Barriers will be placed in front of the Neville Arena student entrance and along Thach Concourse to create four designated student queueing areas which will be officially known as “QUADS” (Q).
No designated start time will be announced for students to begin queueing. Students may begin lining up at their own time, as desired. Upon arrival to the queueing area, students will be directed by on site staff and student leadership to QUAD 1, 2, 3 or 4 (Q-1, Q-2, Q-3, Q-4). The earliest arriving students will be directed to begin filling Q-1. Once Q-1 has reached its full queueing capacity, the next students to arrive will be directed to Q-2, then Q-3, and finally to Q-4.
QUADS are designed to assist in monitoring student capacity numbers, which will in turn provide students waiting within those QUADS guaranteed access to specific areas within Neville Arena.
- Q-1: Lower-Level Jungle Access
- Q-2: Lower-Level Jungle Access
- Q-3: Lower-Level Jungle Access & SRO (Standing Room Only Areas)
- Q-4: SRO (Standing Room Only Areas)
QUAD number designations do not provide access to a specific seat number or section letter in Neville Arena, instead they will provide designated access by area (Lower-Level Jungle Access or SRO Access). Students, once inside their designated area of the arena, may then choose to sit in any desired seat or standing location within the area.
180 MINUTES TO TIPOFF
QUAD Wristbanding Begins: As early as three hours prior to tipoff (with specific time varying by game), students who are queued within Q-1-3 will begin being wristbanded to secure their designated arena access. Wristband color and design will vary by QUAD.
Students MUST be within the QUAD at the time the wristbanding begins to receive a wristband. No additional wristbands will be given out for those who may have left the line – no exceptions.
Once the entire line within a QUAD has been wristbanded, students who need to leave the line for any reason must check out with on-site staff and student leadership. They will be required to check back in upon returning to the line.
90 MINUTES TO TIPOFF (ARENA DOORS OPEN)
Arena doors open time is generally estimated to be 90 minutes prior to each event, but could be moved up to 120 minutes prior to the event, at the discretion of Athletics personnel.
QUADS will be released in succession and gradually paced forward with the assistance of Campus Safety officials. Once Q-1 has been emptied into the arena, Q-2 will be paced forward into the Q-1 barriers, then Q-2, Q-3, and finally Q-4.
Once the final wristbanded student in Q-3 enters, capacity of The Jungle will be evaluated and a determined number of non-wristbanded students will be directed to fill any remaining seats within The Jungle. All remaining students in line will begin being directed to SRO areas of Neville Arena, until overall capacity is reached. It is possible SRO admission may be paused at times as capacity is continually evaluated, then reopened based on scan rate of the SRO areas.