S.C.-LSU to play at 2:30 p.m. in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE – It happened. LSU will become the first Southeastern Conference school since the 1970s to play more home SEC games than all other league teams as its scheduled game at South Carolina on Saturday has been moved to Tiger Stadium on the LSU campus on Saturday because of historic flooding in the Columbia, South Carolina area.

Kickoff for the contest is for 2:30 p.m. Network television plans have yet to be determined.

“We have decided to move the game to Baton Rouge,” South Carolina president Harris Pastides said in a release through the SEC office Wednesday morning. “The stress on law enforcement and first responders is too great (to host the game at South Carolina). Moreover, we’ve had many in the Carolina family directly impacted by the flooding.”

No. 5 LSU (4-0, 2-0 SEC) will now have five SEC home games and three on the road. South Carolina (2-3, 0-3 SEC) will have just three home games and five on the road. The other 12 SEC teams will have four league games at home and four on the road.

Officials from LSU and South Carolina as well as the SEC office have not yet said if the gate from the game will be all LSU’s as is the case with usual home games. Nor have officials said if the next LSU-South Carolina game on the books – scheduled for 2020 in Baton Rouge – will be moved to Columbia, South Carolina.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets previously issued for the game scheduled to be played in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, will not be valid at Tiger Stadium.

Tickets to the game will be sold in waves for the remainder of the week to the following members of the LSU fan base:

Tiger Den Suite and Stadium Club LSU Season Ticket Holders
LSU season ticket holders in premium areas can purchase their normal season ticket seat locations by logging in to their online season ticket account at www.LSUtix.net and completing the 2015 LSU vs. South Carolina Premium Seating Application under the Season Renewals option. The deadline to order premium seating is Thursday at 5 p.m. CT.

Other LSU Season Ticket Holders
Season ticket holders in those seating areas outside of the suites and clubs will be given an opportunity to purchase tickets based on their LSU Priority Point Ranking. Season ticket holders in this category are not guaranteed to receive their regular-season ticket seat location and are free to choose from available seats. The first wave will begin Wednesday afternoon (Time TBD) and subsequent waves will begin every hour throughout the afternoon. Season ticket holders in this category may purchase tickets once their time slot begins by logging in to their online season ticket account at www.LSUtix.net, clicking on “Buy Tickets”, then “Football”, then “South Carolina.” Season ticket holders in this category will be sent an email shortly listing when their wave begins. The deadline to order tickets in this manner is Thursday at 5 p.m. CT.

LSU Students
Beginning Wednesday afternoon full-time LSU students of the Baton Rouge campus will each be able to purchase one (1) ticket for the LSU student section by logging in to the online student ticket account at www.LSUsports.net/studenttickets. The student section will be confined to the North Endzone of Tiger Stadium and will be exclusively general admission seating (no reserved group seating for this game). Eligible students will be sent an email notifying them of when they can begin to purchase a ticket. The deadline for LSU students to purchase tickets is Thursday at 5 p.m. CT.

General Public
Tickets remaining in non-premium areas will go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT at www.LSUtix.net.

All tickets will be emailed to purchasers as “Print at Home” tickets attached to the email in a PDF document. These tickets will need to be printed out on a regular laser printer by the purchaser prior to the game and brought to the game to be scanned at the gates, like any other ticket.

South Carolina Ticket Prices
Tiger Den Suite and Stadium Club -- $100 ($75 for the ticket and a $25 food/beverage fee)
Lower Bowl Sideline and Upper Deck Chairback -- $75
Lower Bowl Endzone -- $60
Upper Deck Bench -- $40
LSU Student Section -- $5

All proceeds generated from ticket sales, minus the expenses that LSU incurs for hosting the game, will be given to South Carolina.

PARKING INFORMATION

Normal LSU Football GameDay parking policies and procedures will be in place for the South Carolina game.

Season parking permit holders can use their Western Kentucky parking pass (grey pass, No. 5 in the parking booklet) to gain admission to their normal parking lot for the South Carolina game.

Season permit holders are urged to retain their Western Kentucky pass following the South Carolina game, as it will be needed to park for that game on Oct. 24.

Fans without a season parking permit can purchase game-by-game cash parking for $40 on the day of the game, or utilize any of the free parking areas outlined at www.LSUsports.net/parking.

The American Red Cross will also be collecting donations at the gates of Tiger Stadium on Saturday for those victims of the flooding in South Carolina.