ECU-N.C. A&T Game Postponed Until Sunday, Sept. 2 At 3:30 P.M.
September 01, 2018 | Football
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Inclement weather, which included excessive lightning, caused ECU's opener against North Carolina A&T to be postponed until 3:30 p.m. Sunday on Bagwell Field inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
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ECU officials announced the following ticket, hospitality and parking policies and information for Sunday's game:
Tickets
All systems were go Saturday for the start of ECU's 2018 season, but the weather put an unexpected kink in those plans. At 5:36 p.m., it was announced that the start of the scheduled 6 p.m. game would be delayed because of threatening weather in the immediate area. There was a mandatory evacuation of the stadium.
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The all-clear horn was given at 7:17 p.m., and the 30-minute countdown to kickoff was on. Or so everyone thought. At 7:44 p.m., just a few minutes before the rescheduled start, after the band performed the National Anthem and both teams had gone to their sideline, another mandatory evacuation was announced as team captains were headed to midfield for the coin toss.
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Lightning frequently lit up the sky for the next 35 minutes, and finally, at 8:21 p.m., the rain came. It got heavier and heavier as a storm passed loudly over the stadium.
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Shortly after 9 p.m., the heaviest of the rain started to come through. At 9:08 p.m., the postponement was announced.
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ECU officials announced the following ticket, hospitality and parking policies and information for Sunday's game:
Tickets
- All Saturday tickets will be honored for Sunday's game.
- The Minges Coliseum Ticket Office will open at 1:30 p.m.
- Stadium gates will open at 1:30 p.m.
- There are no refunds or exchanges on tickets.
- There will be NO Pirate Club Hospitality in Minges Coliseum.
- Pirate Club Hospitality in Harvey Hall will open 2 hours prior to kickoff and will have beverages and light snacks.
- Lots will open 2 hours prior to kickoff.
- Pirate Club parking passes will be honored on a first-come first-serve basis in any of the paved lots (Silver, Gold, Blue, Gray, Lower Minges, Clark-LeClair, Stratford Arms, Belk).
- All lots will be general admission on a first-come first-serve basis.
- The grass parking lots (Elmhurst, White, Fieldside and Hight Field) will be closed. Pass holders for those lots will be able to park in any of the paved lots.
- The contest will be streamed by ESPN3.
All systems were go Saturday for the start of ECU's 2018 season, but the weather put an unexpected kink in those plans. At 5:36 p.m., it was announced that the start of the scheduled 6 p.m. game would be delayed because of threatening weather in the immediate area. There was a mandatory evacuation of the stadium.
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The all-clear horn was given at 7:17 p.m., and the 30-minute countdown to kickoff was on. Or so everyone thought. At 7:44 p.m., just a few minutes before the rescheduled start, after the band performed the National Anthem and both teams had gone to their sideline, another mandatory evacuation was announced as team captains were headed to midfield for the coin toss.
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Lightning frequently lit up the sky for the next 35 minutes, and finally, at 8:21 p.m., the rain came. It got heavier and heavier as a storm passed loudly over the stadium.
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Shortly after 9 p.m., the heaviest of the rain started to come through. At 9:08 p.m., the postponement was announced.
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