MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Football is hosting its Gold-Blue Spring Showcase presented by Go Mart, on Saturday, April 5, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Almost Heaven Village will open at 10 a.m., with a full morning of activities prior to the showcase. Admission to this year’s spring showcase is FREE, […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Football is hosting its Gold-Blue Spring Showcase presented by Go Mart, on Saturday, April 5, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.
Almost Heaven Village will open at 10 a.m., with a full morning of activities prior to the showcase.
Admission to this year’s spring showcase is FREE, but note that all fans must claim a ticket for entry. To claim a ticket, CLICK HERE.
This year’s event will not be televised on ESPN+ (TV) or broadcast on the Mountaineer Sports Network by Learfield (Radio).
In lieu of the cost of admission, fans are encouraged to make a donation to WVU Medicine Children’s at the time of checkout when claiming their ticket. Students can enter at any gate by showing their student IDs.
Headlining the Gold-Blue Spring Showcase will be an Almost Heaven Village Kickoff Concert featuring The Powell Brothers. Admission is free to the public. The concert will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the East Side of Milan Puskar Stadium between the Light Blue and Teal parking lots.
Along with the kickoff concert, the Almost Heaven Village fan experience zone will offer fans the opportunity to pick up an exclusive schedule poster, enjoy food trucks, inflatables, a DJ, yard games, photo opportunities, caricature artistry, balloon artistry and face painting, along with appearances from the WVU Spirit Squads. Almost Heaven Village will be open three hours prior to kickoff (10 a.m.) and will close 30 minutes prior to kickoff (12:30 p.m.).
Fans are invited to bring their own food and beverages to the concert, but there also will be food trucks onsite. Concession stands inside the stadium will open at 12 p.m.
WVU’s Clear Bag Policy remains in effect, and the Athletics Department invites and encourages fans to visit WVUsports.com/clearbag for more information, to view pictures of permissible and non-permissible items and to obtain answers to frequently asked questions about the clear bag policy.
Fans are asked to reduce what they bring to the stadium to minimize contact points and bag searches. When security personnel check bags at the gate, they will not be divesting the bags – each fan will be responsible for showing the contents of his/her individual bag. This includes fans removing all items from their bag for inspection as needed. For quicker entry, do not bring bags inside the stadium.
For the Spring Showcase, all fans, including WVU students, should enter the stadium starting at noon, through the North, West, Southeast and Southwest Gates (metal detectors open at noon), There will be no stadium re-entry passes issued for the game. Stadium seating, restrooms and concessions will be open on the lower sections of the East, West and South sides and none in the upper deck.
Walk-Through Metal Detectors will be located at each of the gates where fans enter Milan Puskar Stadium. Fans will not have to empty their clear bags or pockets, and will not have to place cell phones, keys, money or other belongings to the side because the state-of-art metal detectors are designed to be completely pass through. The metal detector technology provides automatic screening for fast and easy gate entrance flow.
Designated smoking areas are outside the West and East Gates.
The Hall of Traditions (Puskar Center) will be open starting two hours prior to kickoff (11 a.m.) until 30 minutes prior (12:30 p.m.) to kickoff.
Fans are reminded that umbrellas are not permitted inside the stadium.
There will be ADA seating available on the West and East sides based on demand.
Concession stands will open at noon and will utilize cashless purchases. There will be multiple stands opened on the West Side (stand numbers 5, 6, 7 and 10) and East (stand numbers 20, 23, 24), sides of the stadium, but there will not be concession areas open in the South end. Beer sales will conclude at the start of the last competition on the field.
All parking for cars is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The following hospital parking lots on the east side will open at 8 am on Saturday and are available for parking: F1, F2, F3, F4, and E. The following hospital parking lots on the west side will open at 8 am on Saturday and are available for parking: A1 and B1.
The center most parking lots and the western most parking lots of the large Blue Hospital parking lot (Hospital parking lots D, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, and C10) will be reserved for hospital patients, visitors, and staff. Towing will be enforced.
There also will be parking available at the Law School based on availability.
The PRT is operating on its normal Saturday schedule (starting at 9:30 a.m.), for the price of 50 cents each way. It is free for all students and WVU staff with a valid WVU ID.
A special Mountaineer GameDay Gold-Blue pregame show starting at 10 a.m. on all of the local Nexstar affiliates, and on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh at 11 a.m., followed by the Spring Showcase beginning at 1 p.m.
The Gold-Blue Spring Showcase, slated to begin at 1 p.m., will conclude WVU’s spring football drills.
The Spring Showcase will feature an abbreviated scrimmage, along with specialty drills and competitions.
Following the conclusion of the game, all fans in attendance will be welcomed onto Mountaineer Field for 30 minutes for photos and other activities.
Since 1984, the Mountaineers have donated more than $830,000 to WVU Medicine Children’s.
