Contact: James Carskadon

STARKVILLE, Miss.—To ensure a safe and enjoyable gameday experience, Mississippi State football fans and campus visitors are encouraged to review available gameday information and policies and be mindful of changes for the 2018 season.

Complete information is available at www.hailstate.com/gameday.

Beginning with Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. game against Stephen F. Austin, metal detectors will be implemented at all gates of Davis Wade Stadium, and fans should arrive early. For more information on the new safety initiative and details on the security screening process, visit www.hailstate.com/metaldetector.

Visitors utilizing public parking lots on campus may notice two new changes. Through MSU’s new partnership with SP+, fans can search, reserve and purchase in advance public parking spaces through parkmobile.com or the parkmobile.com app. Fans are encouraged to use debit and credit cards to pay for public parking. For more, see https://hailstate.com/news/2018/8/28/football-sp-to-manage-msu-athletic-gameday-parking-operations-visit-parkmobile-com.aspx.

MSU has increased the amount of public ADA parking available by adding two lots on the south and north ends of campus. Those lots, located in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park and in the Rec Plex off of Hail State Boulevard, will be serviced by MSU Parking and Transit Services shuttle buses. For more information, visit https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2018/08/new-public-ada-parking-transit-enhancements-announced-msu-football-games/.

A complete gameday parking map is available at https://hailstate.com/documents/2017/8/10/2017FanGuideMap.pdf.

Fans planning to tailgate may begin leaving tents in tailgate areas beginning at 5 a.m. on Friday. The Junction will officially open for tailgate and tent setup at 4 p.m.

Beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, free transits from downtown Starkville, the Research Park, the Wise Center and the Mississippi Horse Park will begin running. SMART Transits run from Downtown to Old Main Academic Center Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. or 2 hours after the game, whichever is later. For gameday transit maps, visit https://hailstate.com/documents/2018/8/15/SMART_maps_2018.pdf.

Stadium gates will open at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday. As the game ends, MSU will enact its postgame traffic egress plan, which can be viewed at https://hailstate.com/documents/2017/8/18//2017_FB_Game_Traffic_Egress.pdf?id=8536.

Additionally, new Twitter and Facebook accounts will provide gameday service and information. They can be found at @HailStateFamily on Twitter and Hail State Family on Facebook. MSU has made several improvements to the gameday experience based on feedback from fan surveys. These enhancements, which include substantially reduced concession prices, can be found at https://hailstate.com/sports/2018/8/21/responses-solutions.aspx.

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