Indiana Athletics Announces Priorities Regarding Football Ticket Availability at Memorial Stadium This Season

Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson announced four priorities regarding the chance of having fans in the stands come college football season.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — After officially releasing Indiana's Big Ten schedule on Wednesday, that begged the question, would there be fans in attendance at any of those games?

Later that day, Indiana athletics director Scott Dolson announced a series of priorities that will guide the availability of football tickets for games played in Memorial Stadium this fall.

“We continue to solicit and follow the advice of the IU Athletics Medical Advisory Group and abide by the directives from campus leadership, local and state agencies, and the CDC in formulating a plan to welcome fans to Memorial Stadium this fall,” Dolson said in the press release. “We want to give our loyal fans an opportunity to see Coach Tom Allen’s team this fall as much as possible, but we must be sure that we do that in way that is responsible and follows the safety protocols.”

Indiana Athletics will officially announce its football ticket plan in mid-August.

Indiana athletics released four priorities for football games this fall. These can be seen below:

1. Health and Safety – The health and safety of all student-athletes, coaches, staff, fans, and the campus and local communities is the top priority in the decision-making process. IU Athletics will continue to follow the guidance of the IU Athletics Medical Advisory Group – which includes the requirement for all individuals to have and wear face coverings in and around Memorial Stadium - as well as the safety protocols detailed by Indiana University campus officials, the NCAA, the Big Ten as well as local and state government agencies.
2. Comfort and Security with the IU Ticket Assurance Policy - We understand not all fans will feel comfortable attending games for health and safety reasons, or may not be interested in attending due to reduced capacity guidelines. Therefore, as part of our Ticket Assurance Policy, we are allowing all season ticket holders to opt out of their 2020 football season tickets commitment, if they wish. IU’s Ticket Assurance Policy provides the security that if any IU Football games at Memorial Stadium are canceled, postponed, or played with restricted fan access that prevents you from using your tickets, or if you have purchased season tickets but feel uncomfortable attending games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ticket holders who purchased tickets directly through the IU Athletic Ticket Office will have the following options:

• Donate your ticket payments to the IU Varsity Club as a tax-deductible gift supporting student-athlete scholarships.
• Apply ticket payments to the 2021 IU Football season.
• Receive a refund for ticket payments made.

This guarantee applies to all ticketed IU Athletics' home athletic events. Also, if a season ticket holder opts to not purchase or cancel their purchase of IU football season tickets in 2020, they will still receive an application to purchase their same seats for the 2021 season, and they will not lose their consecutive years of season ticket purchase.

3. Ticket Availability for All Season Ticket Holders and IU Students – Within any limitations dictated by the most up-to-date medical and safety guidance and protocols, IU Athletics will allow season ticket holders and IU students to attend as many football games at Memorial Stadium as possible. There is an expectation that there will be a reduced capacity at Memorial Stadium this fall, and that may result in fans being able to attend less than the full allotment of home games during the 2020 season. There is also a possibility that safety protocols will dictate that games be postponed, canceled or played in empty stadiums as well. In any of those cases, ticket holders who purchased tickets directly through the IU Athletic Ticket Office will be able to choose one of the three options from the IU Ticket Assurance Policy.

4. Regular Updates on Ticket Availability, Safety Precautions – IU Athletics will continue to communicate with fans with updates as more information becomes available. In addition to information on tickets, we will also share updated information on the safety procedures and protocols that we are taking on the Indiana University Athletics COVID-19 Safety Precautions and Updates website.

Keep in mind, nothing is official yet, as Indiana Athletics will officially announce its football ticket plan in mid-August.

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