2024 SEP Stadium Information and Football Expectations

This Friday, August 30, is our first home football game of the 2024 season!

We expect to have over 5000 people in attendance. Here’s some important information to help ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone. We ask that you follow these guidelines and instructions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Student Drop Off and Pick Up:

All students who are being dropped off and picked up for the game must be done over in the high school parking lot, SW corner (by the pool). Due to safety, students may not be dropped off or picked up on Martha Miller Drive or at the entrance to the parking lot adjacent to the stadium, which is reserved for pre-approved game personnel and handicap parking only. Those with mobility issues may be dropped off in the adjacent parking lot.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Parking

The parking lot adjacent to the stadium is reserved for pre-approved game personnel and handicap parking only. Those with mobility issues may be dropped off in the adjacent parking lot.

To ensure that emergency vehicles have access to the stadium, cars cannot park along curbs, and must be in marked stalls.

Quick Tips:

1. Buy your ticket online now: https://www.cimltickets.com
2. Carpool
3. Give yourself enough time to find a parking spot and get inside the stadium

Game Time:

August 30, 2024, is our first home game when we host Valley High School. Kickoff is slated for 7pm. Gates will open to the public at 5:30pm.

Admission:

Admission for all, including students in grades K-12, is $7. All tickets must be purchased online prior to the event, or can be purchased with a credit card at the ticket booth near the main admission gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium.

There are NO cash sales at the gate!

Fans are STRONGLY encouraged to buy tickets online prior to arriving. They can be purchased at this link: https://www.cimltickets.com

If you purchase your tickets ahead of time, you will get a QR Code on your phone. You can go directly to the main admission open gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium.

Student Activity Passes & Senior Citizen Passes are accepted for all non-state sponsored events.* If you have your Activity Pass, you can go directly to the main admission open gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium. Students in grades 8-12 who have purchased a student activity pass should get a sticker for their ID from their school’s office. Students in grades 10-12 who don’t have their ID can find this information on their home page in the Infinite Campus app.

Parking For All Stadium Events:

• The parking lot adjacent to the stadium is reserved for pre-approved game personnel and handicap parking only.
• The parking lots on the west and north of the high school, as well as the parking lots near Spring Creek and the Junior High, are designated for game spectator parking.
• Vehicles are to be parked in a defined parking stall.
• There is no parking on grass areas anywhere on the Southeast Polk campus.
• Parking on the driving lanes around the campus is prohibited.
• Violators of these guidelines are subject to tow.
• See the attached map for further guidance.

Stadium Entry:

The main admission gate is located on the Northeast corner of the stadium by the Ram statue. Access to the stadium will be via the tunnel under Martha Miller Drive. For safety reasons, please do not walk across Martha Miller Drive to get from the High School parking areas to the stadium.

SEP Student Seating:

• All student seating will be in the lower grandstands on the West side of the stadium.
• High School students in grades 10-12 will sit in sections DD, EE and FF in the center of the West lower bleachers.
• The marching band will be seated in section FF and GG.
• Middle School students will sit in Section AA and the south side of BB, and 8th & 9th grade students in the north side of section BB and CC.
• Elementary students are expected to sit with a parent in the upper bleachers.
• See the attached diagram.

SEP Adult Seating:

• All adult seating is the upper grandstand on the West side of the stadium.
• The top three rows of Sections C, D, and E are held as reserved seats for ticket holders

General Reminders:

• There are no pass outs. Once you are in the stadium you are in. If you leave you must purchase another ticket to re-enter.
• Leave footballs at home. Footballs, or balls of any kind, are not permitted in the stadium.
• Outside food and drink is not permitted. Each spectator is allowed 1 unopened, sealed bottle of water.
• Pets are NOT permitted at school events.
• Noisemakers (cowbells, airhorns, etc), signs, banners, flags (other than cheer flags) are not permitted.
• All bags are subject to search.
• No lawn chairs will be allowed in the stadium.
• Our stadium lights have special effects technology that allows them to display color and flash off and on at different times during the event. Those with a sensitivity to flashing lights please take note.

We’re looking forward to a great season of fall activities and appreciate your continued support to the SEP Community! Go Rams!

To read this message in Spanish, click here.

*Student Activity Passes can be purchased on Infinite Campus. Senior Citizen Passes are available for purchase by appointment with the Activities Office. The cardholder must be 61 years of age or older and live in the SEP school district.