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Fighting Illini Football Winter Weather Update - University of Illinois Athletics
Illinois Athletics continues to monitor Saturday's winter weather forecast.
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Pregame: Illinois vs Northwestern, Saturday, November 29th, 6:30pm CT, FOX
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I doubt it. Especially with it being the last week of the regular season. And they won't have the games go up against Championship Weekend stuff.
That being said, they did post this article stating that they are monitoring the weather with an update regarding parking: https://fightingillini.com/news/2025/11/28/fighting-illini-football-winter-weather-update.aspx
They are telling people that park in a couple of the grass lots to park in paved lots and that if you choose to park in grass lots, you'll basically be on your own for any costs related to getting your car out if it gets stuck.
EDIT: Looks like Dan just beat me to it lol.
Just like old times. Buy a ticket, sit almost anywhere you want. I bought many tickets on the streets outside Memorial Stadium over the years. I didn't care about location.
illinifan31
Former Krush Cow
- South Bend, IN
Fortunately I snagged a paved spot so at least that's not a worry I guess.
How many snow ball fights will there be? Looks like state playoff are canceled for tomorrow I just saw it.
snow is coming early .
moving the game up would actually make it worse
if there is snow all day and we have +6”, they will be lucky just to get the game in .
There will be no Illini Walk, per the article the University published.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
How does one do that these days either tickets being digital?
Fan trains.
Good question. I've seen a few resellers out and about but not many. I'll stop and ask next year as I can't imagine anyone will be out tomorrow.
I have seen signage as a meeting point for ticket pickup but I don't think that's for reselling.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I haven’t been to a live sporting event since before Covid (not because of Covid, just because my local choices are meh), so I don’t have any clue how buying tickets on the street works anymore. And I used to be quite adept at finding the regular Joes who just wanted to unload extra tickets vs dealing with scalpers. I feel out of my element now.
Seatgeek has lots of $2 tickets to get you in the gate. After that nobody cares where you sit. Actually I’m sure they’d prefer you be down near the field.
Should be a memorable experience!
Will they clear the snow from the seats?
Use a cane. Need a clear path.
Give yourself twice the time.
That’s tougher. Get tickets anywhere on the east side and sit under the Balcony. You’ll enjoy ecent sight lines, shelter from forecast SSE winds, and no snow. In fact if it warms enough (supposed to rise to/above freezing during the evening) it might drop some wetter frozen mix, but you’ll be dry.
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