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May 21, 2024

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App State Athletics is excited to welcome fans, friends, opponents and visitors to Kidd Brewer Stadium in 2023. We aim to make your experience at The Rock an enjoyable one. This A-to-Z Fan Guide is

App State Athletics is excited to welcome fans, friends, opponents and visitors to Kidd Brewer Stadium in 2023. We aim to make your experience at The Rock an enjoyable one. This A-to-Z Fan Guide is designed to assist you in your preparation for attending our beautiful stadium and cheering on the nationally recognized Mountaineers. Arrive early, stay late, be loud and be respectful.Accessibility

For information on parking and seating for guests that have disabilities, contact the Athletics Ticket Office at 828-262-7733 or visit the customer service booths outside the north end zone on game day.

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Cellular service enhancement

With App State’s installation of new cellular phone service boosters throughout Kidd Brewer Stadium, T-Mobile has committed to helping its customers who attend games at The Rock.

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Concerts

Concessions

Customer Service

For sold-out games, the ticket windows at the front of the north end zone will serve as customer service booths for fan questions on game day.

Entry

As a new safety feature this season, all five entrances to Kidd Brewer Stadium (listed below) will have walk-through metal detectors in 2023 — fans will not be asked to remove keys, phones or other common items before passing through the metal detector.

Exit/Re-Entry

Food Trucks

Food trucks will be present throughout the stadium, including The Cardinal, Hungry Howies, Penn Station, Ben & Jerry’s and Sunset Slush (that specific one for three games).

Free ice cream at Sept. 16 game

Mars ice cream bars – 12,000 total! – will be handed out for free by App State student-athletes and other personnel outside the stadium before the Sept. 16 home game against East Carolina.

Gate Openings

Grab & Go

The Locker Room Grab & Go station, introduced in 2022, will again be available in the West concourse. There will also be a smaller-scale Grab & Go station on the East side.

Jeep Gladiator Rubicon Raffle

Junior Mountaineer Kids Club

Lost and Found

Map of Stadium Media Entrance & Policies

Merchandise

There will be four Mountaineer Merch locations, with more variety than ever offered before in Kidd Brewer Stadium. That includes signature game day items worn by Coach Clark as well as premium offerings. The four locations are:

Mobile App

Download the App State Athletics mobile app to get the latest updates and promotions for App State game days and sports teams. Enable push notifications to get up-to-date alerts for game days and other strategic times.

Mobile Tickets

Mountaineer Walk

Music

A professional DJ will run PA music for each home game this fall to complement music provided by the Marching Mountaineers.

Outside Food & Drink

No outside food or drink is accepted into Kidd Brewer Stadium.

Parking & Tailgating

Premium Areas

For the final four home games (excluding Sept. 2 and Sept. 16), tickets are available for the Rock Garden, a premium field-level lounge in the north end zone. For more info, visit MountaineersAthleticFund.com, choose an applicable game and go to the “Purchase by Price” tab.

Prohibited Items

Restrooms

Schedule

The complete 2023 App State football schedule can be found here. Game times are subject to change. Most game times and TV designations will be assigned 12 days before each game day.

Shuttles

Smoking

Kidd Brewer Stadium is a smoking-free facility. Smoking of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes/vaping is strictly prohibited.

South End Zone Enhancement

As both an aesthetic and safety enhancement from 2022, the south end of Kidd Brewer Stadium features a new brick wall with columns at the bottom of Miller Hill.

Tagboard

Fans who use each game’s custom hashtag (e.g. #BeatGW on Sept. 2 and #BeatECU on Sept. 16) will have the chance to see their social media posts shared on the main video board during game day.

Temporary Bleachers

For the Sept. 2 opener vs. Gardner-Webb and the Sept. 16 game against East Carolina, temporary bleachers (2,000+ seats) have been added in the north end zone to account for the increased demands in the opening month. The East Carolina game sold out in July.

Tickets

Traffic Flow

TVs

Fans can enjoy live footage of the game in progress on TVs in the East and West concourses, as well as premium areas.

Video Board

Constructed in 2017, the main Kidd Brewer Stadium video board has 2,500 square feet of 13HD technology by Daktronics. It measures 50 feet high by 90 feet wide. Ribbon boards on the East, West and North give fans an immersive video board experience.

Water Fountains

Water fountains are available in the concourses.

Weather Delays

Yikas Rewards

Yosef Club