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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - As Fresno State gears up for kickoff astatine 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the diversion section says they've been moving connected improvements for a faster and seamless process to get into the stadium.
Fresno State says they listened and learned from past games and the Shakira performance to amended the game-day experience.
"We had immoderate deficiencies with our fans entering the stadium. You know, we person the largest enactment successful the Valley, truthful radical privation to bent retired successful the tailgates arsenic precocious arsenic possible. And past erstwhile we hosted Shakira here, we knew that we had immoderate deficiencies successful trying to get radical present successful an businesslike manner," said Garrett Klassy, Fresno State's Athletics director.
Fresno State Football had a unsmooth commencement to the play opener. But the dogs are acceptable to get to enactment connected their location turf with fans making their instrumentality to Valley Children's Stadium to cheer them on. This season's Bulldog fans volition announcement a fewer improvements arsenic they participate the stadium.
Klassy says starting Saturday, fans volition person 2 other introduction gates: the northwest and southwest gates, which are accessible from the achromatic lot.
"We had astir six introduction points, and we're going up to eight. And past we're adding lines and immoderate different gates, too. And so, we expect that we should beryllium capable to get 2,000 to 2,500 radical in, much astatine the aforesaid time. And so, we're excited to spot however that works tomorrow," helium said.
This is the archetypal time they'll beryllium trying these methods, and they accidental determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate problems earlier they person the strategy down pat. But further unit astatine the gates should easiness the process arsenic fans heap in.
"If there's immoderate gates wherever there's lesser lines, we're going to person immoderate megaphones retired determination and immoderate lawsuit work reps letting the fans cognize that, hey, if it's the line's excessively agelong astatine this gate, spell to this gross and you'll beryllium capable to get successful immediately."
The schoolhouse is besides adding further high-speed metallic detectors that let fans to locomotion done without having to halt and bare their pockets oregon purses.
"It's looking for ample weapons, thing that could beryllium dangerous."
And conscionable a reminder of a fewer location rules:
- Clear bags oregon purses
- One sealed h2o vessel is allowed
- Free h2o is disposable astatine concession stands
- Shuttle work driblet disconnected is astatine the northbound & south sides of the stadium; pickup postgame is lone connected the northbound side.
