{"id":233955,"date":"2025-08-19T09:27:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=233955"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:27:05","slug":"complimentary-tickets-available-for-opening-football-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/complimentary-tickets-available-for-opening-football-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Complimentary Tickets Available for Opening Football Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UConn Faculty\/Staff Member,<\/p>\n<p>As we gear up for the start of the fall semester, our teams are preparing for another exciting season\u2014and UConn Football is ready to kick off in front of a packed home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to offer all UConn Faculty and Staff\u2014including colleagues at UConn Health and our Regional Campuses\u2014up to four (4) complimentary tickets to the home opener:<\/p>\n<p><strong>UConn Football vs. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)<br \/>\nSaturday, August 30 \u2013 2:00 p.m.<br \/>\nPratt &amp; Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field | East Hartford, CT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To claim your complimentary tickets, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuconnhuskies.evenue.net%2Fpromotions%2FUCONNFS&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmie02001%40ad.uconn.edu%7C627f06729da8493eebd508ddd9c5d9d9%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638906165969513778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UKGr2oaL1KG7U26StYdS5LQm%2BYfy9svzBzjd25ZcVD0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">UConnTickets.com<\/a>, click the button next to the game, and select your seats. Your mobile tickets will be delivered via email immediately after completing the process.<\/p>\n<p>Already have tickets? Feel free to claim additional seats for friends or family to join you for tailgating, football and fun.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, please contact the Athletics Ticket Office at <a href=\"mailto:athtickets@uconn.edu\">athtickets@uconn.edu<\/a> or call 877-288-2666 (Monday\u2013Friday, 9:00 a.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: Tickets are subject to availability, and the deadline for claiming is Friday, August 29 at 3:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support of UConn Athletics and our student-athletes. We look forward to seeing you at The Rent on August 30 and throughout the 2025-26 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Go Huskies!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>David Benedict<br \/>\nDirector of Athletics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huskies play Central Connecticut on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Pratt &#038; Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2113],"class_list":["post-233955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 02:07:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233956,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233955\/revisions\/233956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233955"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=233955"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=233955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}