Florida State's 2019 season opener will be at home after all.

Due to the uncertainty surrounding Hurricane Dorian, the FSU-Boise State game – scheduled for Saturday at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville at 7 p.m. – has been moved to Doak Campbell Stadium.

Kickoff is at noon and the game will be broadcast on ESPNews, according to ESPN.

"After consulting with emergency responders, law enforcement and hurricane preparedness teams at the state and local level, moving the game is the best option given the information we have at this time," FSU Director of Athletics David Coburn said in an FSU press release.

The work to move the game began behind-the-scenes as early as Wednesday when university officials reached out to Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad about the logistics involved.

“We regret having to move the venue in particular because of the tremendous work that the City of Jacksonville has invested in this event," Coburn said. "They have been great partners, and we are disappointed that the game had to be moved. Our fans were very much looking forward to the experience.”

Hurricane Dorian – set to hit the eastern Florida coast this weekend as a powerful Category 4 storm – forced the move to Tallahassee.

"This isn't about a weather event happening during a potential game," Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said on Thursday during a news conference. "This is about the ability to move people. This is about having thousands of people here from out of town when we may either be issuing evacuation orders or we may have counties south of us that have issued evacuation orders and are coming up through our interstates.

"It would put too many people's lives at risk."

Tickets to be refunded

Curry confirmed that all tickets bought for the game in Jacksonville will be refunded. As of early this week, FSU had sold close to 45,000 tickets to the game.

Curry estimated that 28,000 fans were expected to attend the game from outside the First Coast.

"It was a tough decision but the right decision," Curry said.

Tickets for the game in Tallahassee are available through the FSU ticket portal on Seminoles.com for $10 at www.noles.co/GA and will be $15 on the day of the game at the FSU ticket office by Dick Howser Stadium.

There will be no reserved seating inside the stadium and FSU and Boise State students will get into the game for free with a school ID.

The FSU Tickets Twitter account posted that almost 12,000 tickets had been purchased at approximately 2:30 p.m., just over two hours since the ticket link went live.

The FSU ticket office also said all tickets should be distributed by Friday afternoon at the latest.

With the exception of parking lots 1 through 6, reserved for game staffing and Golden Chief Boosters, the parking lots around Doak Campbell Stadium will be free of charge to the general public and will open at 7:00 a.m. A map showing available parking will be posted on Seminoles.com Friday morning.

"I want to thank the City of Jacksonville and Mayor Lenny Curry for their exceptional work in putting together what was going to be an outstanding event," FSU President John Thrasher said in a press release.

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"I also want to thank Governor Ron DeSantis and our city and county officials for their cooperation in staging a game on such short notice, particularly our local law enforcement agencies."

DeSantis was the first to break the news of a likely move when he gave an address to the media Thursday morning.

"They have to look for ways to accommodate that," DeSantis said of the FSU game.

"I think they are going to go forward with the game but they are not going to do it in Jacksonville. They are going to do the game in Tallahassee and I think they will have more details for everybody who is interested in that going forward.”

'We're still going to play a football game on Saturday'

FSU head coach Willie Taggart's comments Thursday morning before the change was made seem in retrospect like he had an idea how this decision was going.

"Just keeping me updated on where we are and the conversations that's been going on with the weather and the game," Taggart said.

"As far as I know, we're still going to play a football game on Saturday night."

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A shift this close to kickoff is difficult to pull off and requires a quick change from those around the university, the team itself, the community and fans.

Still, both teams wanted to get the game done at whatever cost.

"To me, it doesn't matter [where we play]," Boise State coach Bryan Harsin told reporters Thursday. "We'll play in a parking lot. We'll do whatever. We just want to go play.

FSU dealt with similar last minute schedule changes when it was down at IMG Academy earlier this month and multiple practices were delayed due to inclement weather.

Taggart reflected at the time how that ability to adapt would only help his team and he brought this back up Thursday morning.

"I think our guys are prepared for sudden change, we’ve had it throughout training camp," Taggart said. "Hopefully it pays off for us if a sudden change comes up.”

As of Thursday at 11:40 a.m., a number of hotels had rooms available for Friday and Saturday for just over $100 a night. However, quick movement is required as FSU and Boise fans galore are set to all be looking for rooms simultaneously in the wake of the unexpected change.

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Buzz that the game could be moved to Tallahassee heightened Thursday when images of FSU painting numbers on the field at Doak Campbell Stadium surfaced on social media.

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Boise State was scheduled to arrive in Jacksonville at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The Seminoles were set to make the three-hour drive on Friday.

Moving the game before noon Thursday allowed BSU to adjust its travel.

The Seminoles are favored by 4.5 points over the Broncos. This is the first game between the two programs.

FSU and BSU have a game scheduled for the 2020 season in Boise, Idaho, on Sept. 12.

Past FSU games affected by weather

The Seminoles are no stranger to having games affected by weather.

Last year, Hurricane Michael hit just west of Tallahassee during the bye week. Though it didn't affect any FSU games, it forced FSU to cancel multiple practices as players evacuated.

Hurricane Irma forced FSU to postpone its September games against Louisiana-Monroe and Miami to later in the season. UL-Monroe was moved from the second game of the 2017 season to the week following the Florida game. The Miami game was moved to Oct. 7.

Hurricane Hermine knocked the power out at FSU in the days prior to the 2016 season-opener in Orlando against Ole Miss. Later that year, Hurricane Matthew just missed causing issues for the FSU-Miami game.

Hurricane Frances caused the FSU-Miami game in 2004 to be postponed for five days.

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Reach Wayne McGahee III at wmcgahee@tallahassee.com.