GUNNISON, Colo.  The $15 million renovation of the Mountaineer Bowl will prove to be a windfall for several Western Colorado varsity sports, but not until Fall 2023.

In the meantime, Mountaineer football will extend thanks to the women's soccer program as it shares Katy O. Rady Field with the gridders for their four home football games in Fall 2022.

Necessary procedures have been established to be able to host visiting football teams at Rady Field including ticketing and bleacher-seating capacity (500), parking and vehicle access, fan walkways and ingress/egress points to the Field, and ADA parking and access.

Viewing the Game
Limited seating will be enforced at Rady, however there are options to view the game elsewhere on campus:

• The livestream will be shown at the University Center Theater (capacity: 200; can bring in food and non-alcoholic beverages)
• And of course, the free livestream is available on any computer or cell phone

Of the available tickets to the public, numbers and details include:

• Tickets may be pre-purchased online via Western's Hometown Ticketing website, or (if still available) on Gameday at the Main Ticketing gate in the southeast corner of Rady Field
• Patrons will receive a wristband at the entrance gate
• General Admission – 250 tickets
• Student section – a separate, standing-only student section will be in the northeast corner on the home-team side of Rady Field. Students must enter through that northeast gate using their WCU IDs (i.e., free!). Maximum capacity of this section will be the first 50 students entering by 12:30 p.m.
• Visitor Tickets – 100 tickets (Promo code required; contact visiting team's athletic department for code)
• Online ticketing sales for visitors ends at 5 p.m. the Wednesday prior to the Saturday game
• Bleachers on the home side of the field are at field level, situated behind the home-team bench area, and are only eight rows high.
• The visiting fan's bleacher -- a 3-row bleacher with minimal seating capacity -- is tucked in the southwest corner of Rady Field, accessible by walking behind the south end zone
• ADA entrance and small-capacity seating areas are available in both the northeast (home side) and northwest (visitors side) corners of Rady Field. Gameday tickets will need to be purchased at the Main Ticketing entrance

Parking and access

• Parking for games remains as usual, in the Paul Wright Gym parking lot and the University Center parking lot. Overflow parking will be available in the Library/Kelly parking lot on the East edge of campus
• Home tailgates may be set up in the Paul Wright Gym lot, while visitor tailgates may be set up in the north end of the University Center lot
• Access to Katy O. Rady field is via the fan walkway that begins at the corner of Escalante Drive and the Mountaineer Bowl access road. The walkway winds behind the Mountaineer Bowl, continuing to the Main Ticketing entrance in the southwest corner of Rady Field
• ADA access to Rady Field will be provided transportation (golf cart) from parking areas to the ticketing gate and to the ADA entrances in the northwest and northeast corners of the field

FAQ
Vehicle access? No vehicles will be allowed access beyond the Escalante/Event Complex intersection

When will gates open? 11:30 a.m. on gameday

Will there be concessions available at the game site? All spectators – those ticketed and inside the gates as well as fans viewing from outside the gates – will have access to a concessions truck and a local food truck that will be situated outside the fence in the North section of Rady Field

Will there still be a reserved VIP tent for MAA members and corporate sponsors? Yes! The MAA tent is located outside the northwest gate of Rady Field. Members and corporates will have access to this area regardless of whether they have a ticket into the game.
    
    

Fan Information map – parking, ingress/egress, viewing sites

Fan Information map – ADA directions, parking

Fan Information map – Rady Field diagram

Visiting Team Information map