Game Day at Paulson Stadium Brings a Host of Changes in 2014
9/2/2014 2:00:00 PM | Football, Athletic Foundation, Ticketing
Stadium Map | Parking Map | Buy Tickets | Directions | STZ | Fan Code of Conduct
STATESBORO, Ga. – A new mid-deck, a Student Tailgate Zone, re-numbered parking spots, gates and entrances, new parking areas, Thursday night games – these are just a few of a slew of changes to the football game day experience at Paulson Stadium in 2014. Consider this your definitive resource for Game Day at Paulson Stadium this season.
Student Tickets
Admission is free for athletics-fee paying students, and there is no longer student ticket distribution during the week of the game. Simply bring your student ID with you to the game, and it will be swiped on your way into the stadium. Students are encouraged to enter Gate 14, which is also the way to enter the Student Tailgate Zone (STZ). Students can bring a friend who is not enrolled at Georgia Southern with the brand new "Buddy Ticket." "Buddy Tickets" can be purchased for $15 through the Georgia Southern Athletics Ticket Office, located in the Cowart Building behind the Southeast corner of Paulson Stadium (limit 1 per student) during normal ticket office hours. Ticket office hours are Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "Buddy Ticket" holders are entitled to entrance into the Student Tailgate Zone as well as the game and must enter the stadium through Gate 14.
STZ
The STZ is located in the Northwest corner of the stadium and will feature music and entertainment up until 30 minutes before kickoff. It opens at 1 p.m. for Saturday games and 3 p.m. for Thursday games. All students can enter the STZ through Gate 14 for free with their student ID and a government issued ID. "Buddy Ticket" holders are entitled to entrance to the STZ as well as the game and must enter the stadium through Gate 14. Students can reserve one of 20 tailgate spots in the STZ using this online form.
Ticketing and Gate Changes | Map | Buy Tickets
The gates have been re-numbered so make sure you take a peek at this map. Will Call is located between Gates 7 and 8 on the South side of the stadium. Most of the grass seating is gone, but there is one section remaining as you enter the stadium through Gate 8. Those are 300 season tickets only and available through the Family Plan. There are also reserved seats available through the Family Plan in Sections JJ and KK. The Family Plan is the only season ticket option which does not require a donation to the Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation. Fans are no longer allowed to bring chairs or footballs into Paulson Stadium. Group tickets are also now available. Ticket windows open 3 hours before kickoff. Gates open 90 minutes before kickoff.
Parking | Map | Buy Parking
The biggest change with parking is that the RAC lot is no longer a free tailgating lot. Season parking passes and plans can be found here, and can be purchased by clicking HERE. Another big change with Game Day parking this year is the renumbering of several of our parking/tailgating lots at Paulson Stadium. For fans that choose not to purchase a reserved tailgating spot in one of our donor lots, there are free Game Day only parking lots at the Russell Student Union, and new for this year, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) and the Ceramics and Sculpture Studio Lot are also free parking lots. Game Day shuttles, all of which are handicap accessible, begin running 2.5 hours prior to kickoff and stop running an hour after the conclusion of the game. There are stops at all three free lots, as well as the RAC. The times those four lots and the stadium lot are available for parking fluctuate between Thursday and Saturday games.
Tobacco Free
As of August 1st, 2014, Georgia Southern University is a tobacco-free campus, in compliance with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia's policy 9.1.7. Click here for more information.
Football Operations Center
The Football Operations Center will be open to the public from 12-3 p.m. on game days on the Hall of Fame level only.
Field of Dreams and Eagle Fun Zone
The Field of Dreams, a miniature-sized turf football field, located in front of the new Football Operations Center, is an area for all kids, ages 12-and-under, to run around and play flag football. It will be monitored by Argus Security staff as well as volunteers from the athletics department to ensure kids' safety. Flag football belts will be provided, and EMS will be located close to the Field of Dreams. Kids must check in at a registration table to enter the Field of Dreams but can enter and leave the area whenever they wish without a parent being present except for children ages 3-and-under. Children 3-and-under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
The Eagle Fun Zone is a place where Junior Eagle Club members can be dropped off to play under the supervision of volunteers, who will watch and care for your children. Inflatables and other interactive games will be available as well as water stations to keep kids hydrated. The Eagle Fun Zone is located in front of the Bishop Fieldhouse grand stands, between the football field and Bishop. All JEC members who enter the Eagle Fun Zone must have a parent or guardian check them in at a registration table, located to the left of Bishop Fieldhouse as you face the building from the 50-yard line. Each child will be given a numbered wristband, and a ticket stub with the corresponding number will be given to the parent. Please keep track of your ticket stub because no one will be able to check a child out of the Eagle Fun Zone without the ticket stub corresponding to their child's wristband. Each time a child enters or exits the Eagle Fun Zone, a parent or guardian must be present.
Both the Field of Dreams and the Eagle Fun Zone will open each game when the gates open. The entrance area to the Eagle Fun Zone will close down thirty minutes before the start of the game and re-open after kickoff. The reason for this is because the same area is used for the band and cheerleaders to enter the field for their pre-game performances. As a result, no child will be allowed to enter or leave the area during those thirty minutes. Both the Field of Dreams and Eagle Fun Zone will shut down immediately after the game ends so please plan accordingly. Join the Junior Eagle Club at GSEagles.com/JEC.
Other helpful Game Day Links:
Georgia Southern Radio Network
Live stats
Weather
2014 Football Schedule
Donate Online
Get Your Gear
GS Facebook
GS Twitter
First Home Game Promos vs. Savannah State, Sept. 6
Notes – Home Opener, First FBS/Sun Belt Era Game, Opening Game for expanded Allen E. Paulson Stadium
Promotions – Paint the Town Blue, Military Appreciation Day, National Championship Flag Ceremony, GATA Club reunion, Night of Champions
Paint the Town Blue
Paint the Town Blue is a week-long celebration of Georgia Southern football's home opener against Savannah State. The events include a True Blue Spirit Business Competition, Kickoff Balloon Launch, True Blue Tailgate and a Block Party.
Military Appreciation Day
Any active duty or veteran military personnel with ID can receive free admission to the game. In attendance for the game will also be military from the Eagle Battalion Cadre, local bases and veterans groups. There will be a number of tie-in displays and activities outside the stadium, and inside the stadium the Golden Knights will parachute in the game ball pregame and at halftime there will be an on field swearing-in ceremony.
National Championship Flag Ceremony
Fans are encouraged to be in the stadium early for this special flag ceremony. Members of the inaugural 1982 football team as well as representatives from the six national championship teams will be on hand to raise the national championship flags in their new location at the Football Operations Center. Members of each team will also be recognized on field during the ceremony. Specifically, the 1989 and 1999 national championship teams will be celebrating their 25th and 15th championship anniversaries.
GATA Club Reunion
Georgia Southern Athletics and the Athletic Foundation will host an all-sports reunion with an alumni tailgate and a halftime recognition on Sept. 6. Former student-athletes, coaches, managers, equipment managers and athletic trainers will return to Statesboro.
Night of Champions
GSU will recognize its conference champions from a year ago during the first home football game. Teams set to be recognized are baseball, men's golf, softball and volleyball. The 2000 baseball, 2003 men's golf, 1999 softball and 2003 volleyball teams will join their respective squads on the field.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com.
STATESBORO, Ga. – A new mid-deck, a Student Tailgate Zone, re-numbered parking spots, gates and entrances, new parking areas, Thursday night games – these are just a few of a slew of changes to the football game day experience at Paulson Stadium in 2014. Consider this your definitive resource for Game Day at Paulson Stadium this season.
Student Tickets
Admission is free for athletics-fee paying students, and there is no longer student ticket distribution during the week of the game. Simply bring your student ID with you to the game, and it will be swiped on your way into the stadium. Students are encouraged to enter Gate 14, which is also the way to enter the Student Tailgate Zone (STZ). Students can bring a friend who is not enrolled at Georgia Southern with the brand new "Buddy Ticket." "Buddy Tickets" can be purchased for $15 through the Georgia Southern Athletics Ticket Office, located in the Cowart Building behind the Southeast corner of Paulson Stadium (limit 1 per student) during normal ticket office hours. Ticket office hours are Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "Buddy Ticket" holders are entitled to entrance into the Student Tailgate Zone as well as the game and must enter the stadium through Gate 14.
STZ
The STZ is located in the Northwest corner of the stadium and will feature music and entertainment up until 30 minutes before kickoff. It opens at 1 p.m. for Saturday games and 3 p.m. for Thursday games. All students can enter the STZ through Gate 14 for free with their student ID and a government issued ID. "Buddy Ticket" holders are entitled to entrance to the STZ as well as the game and must enter the stadium through Gate 14. Students can reserve one of 20 tailgate spots in the STZ using this online form.
Ticketing and Gate Changes | Map | Buy Tickets
The gates have been re-numbered so make sure you take a peek at this map. Will Call is located between Gates 7 and 8 on the South side of the stadium. Most of the grass seating is gone, but there is one section remaining as you enter the stadium through Gate 8. Those are 300 season tickets only and available through the Family Plan. There are also reserved seats available through the Family Plan in Sections JJ and KK. The Family Plan is the only season ticket option which does not require a donation to the Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation. Fans are no longer allowed to bring chairs or footballs into Paulson Stadium. Group tickets are also now available. Ticket windows open 3 hours before kickoff. Gates open 90 minutes before kickoff.
Parking | Map | Buy Parking
The biggest change with parking is that the RAC lot is no longer a free tailgating lot. Season parking passes and plans can be found here, and can be purchased by clicking HERE. Another big change with Game Day parking this year is the renumbering of several of our parking/tailgating lots at Paulson Stadium. For fans that choose not to purchase a reserved tailgating spot in one of our donor lots, there are free Game Day only parking lots at the Russell Student Union, and new for this year, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) and the Ceramics and Sculpture Studio Lot are also free parking lots. Game Day shuttles, all of which are handicap accessible, begin running 2.5 hours prior to kickoff and stop running an hour after the conclusion of the game. There are stops at all three free lots, as well as the RAC. The times those four lots and the stadium lot are available for parking fluctuate between Thursday and Saturday games.
| Saturdays | Thursdays |
| Stadium Lots - Donor spots will be available at 8 a.m. | Stadium Lots - Donor spots will be guaranteed starting at 3 p.m. |
| RAC Lot - Donor spots will be available at 8 a.m. | RAC Lot - Donor spots will be guaranteed starting at 4 p.m. |
| Student Union, PAC and Ceramics lots - first-come, first-served. | Student Union, PAC and Ceramics lots - first-come first-served. |
Tobacco Free
As of August 1st, 2014, Georgia Southern University is a tobacco-free campus, in compliance with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia's policy 9.1.7. Click here for more information.
Football Operations Center
The Football Operations Center will be open to the public from 12-3 p.m. on game days on the Hall of Fame level only.
Field of Dreams and Eagle Fun Zone
The Field of Dreams, a miniature-sized turf football field, located in front of the new Football Operations Center, is an area for all kids, ages 12-and-under, to run around and play flag football. It will be monitored by Argus Security staff as well as volunteers from the athletics department to ensure kids' safety. Flag football belts will be provided, and EMS will be located close to the Field of Dreams. Kids must check in at a registration table to enter the Field of Dreams but can enter and leave the area whenever they wish without a parent being present except for children ages 3-and-under. Children 3-and-under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
The Eagle Fun Zone is a place where Junior Eagle Club members can be dropped off to play under the supervision of volunteers, who will watch and care for your children. Inflatables and other interactive games will be available as well as water stations to keep kids hydrated. The Eagle Fun Zone is located in front of the Bishop Fieldhouse grand stands, between the football field and Bishop. All JEC members who enter the Eagle Fun Zone must have a parent or guardian check them in at a registration table, located to the left of Bishop Fieldhouse as you face the building from the 50-yard line. Each child will be given a numbered wristband, and a ticket stub with the corresponding number will be given to the parent. Please keep track of your ticket stub because no one will be able to check a child out of the Eagle Fun Zone without the ticket stub corresponding to their child's wristband. Each time a child enters or exits the Eagle Fun Zone, a parent or guardian must be present.
Both the Field of Dreams and the Eagle Fun Zone will open each game when the gates open. The entrance area to the Eagle Fun Zone will close down thirty minutes before the start of the game and re-open after kickoff. The reason for this is because the same area is used for the band and cheerleaders to enter the field for their pre-game performances. As a result, no child will be allowed to enter or leave the area during those thirty minutes. Both the Field of Dreams and Eagle Fun Zone will shut down immediately after the game ends so please plan accordingly. Join the Junior Eagle Club at GSEagles.com/JEC.
Other helpful Game Day Links:
Georgia Southern Radio Network
Live stats
Weather
2014 Football Schedule
Donate Online
Get Your Gear
GS Facebook
GS Twitter
First Home Game Promos vs. Savannah State, Sept. 6
Notes – Home Opener, First FBS/Sun Belt Era Game, Opening Game for expanded Allen E. Paulson Stadium
Promotions – Paint the Town Blue, Military Appreciation Day, National Championship Flag Ceremony, GATA Club reunion, Night of Champions
Paint the Town Blue
Paint the Town Blue is a week-long celebration of Georgia Southern football's home opener against Savannah State. The events include a True Blue Spirit Business Competition, Kickoff Balloon Launch, True Blue Tailgate and a Block Party.
Military Appreciation Day
Any active duty or veteran military personnel with ID can receive free admission to the game. In attendance for the game will also be military from the Eagle Battalion Cadre, local bases and veterans groups. There will be a number of tie-in displays and activities outside the stadium, and inside the stadium the Golden Knights will parachute in the game ball pregame and at halftime there will be an on field swearing-in ceremony.
National Championship Flag Ceremony
Fans are encouraged to be in the stadium early for this special flag ceremony. Members of the inaugural 1982 football team as well as representatives from the six national championship teams will be on hand to raise the national championship flags in their new location at the Football Operations Center. Members of each team will also be recognized on field during the ceremony. Specifically, the 1989 and 1999 national championship teams will be celebrating their 25th and 15th championship anniversaries.
GATA Club Reunion
Georgia Southern Athletics and the Athletic Foundation will host an all-sports reunion with an alumni tailgate and a halftime recognition on Sept. 6. Former student-athletes, coaches, managers, equipment managers and athletic trainers will return to Statesboro.
Night of Champions
GSU will recognize its conference champions from a year ago during the first home football game. Teams set to be recognized are baseball, men's golf, softball and volleyball. The 2000 baseball, 2003 men's golf, 1999 softball and 2003 volleyball teams will join their respective squads on the field.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com.
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