MIAMI (April 6, 2017) – The 2017 FIU Football Spring Game will take place on Friday, April 7, under the lights at Riccardo Silva Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and admission is FREE to the public.
Gates open at 6 p.m. with all fans attending the Spring Game receiving a FREE football mini-poster. All alumni and fans are encourage to enter through Gate 9 (north side of the stadium). FIU students are encouraged to enter through Gate 7 (northeast side of the stadium). The first 500 FIU students attending the game will receive an exclusive Panthers Tour 2017 T-shirt. Concession stands will be open during the game.
Prior to gates opening, there will be a Panther Interactive Area, located across from Riccardo Silva Stadium in Parkview Plaza, beginning at 4 p.m. The Panther Interactive Area will feature interactive games and entertainment, music, and food trucks.
Following the game, fans will have the opportunity to take part in an on-field meet and greet and a chance to collect autographs with this year's Panthers squad, scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
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The 2017 FIU football season will kick off on Saturday, Sept. 2, when the Panthers travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on the UCF Knights.
FIU's 2017 schedule is highlighted with games against Boca Raton Bowl and 2016 C-USA champion WKU, Popeyes Bahamas Bowl champion Old Dominion, AutoNation Cure Bowl participant UCF, Foster Farms Bowl participant Indiana, Hawai'i Bowl participant Middle Tennessee and Gildan New Mexico Bowl participant UTSA. In addition, the Panthers will face Rice, Charlotte, Marshall and Florida Atlantic as well as first-time opponents Alcorn State and Tulane.
For FIU football ticket information, contact the University Credit Union Box Office at 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263).
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU:
Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
