the Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee games, and $75 for the Louisville and Alabama games.
The UK Ticket Office is located in the Joe Craft Center and is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fans can also call the UK Ticket Office at (800) 928-2287. For more information on tickets to all of UK's sporting events, follow @UKTix on Twitter.
http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-foot...13aaa.html
Below are additional details for the event since the initial release in early July:
Gates 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 will open at 6 p.m. ET with Kentucky football posters and schedule cards available outside each gate for fans to pick up entering the stadium for autographs. The 2013 UK Football Yearbook can be purchased at any gate.
A map of where student-athletes and coaches will be lined up for autographs is attached. Fans should enter the gate corresponding to the student-athlete or coach autograph they wish to obtain first. Assistant coaches will be seated with the position players they coach.
To help the autograph session lines move along fans are asked to limit autographs to one autograph per person and to not pose for pictures with student-athletes or coaches.
Field Gates B, C and D will be open during the autograph session for fans to take pictures on C.M. Newton Field.
Concessions, merchandise and restrooms will be open on the lower concourse, while the East end zone will be closed after autographs and upper levels will be closed for the entire event.
The autograph session will conclude at 7:15 p.m. ET with the team scheduled to practice at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by a fireworks session at approximately 9:45 p.m. ET.
Season ticket holders can pick up their special edition poster by presenting their postcard at program stands located at merchandise locations in the East end zone, West end zone, outside Wildcat Den near Gate 3 and at the Southwest Service Gate between Gates 9 and 10.
Parking will be available in the green, red, orange, purple and blue lots surrounding Commonwealth Stadium as well as parking structures 1 and 7. A parking map is also attached.
Autograph, practice and firework time and locations could change depending on inclement weather.
The event will complete the opening week of fall camp for the 2013 Kentucky Wildcats, who reported to fall camp on Sunday, August 4. Kentuckyâs season opener this season is Saturday, Aug. 31 at LP Field in Nashville against Western Kentucky University at 7 p.m. ET.
Season tickets for the 2013 Kentucky football season are on sale now. For more information, fans can go online at ukfootballtix.com or call 1-800-928-2287.
For more information on Kentucky football, follow @UKFootball or @UKCoachStoops on Twitter.
Single-Game Tickets on Sale Wed., Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. ET: Single-game ticket sales for the general public will begin Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. ET. Tickets may be ordered online at Ticketmaster.com, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, or through the UK Ticket Office. Tickets are $45 for the Miami and Alabama State games, $60 for the Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee games, and $75 for the Louisville and Alabama games.
The UK Ticket Office is located in the Joe Craft Center and is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fans can also call the UK Ticket Office at (800) 928-2287. For more information on tickets to all of UK's sporting events, follow @UKTix on Twitter.
http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-foot...13aaa.html
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08-07-2013, 07:55 AM
I work on campus so I believe I may just walk over.
Hopefully the place will be packed.
Hopefully the place will be packed.
08-07-2013, 05:16 PM
That must be nice!! I work until 5:30 and live over an hour away so I guess I won't get to go! :Sad04:
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08-08-2013, 07:52 AM
^gates do not open until 6...if you leave straight from work you could make it by 6:30...parking may be an issue but you can always park in the structure by the Library and walk
OR
fake a mysterious illness at 4:30pm and cut out early........lol
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fake a mysterious illness at 4:30pm and cut out early........lol
08-08-2013, 10:36 AM
I might be going, my uncle will be home tonight and I'll know for sure.
Hopefully I can
Hopefully I can
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08-09-2013, 09:21 AM
Sadly, mother nature will keep the stadium from packing out. I see maybe 30,000. I plan on being there though
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08-12-2013, 10:24 AM
Wasn't as many people there as I thought there would be.
Fireworks were a nice touch.
Fireworks were a nice touch.
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