BEVO BEAT Why was the Royal-Memorial student section still empty at kickoff vs. Oklahoma State? Posted September 21st, 2019


It’s a sold-out game against Oklahoma State. Where were the Texas students at kickoff?

Still waiting to get into Royal-Memorial Stadium, apparently.

There is a chance they let the rest of the students in by the time they play Lizzo. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/MFg4Fysps2 Advertisement — Danny Davis (@aasdanny) September 21, 2019

This is what the student section looks like. We are 60 seconds away from kickoff. I’m being told the students are here, they’re just waiting in a slow-moving line outside of DKR. pic.twitter.com/fQr4NAbpat — alex briseño 😷 (@alex__briseno) September 21, 2019

Texas officials had announced a new student entry policy after students rushed past security to get a good seat for the LSU game on Sept. 7: lining up for a wristband and entering through a single gate.

On Saturday, students reported long wait times to make it into Royal-Memorial Stadium for the Big 12 opener:

After arriving at DKR an hour early, I'm standing in line .2 miles away to enter the single student entrance. For reference, last year I was in 30 min before the game with no problems. pic.twitter.com/VpqLTHpR1P — Nicole Barefoot (@NicoleBarefoot) September 21, 2019

@iFratelliPizza is passing out pizza to students standing in line far from the stadium. pic.twitter.com/geEjQxmRZ9 — Nicole Barefoot (@NicoleBarefoot) September 21, 2019

Stadium staff are working as fast as they can to meet the demand of Big Ticket holders. Kickoff was scheduled for 6:30 pm. pic.twitter.com/lcEuQWUMhZ — Nicole Barefoot (@NicoleBarefoot) September 21, 2019

@statesman y’all should check out the line to the student section at the @TexasFootball game 6 minutes before kickoff. — Jim Bob Kingman (@JimBobKingman) September 21, 2019

Texas Athletics reported opening additional gates, but student sections remained bare at the 6:30 p.m. kickoff.

Hey Students! We're working on getting you guys into the game before kickoff. We're getting some more gates open. — Texas Fan First (@TexasFanFirst) September 21, 2019

Those are student seats. The entire section in the SE corner is empty, too. https://t.co/BoNnHPyD7s — Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) September 22, 2019

If this was the NFL, Texas students would be suing over these delays getting into the stadium #HookEm — Jim Vertuno (@JimVertuno) September 21, 2019

@_delconte if you’re going to sell me a ticket, give me a seat. Not that hard man. Thousands of students turned away. Class action suit incoming. — Zach Wempe (@zdwempe) September 21, 2019

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