University of Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced updates for fans coming to Neyland Stadium in 2025.
To ease congestion, gates will now open for all fans two and a half hours before kickoff at 10:15 a.m. Gate 20 will reopen to all fans, and students will continue to enter the stadium at the southeast corner at Gate 4. Students are encouraged to walk down Lake Loudoun Blvd. and turn left onto Phillip Fulmer Way at the Pat Summitt statue.
To adjust for additional congestion for fans entering the stadium, the Pride of the Southland Band’s march will begin on Pat Head Summitt Street at 11:05 a.m. The band will then take a left onto Volunteer Blvd. and proceed down the Johnson-Ward Pedestrian Walkway before entering Neyland Stadium at Gate 25. The salute to the hill will take place at the corner of Volunteer Blvd. and the entrance to the Johnson-Ward Pedestrian Walkway.
While safety remains a priority, fans on the south end of the stadium will still notice an extended security perimeter this season; however, it will be adjusted at the bottom of Peyton Manning Pass. Fans will be asked to walk through metal detectors on the southeast corner of Neyland Stadium, closer to the Zeanah Engineering building, while exiting the middle walkway of G10 garage onto the south pedestrian walkway, on Phillip Fulmer Way outside of the G10 entrance, at the exit point of G5/30 on Phillip Fulmer Way. Up until four hours before kickoff, fans can move freely through the area.
Fans in G10 can move coolers up Fulmer/Peyton Manning Pass until four hours before kickoff. After that, just head to G3/G4/G5/30, take the stairs or elevator, and find your perfect tailgate spot.
In addition, please note that depending on your seat location in the stadium or parking around the stadium, these are recommended as the easiest and quickest way to enter:
- North concourse level 1 from section X1 – Y7 enter via gate 21
- North concourse level 2 or Level 3 from section X1 – Y8 or XX1 – YY7 enter via gate 21 and take the ramps up just inside the gate.
- North concourse level 1 from Y9 – East concourse Level 1 section D enter via gate 24
- North concourse level 2 or Level 3 from section Y9 or YY9 – East concourse level 2 or 3 section F or FF enter via gates 22 or 23
- South concourse level 1 section Q- L enter via gate 9
- South concourse level 2 or 3 section L-Q or LL – QQ enter via gates 11 or 12
- South concourse level 2 or 3 section G- K or GG- KK enter via gate 10
- West concourse level 1 Renter via gate 9
- West concourse level 1 or enter via gate 21
- West concourse level 2 R-T enter via gate 14
- West concourse level 2 U-W enter via gate 20
Additional gate openings will be added to the fence line along Phillip Fulmer Way to allow for post-game egress.
UT Athletics and campus officials are collaborating with local law enforcement to continue planning for traffic management in response to the difficulties our fans experienced when exiting the garages.
