Pitt Game Information – West Virginia University Athletics

Pitt Game Information

Sept. 13, 2025

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m., ET                                                                              
Gates Open: 90 minutes earlier than kick (2 p.m.)
TV: ESPN
Promo: Stripe the Stadium
 
2025 Milan Puskar Stadium
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Stripe the Stadium
The WVU vs. Pitt matchup will function the annual Stripe the Stadium sport at Milan Puskar Stadium. Even numbered sections put on GOLD, odd numbered sections put on BLUE. All college students put on GOLD. Stripe the Stadium Map.

Metal Detectors at All Athletic Venues

The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has walk-through metallic detectors at its main athletic venues. Fans won’t must empty their clear baggage or pockets, and won’t have to position cell telephones, keys,

cash or different belongings to the facet as a result of the state-of-art metallic detectors are designed to be utterly cross by way of. The metallic detector expertise gives computerized screening for quick and straightforward gate entrance stream. Fans are inspired to enter the stadium early to get used to the brand new system and to expedite entry to the sport. WVU’s clear bag coverage continues to be in impact.

Almost Heaven Village

Almost Heaven Village is the fan expertise space positioned between the Light Blue and Teal Parking Lots. This week, followers can cease by from LIVE music from Black Dog Hollow Band from 1-2 45 p.m. Fans can also take pleasure in meals vans, inflatables, a DJ, yard video games, photograph alternatives, sponsor activations and appearances from the WVU Spirit Squads. Almost Heaven Village will probably be open 3 1/2 hours earlier than kick (12 p.m.) to half-hour earlier than (3 p.m.).

 

Clear Bag Policy

WVU’s Clear Bag Policy stays in impact, and the Athletics Department invitations and encourages followers to go to WVUsports.com/clearbag for extra data, to view photos of permissible and non-permissible objects and to acquire solutions to continuously requested questions in regards to the clear bag coverage.

 

Mountaineer Mantrip

The Mountaineer Mantrip begin time stays roughly 2 hours and half-hour prior (roughly 1 p.m.) to kickoff. Join the Mountaineers within the wave to the highest of the WVU Medicine Children’s hospital following the Mountaineer Mantrip.

 

Hall of Traditions

The Hall of Traditions (Puskar Center) will probably be open beginning three hours previous to kickoff (12:30 p.m.) till half-hour prior (3 p.m.) to kickoff.

 

Kids Zone

Kids Zone will proceed within the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility pregame. This is free and open to the general public and contains household video games, inflatables, and many others. This will probably be within the entrance half of the IPF from 2 1/2 hours earlier than kick (1 p.m.) to half-hour earlier than (3 p.m.).

 

REVELxp Full-Service Tailgating

REVELxp will proceed to function the realm exterior the north gate operated to incorporate all-inclusive tent and tailgate set ups for every dwelling sport. Fans will have the ability to lease these areas and can arrive to a turn-key tailgate tent. Click here to study extra or to guide a hassle-free tailgate.

 

Stadium Seatbacks

Advance seatback single-game sales can be found and might be purchased along with your ticket on-line as an add-on or on the stadium on sport day (receipt will denote pickup location). Pricing is now $20/seat. All seatback gross sales are cashless.

 

Cashless Concessions and Parking

All concession stands are cashless.

 

All parking tons are cashless, together with the Green Lot.

 

MAC Field Lounge

The Mountaineer Athletic Club (MAC) Field Lounge is positioned within the South finish zone for donors of a sure giving degree. This features a sectioned-off space (load-in Thursday prior to every sport and tear down on Monday following every sport) with upscale seating.

 

ADA Accessibility

The following gates are ADA accessible: North, Northwest, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest.

 

ADA Golf Cart shuttles (not wheelchair accessible) can be found, the Gold Shuttle and the Blue Shuttle will run concurrently to hyperlink all corners of the stadium and the perimeter of the Blue Lot. Guests are picked up on a first-come, first-served foundation, with potential wait occasions. The shuttles will run two hours previous to kickoff till the center of the primary quarter. After the sport, the shuttles will run in the beginning of the fourth quarter till roughly one hour. Please word, as a consequence of heavy pedestrian visitors, wait occasions might range.

 

Smoking continues to be solely permitted in designated smoking areas positioned at numerous gates. In some areas, these areas won’t be accessible till after kickoff. 

 

Section 133 continues to be the Family Fun Zone. It is an alcohol-free, household pleasant part. Alcoholic drinks and foul or abusive language are prohibited on this part. This data is now printed on the tickets.

 

Tickets

West Virginia University performs host to Pitt within the taking part in of the 108^th Backyard Brawl on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 3:30 p.m., ET.

The 2025 Backyard Brawl, offered by Diversified Energy, Civil and Environmental Consultants, GoMart and Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration, would be the Stripe the Stadium sport. Fans sitting in even-numbered sections (Sec. 102, 104, 202, 204, and many others.), Touchdown Terrace and WVU college students are inspired to wear gold to the sport. Fans sitting in odd-numbered sections (Sec. 101, 103, 201, 203, and many others.) are inspired to wear blue to the sport. To see a Stripe the Stadium map, go to wvusports.com/stripethestadium.

The Backyard Brawl is offered out, however followers nonetheless seeking to buy tickets are inspired to go to seatgeek.com, the official fan to fan ticket market of WVU Athletics.

Will name opens on the stadium North Gate ticket workplace at 1:30 p.m.

Students will have the ability to log in to the platform HERE or at wvugame.com/college students utilizing the only sign-on performance, which is similar as all entry factors throughout the University methods. Once signed in, college students will have the ability to request their scholar tickets, beginning the Friday earlier than the upcoming sport week, as they’ve in prior years. If the general scholar ticket request quantity reaches capability, the system will set off the lottery operate that may function the identical as 12 months’s previous. The soccer scholar ticket distribution coverage might be discovered HERE.

 

For any college students with questions relating to cellular ticketing are inspired to go to wvusports.com/studentticketinfo for extra data.

 

A reminder: all individuals no matter age require a ticket for admittance to WVU soccer video games.

 

General Parking

All parking tons open at 7 a.m., on Saturday except in any other case famous under.

 

Vehicular visitors doesn’t have entry to Med Center Drive, the street straight in entrance of Milan Puskar Stadium. Med Center Drive will probably be open solely to Blue Lot allow holders.       

 

Blue Lot car allow holders may have unrestricted parking (means to decide on parking area) as much as 4 (4) hours previous to sport time. Restricted parking (parking areas assigned by attendants) will probably be carried out, as needed, and decided on sport day following 4 (4) hours previous to sport time and persevering with as wanted till conclusion of the sport.

 

All ADA areas within the Blue Lot are self-accommodating. There will probably be NO shuttle from the Blue Lot to any gate. The ADA bus shuttle will proceed from the Brown and Green Lots to the Southeast gate and West gate.

 

ADA shuttles will run from the Green Lot and are complimentary. Fans will probably be accommodated within the storage for $25/sport (tailgating prohibited) or within the lot for $45/sport. Shuttles will drop at SE/SW gates. Pregame route is from Mountaineer Station to Chestnut Ridge Road and proper onto Don Nehlen to unload first at SE gate then SW gate. Pregame return route is through Law School to University to Van Voorhis. One bus will stage at SE gate and two at SW gate throughout the sport. Postgame path to Green Lot from gates is through Don Nehlen to Chestnut Ridge to Mountaineer Station. Postgame return route from Mountaineer Station to gates is through Van Voorhis to University to Law School Hill.

 

Blue Lot normal RV car parking zone E (together with entrance row), C2, C6, C8, (besides 19 – 8 p.m.) C10 and Spaces 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 in D lot will open at 8 a.m. Friday.

 

Light Blue RV parking will open at 8 p.m. Friday, and Light Blue auxiliary RV parking (by Chateau Royale) will open at midday on Friday.

 

Coliseum Lot RV parking will open at 8 a.m. Friday.  Red RV (Law School) parking will open at 3 p.m. Friday. Buses and limousines are permitted to park for $150 within the Coliseum Lot. The Green RV Lot will open on Friday at 5 p.m.

 

RVs should be clear from tons by 12 p.m. (midday) the day following the sport. 12″x12″x1.5″ planks should be positioned beneath all jacks used to stabilize RVs. Jacks might not be positioned straight on pavement. RV cross holders aren’t permitted to puncture or in any other case harm the floor of the car parking zone.

 

The Purple Lot (Areas 52 and 61 behind Sheetz on Route 705) is now not accessible for single-game parking. The Gold Lot (Area 72, adjoining to the Facilities Management Building in entrance of ERC/Towers and the lot by the CPASS constructing) is SOLD OUT.

 

Green Lot and Green parking storage areas will probably be accessible for buy for ADA lodging. Buses and RVs aren’t permitted within the Gold or Green Garage tons. 

 

Small tents could also be erected in designated areas solely and might not be bigger than 10′ by 10′. A parking allow for the designated lot is required to erect a tent and the car should be parked adjoining to the tent. Tents might solely be erected after 7 a.m. on sport day.

 

An established ride-share (Uber/Lyft/taxi) lot is positioned on the United Bank on Elmer Prince Drive (deal with is United Bank – Suncrest, 990 Elmer Prince Drive).

 

Parking data might be discovered on sport day on Monongalia County’s Radio Notification Station,1610 AM (WQLM).

 

ADA Parking

All ADA areas within the Blue Lot are self-accommodating. There will probably be NO shuttle from the Blue Lot to any gate.

 

The ADA shuttle will proceed from the Brown Lot and Green Lot to the Southeast gate and Southwest gate.

 

ADA parking will probably be strictly enforced. Disabled parking is on the market for single-game buy ($45) on a restricted foundation on the WVU Law School (Brown Lot); accessible vans will present transportation from that lot solely.

 

Permit holders will probably be required to have the next: WVU issued color-coded parking allow, legitimate state-issued ADA parking placard or license plate, legitimate state-issued ADA parking registration card and photograph ID of the disabled allow holder (the photograph ID should match the ADA parking registration card). ADA allow holder should be within the car and will probably be required to park within the spots reserved for disabled parking solely. This will probably be strictly enforced.

 

Athletics will present golf cart courtesy shuttles for folks with disabilities. This route will circle the stadium, stopping in any respect gates (other than North) in addition to outlying stops close to Don Nehlen/Med Center Drive along with close to the roundabout.

 

Controlled Beer Sales

Controlled beer gross sales, operated by Sodexo, might be discovered alongside the concourses contained in the gates. Alcohol won’t be allowed to be introduced into the stadium, nor taken out of the stadium.

 

Fans serving as their group’s designated driver are inspired to sign-up at cubicles positioned contained in the stadium. They will obtain a wristband and a coupon for a free soda.

 

WVU Sports Mobile App

The WVU Sports App is your house to go to handle your tickets, obtain the most recent information, unique gives and extra! Just search ‘WVU Sports’ in your app retailer to obtain it to your cellular gadget and keep updated with all issues Mountaineers. To study extra search WVUSports.com/app.

 

Fanline

Fans are inspired to name (304) 293-FANS or textual content WVU to 83200 for stadium help. Both providers can be found on sport day solely. Fans can also observe @GamedayWVU on Twitter for data and particular bulletins.

 

Stadium Reentry

Stadium re-entry is prohibited.

 

Traffic Information

No automobiles will probably be permitted to enter Don Nehlen Drive (previously Willowdale Drive) from Route 705 after dwelling soccer video games. Both lanes on Don Nehlen Drive will probably be used for stadium visitors to exit the realm. Also, no parking will probably be permitted on Don Nehlen Drive. Elmer Prince Drive will allow bus visitors solely.

 

Fans touring on I-79 ought to entry the stadium through the University Avenue or Pierpont Road exits off I-68. Long delays are anticipated across the Star City space.

 

Please word that major routes have precedence throughout postgame visitors. Please keep on major routes postgame. Secondary routes will probably be held till precedence routes are cleared. Fans are inspired to make use of the Mileground/Route 705 to succeed in I-68 and I-79 postgame.  

 

Buses

MountainLine buses will run from the Mountaineer Mall. MountainLine stadium service will start two hours earlier than kickoff and can run no less than one hour following the sport. Cost is $3 spherical journey. Children 3 and below additionally experience free.

 

PRT

The PRT will run from 9:30 a.m., till one hour after the sport. There is not any cost for PRT service on sport days.

 

Prohibited

The following objects are prohibited at Milan Puskar Stadium: selfie sticks, unmanned aerial automobiles (‘drones’), any bag that doesn’t adjust to the Clear Bag Policy, alcoholic drinks, weapons and laser pointers.

 

An specific lane is on the market on the West and North gates for these followers coming into Milan Puskar Stadium who aren’t carrying objects into the sport.

 

Video cameras, with the intent of non-commercial use, are permitted. The cameras should not exceed 12″ x 12″ x 12″.

 

Banners and indicators, besides these related to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, aren’t permitted at Milan Puskar Stadium.

 

The FAA regional workplace will enable no VFR air navigation close to the stadium, aside from legislation enforcement and medical plane.

 

No onerous containers or umbrellas are permitted inside Milan Puskar Stadium. Only unopened plastic containers of soppy drinks and water will probably be permitted. No open containers will probably be permitted into the stadium.

 

Baby strollers aren’t permitted within the seating areas. Fans can examine their strollers at Guest Services on the North and South concourses of the stadium.

 

Smoking is permitted solely in designated smoking areas at numerous gates, a few of which can not open till after kickoff. Smoking is prohibited in all different areas contained in the stadium. Smoking will probably be permitted within the University parking tons on sport day.

 

As prior to now, industrial cargo-type rental vans (U-Haul, Hertz, Ryder) won’t be permitted in University parking tons throughout dwelling soccer video games.

 

Absolutely no soliciting of any variety is allowed at Milan Puskar Stadium or within the parking tons adjoining to the stadium.

 

Ruby Memorial Hospital

Ruby Memorial Hospital will probably be closed to most of the people throughout West Virginia dwelling soccer video games. Staff and households of sufferers might want to get hold of passes upfront to achieve admission to the hospital throughout video games. Hospital personnel known as to work on an emergency foundation ought to alert the state police by calling *SP on their cell telephones as they method the hospital. Emergency visitors ought to entry the hospital through Elmer Prince Drive.