Game day guide: What you need to know about Virginia Tech at Old Dominion for today’s season opener
Virginia Tech visits Old Dominion at 7 p.m. Friday at S.B. Ballard Stadium in the season opener for both teams. Here’s what you need to know:
Tickets
Tickets are sold out on ODU’s web site, although some are available on resale sites. StubHub had single tickets starting at $216 on Thursday night. A pair of two tickets started at $225 each.
On the air
TV: ESPNU. Radio: 94.1FM (ODU broadcast), 790AM (Virginia Tech broadcast)
Free parking
Garages on both sides of Chartway Arena open at 3 p.m., and parking also is available at the Health Sciences building off 43rd Street. Tailgate lots also open at 3 p.m.
Pregame
ODU this season will continue to host a pregame party on Kaufman Mall near the Webb University Center, with a beer garden, food vendors and big-screen TVs showing college football games. The Finns, a North Carolina rock band, will perform Friday, and there will be bounce houses for kids.
ODU’s traditional Monarch March — the team walks from Webb University Center to the stadium’s South gate ― begins at 4:45 p.m.
In S.B. Ballard Stadium
ODU will sell beer and wine this season for the first time after test runs at Chartway Arena during basketball season.
ODU has a clear-bag policy: anything that won’t fit in a bag that’s 4½ inches by 6½ inches must be kept in a clear bag.
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Jami Frankenberry, 757-446-2376, jami.frankenberry@pilotonline.com. Twitter @JamiVP
