Utah State University students are wondering why 1,000 seats are being taken away from the student sections at Maverik Stadium, home of Aggies football, without notice or explanation.
As reported by Salt Lake City NBC affiliate KSL, the president of the USU student-run organization called HURD posted Friday that the USU athletic department leadership has restricted 1,000 student seats from two sections in Maverik Stadium.
“I am extremely disappointed in the decision of @USUAthletics leadership to take away 1000 student seats from section 117 and 116 in Maverik Stadium,” said HURD president Dallin Wilson in a social media post. “No students or faculty in Student Affairs or the Student Involvement office were consulted or even made aware of this decision.”
When asked why the seats were taken away, USU officials told KSL in a written statement that they are “working with student leaders and the HURD to address their concerns and communicating directly with them to provide more information and clarification.”
“To both affirm our commitment to the HURD while also working to help ensure our crowds are as large as possible, additional students will be allowed into any ticketed campus event, as long as there are available seats,” the university statement reads. “The major change students are seeing this season is they need to claim a ticket prior to attending the event. There are no additional fees or limits on how many events students can claim tickets for.”
