UNC’s limited football tickets to mostly go to booster club members and students
North Carolina unveiled its plan for football tickets Wednesday and if you’re not a booster club member or a student, you’ll probably end up watching the Tar Heels on television.
UNC has 3,500 tickets for distribution in compliance with the state’s COVID-19 policy that limits stadiums that seat 10,000 or more to have attendance of seven percent its capacity. Kenan Stadium seats 50,500.
The school announced on its website, in an open letter from Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham and Rams Club Executive Director John Montgomery, that because of the limited amount of seats it would not be selling tickets to the general public — or even to season ticket holders who are not Rams Club members at this time.
The biggest portion of the tickets — about 1,300 — will be available for purchase by Rams Club members based on premium seat rights and priority points.
Students will receive 1,000 tickets from a to-be-determined lottery through the Carolina Athletic Association.
Up to 500 tickets will go to family members of the players. When the season kicked off with the Tar Heels’ 31-6 win over Syracuse on Sept. 12, the state still hadn’t cleared parents to attend games. The only available tickets, about 25, were given to family of Carolina’s senior class.
Up to 300 tickets will be offered to visiting teams, also with the intent that they go to family members of players and staff.
The remaining tickets will be divided with “several hundred” going to sponsors and a remaining portion going into a special lottery for Rams Club season ticket holders.
The Tar Heels play at Boston College on Saturday then return for their first home game in a month when they face Virginia Tech on Oct. 10.
This story was originally published September 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM.