New Jersey (NJ) – Thursday at SHI Stadium, Rutgers will host Ohio to start the 2025 football season. The game will start at 6 p.m. on Big...
On Youth Football Night at SHI Stadium, youth teams from all over the area will parade down The Rutgers Boardwalk before the game and be shown during the game. Stay around after the game is over to see the fireworks show.
The process for fans to get into SHI Stadium will be better. Based on responses from surveys filled out by season ticket holders, fans, and guests after games, the following changes will stay in place:
1. Fans can go through the weapons detection system with an approved bag. 2. Fans can go through ALL gates with an approved bag. Here is a full list of all the allowed bag sizes and measurements. Only medically necessary things will be turned down after they have been checked out properly.
Fans are told to get to the stadium early so that they can get in easily before the game starts. People who have been to other events in the area are familiar with the walk-through weapons detection system. People don't have to empty their bags to enter. People who are going to the event are asked to do what the public safety staff tells them.
For the fourth year in a row, the Rutgers Boardwalk, which is put on by Visit New Jersey, will be the center of the morning fun around SHI Stadium. The fun on Scarlet Knight Way starts at 2 p.m. and fans can enjoy it for free. Check out the best food trucks in New Jersey. There will also be free mini golf, rides, petting zoos, pony rides, gifts, and live music. "Country Night" in the first week includes live country music, a lasso station, and guest visits by characters like Woody and Jessie. "Beat Ohio" buttons, signs, and shakers are being given away for the game. For the first time in 2025, you can buy a game-specific T-shirt at the air brush station while stocks last.
Rutgers continues to use digital passes that can be added to an Apple Wallet or Google Wallet app. This is done to make the stadium safer for fans and make it easier for them to get in. Digital tickets let you get into the place without touching anything, which can speed up the process and make it safer to give and receive tickets. People from the Rutgers ticket office will be there to help customers with anything that has to do with digital tickets. Fans will also get digital parking passes that they can handle the same way they manage their digital tickets. Fans are told to put digital parking passes and tickets on their Apple Wallet or Google Wallet apps before they get to the stadium.
All goods and food stands at SHI Stadium now accept cards, as well as the ticket office and parking lots. You can only use a credit or debit card. At section 113, you can use a free cash-to-card machine to change cash into a debit card. You can put any amount of money on the card up to $500, and it will work anywhere in the U.S. that takes MasterCard. No information about the cardholder is collected, and payments and refunds are handled just like with any other credit card. The food trucks on The Rutgers Boardwalk decide how to take payments and may take cash.
Anyone who parks in the lots near Jersey Mike's Arena can take a free college bus to get to SHI Stadium (MAP). Lot 53A is where the drop-off spot is, so fans can walk along The Rutgers Boardwalk on their way to the stadium. On the Green Lot side, the return to Jersey Mike's Arena starts near the Bubble. A bus line will go from College Ave to Johnson Park and back. All buses leave three hours before the game starts and come back up to an hour after the game is over. Up until 2.5 hours after the game, the ADA vans will still be running between the Blue Lot, the Silver Lot, and Jersey Mike's Arena, taking people to and from the stadium.