Student Tickets

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By Brianna Rao

Make the most of your student experience with the unique opportunity to cheer on nationally renowned Gamecock athletics alongside thousands of towelwaving and high- ving classmates — all for no added cost.

Free tickets to sporting events are included in tuition for full-time undergraduate students, and parttime and graduate students can pay an optional athletic event fee to receive the same bene ts.

“We are the only school next to Vanderbilt, I believe, that o ers free student tickets, so it’s included in that Carolina experience,” said Patrick Flynn, student ticketing manager and interim director of communications and marketing for the Department of Student Life. “There’s no reason not to take advantage of it.”

Attending games provides students the ability to make an emotional connection to their new home, pave the way for new friendships and integrate into the community.

“The Gamecock experience is one that really bonds our students together,” Flynn said. “They are the heart of the stadium for all of our athletic events … It’s really one big Carolina family.”

Most sports can be attended just by showing a valid CarolinaCard, but students must complete a request-and-claim process for football, baseball and basketball. The Gamecock Student Rewards App is the go-to resource for seeing upcoming games, getting free tickets to baseball, basketball and football and monitoring rewards points that will help increase the odds of receiving in-demand tickets.

Student are allotted rewards points rst based on their year in school: freshmen receive three points to If the ticket is not claimed by Thursday at 4 p.m., the ticket becomes part of an on-demand claim period. This allows those who requested a ticket but did not originally receive a ticket another chance to claim a ticket.

Students must cancel their ticket by 5 p.m. on the Friday before a game if they cannot attend.

If a student has a ticket but does not attend the game, they’ll lose ticketing privileges for the rest of the season.

For football, students can be given a ticket for either the lower deck or the upper deck. For the 2021 season, a designated student section will be created in the upper deck for the rst time.

start, while sophomore receive four, juniors get six and senior get eight points. All students can earn additional rewards points by attending any athletics event or by joining the Student Gamecock Club. At the end of each year, 10% of a student’s previously earned points are rolled over to the next year.

Rewards points are used to determine who receives tickets to football, basketball and baseball games when the number of requests exceeds the number of available student tickets. Requests are ordered by the number of reward points and tickets are allocated accordingly until none are le , so those with the most points are virtually guaranteed tickets.

“It’s not a lottery,” Patrick Flynn said. “It’s not random at all.”

Soccer and volleyball are examples of sports that get started early in the fall and can provide an opportunity to earn reward points to help lowerclassmen get tickets to early-season football games. Joining the Student Gamecock Club also gives students three extra rewards points.

The process for claiming tickets varies per sport, and more information can be found on the Student Tickets website at sc.edu/ studenttickets.

The Football Claiming Process:

Beginning at 9 a.m. every Monday during the football season, tickets can be requested by using the Gamecock Student Rewards app. The deadline to request is Tuesday at 4 p.m.

From Wednesday at 9 a.m. until Thursday at 4 p.m., students who were awarded tickets can claim their ticket to guarantee admission into the game.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY STEVEN TAPIA-MACIAS / DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT LIFE

The Basketball Claiming Process:

1. Claim your ticket through the Gamecock Student Rewards app. 2. If you have an iPhone, select Manage Tickets and make sure you click “Add to Apple Wallet” under the barcode for easier access at the stadium.

3. Bring your phone and present your barcode for admission. Enter through the College Street entrance. You must enter the arena and scan your ticket before hal ime in order to receive points for attending.

The Baseball Claiming Process:

Once you claim a ticket through the Gamecock Student Rewards app, a barcode will be delivered to your phone which will serve as your admission ticket into the game.

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