Purdue Athletics thanks you for your continued support and looks TABLE OF CONTENTS forward to sharing 2019-20 with you. This fan guide will give you all the information you need to enjoy Boilermaker events with ease. ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT .......................................................................... 2 Inside you will find useful maps and parking details for Ross-Ade Stadium and Mackey Arena, need-to-know information DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS .......................................................................... 3 about the athletics department and ways you can enhance your gameday experience. WHO WE ARE ......................................................................................... 4-5 We look forward to seeing you on campus! FACILITIES .................................................................................................. 7 #BOILERUP ROSS-ADE STADIUM MAP ...................................................................... 8-9 FOOTBALL PARKING MAP ................................................................. 10-11 FOOTBALL PARKING & DETAILS, GAMEDAY TIMELINE .................... 12-13 FOOTBALL PREGAME .............................................................................. 14 GAMEDAY CLEAR BAG POLICY .............................................................. 17 FOOTBALL PREMIUM SEATING ............................................................... 20 JOHN PURDUE CLUB LOCKER CAMPAIGN ............................................. 21 GROUP TICKETS ....................................................................................... 22 BOILERMAKER KIDS CLUB ...................................................................... 23 MACKEY ARENA CONCOURSE MAP ...................................................... 24 MACKEY ARENA GAMEDAY TIMELINE & POLICIES ............................... 27 MEN’S BASKETBALL PARKING ........................................................... 28-29 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PARKING ..................................................... 30-31 BASKETBALL PREMIUM SEATING ........................................................... 32 SOCIAL MEDIA ......................................................................................... 33 PREFERRED HOTEL & RESTAURANT PARTNERS ................................ 34-35 COMPLIANCE ...................................................................................... 36-37 1 ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION FROM INDIANAPOLIS » Take I-65 North to State Road 25 (exit 175). MAILING ADDRESS » Take a left on Schuyler Ave, towards Lafayette, for approximately 1 mile. Purdue Athletics » Turn right on Sagamore Parkway. Stay on Sagamore for approximately 2 miles to 900 John R. Wooden Drive Yeager Road (fourth stoplight). West Lafayette, IN 47907 » Turn left on Yeager Road. » Follow ensuing roundabout (approximately 0.25 miles) to Northwestern Avenue. TICKET INFORMATION » For Football Parking: Follow traffic signs for permit parking or non-permit parking. Hayes Family Athletics Ticket Office » For Mackey Arena, Holloway Gymnasium, Lambert Fieldhouse and Mollenkopf Mackey Arena Room 1211 Athletic Center: Follow Northwestern Avenue for approximately 0.5 mile. Parking for Mackey Arena, Holloway Gymnasium, Lambert Fieldhouse and Mollenkopf 900 John R. Wooden Drive Athletic Center is on the right. West Lafayette, IN 47907 800.49.SPORT // 765.494.3194 FROM CHICAGO [email protected] » Take I-65 South to State Road 43 (exit 178). » Turn right off ramp. Ticket Sales and Development » Follow State Road 43 approximately 7 miles to the fourth stoplight (State Road 26 Mackey Arena Room 2235H West/State Street). 900 John R. Wooden Drive » Turn right on State Road 26. West Lafayette, IN 47907 » Turn right at second stoplight (Grant Street). 765.494.3325 » Follow Grant Street to next stoplight. » Turn left on Northwestern Avenue. DEVELOPMENT AND PREMIUM SEATING » For Football Parking: Follow traffic signs for permit parking or non-permit parking. John Purdue Club » For Mackey Arena, Holloway Gymnasium, Lambert Fieldhouse and Mollenkopf Mackey Arena Room 2200 Athletic Center: Follow Northwestern Avenue for approximately 0.5 mile. Parking for Mackey Arena, Holloway Gymnasium, 900 John R. Wooden Drive Lambert Fieldhouse and Mollenkopf Athletic West Lafayette, IN 47907 Center is on the left. 765.494.2582 [email protected] PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION Purdue Sports Properties Mark Walpole // [email protected] 1305 Cumberland Avenue Suite 225 West Lafayette, IN 47906 765.494.9469 2 3 WHO WE ARE WHO WE ARE WHAT IS A BOILERMAKER? BOILER UP In the 1891 football season opener, the team traveled to In an attempt to bring more enthusiasm to football games Wabash College in nearby Crawfordsville. Besides coming at Ross-Ade Stadium, former head coach Joe Tiller’s wife, away with a 44-0 victory, the Purdue “eleven,” as football Arnette, came up with the phrase “Boiler Up” in 1997. It teams were known back then, headed back to West Lafayette immediately caught on and has remained a constant, even with a new nickname. unofficially being incorporated into the Purdue fight song, “Hail Purdue.” In the 1890s, hometown newspapers were considerably more protective of college teams than they are today. After the What Arnette didn’t know at the time of Boiler Up’s origin 44-0 drubbing, one Crawfordsville newspaper lashed out at was that in the days of steam-powered locomotives, when the the “Herculean wearers of the black and old gold.” Beneath fireman got the fire in the coal box hot enough for the engine the headline “Slaughter of Innocents,” the paper told of to run, he would exclaim “Boiler’s up!” the injustice visited upon the “light though plucky” Wabash squad. BOILERMAKER SPECIAL The official mascot of the Boilermakers is a replica of a “Wabash Snowed Completely Under by the Burly Boiler Victorian-era locomotive. Conceived by a Purdue student in Makers From Purdue” proclaimed another headline on the the 1930s to exemplify the engineering and agrarian heritage same story in the “Daily Argus-News.” of the university, the first Special was provided by a group of alumni working in executive positions in the rail and That same fall of 1891, Purdue had acquired a working automotive industries. railroad engine to mount in a newly established locomotive laboratory. It was one more step in the development of Purdue as one of the world’s leaders in engineering teaching PURDUE PETE and research. For athletic adversaries and their boosters, A boilermaker if ever there was one, Purdue Pete first took this specialty in engineering education – and the other the field to cheer on the Old Gold & Black in 1956. Pete has concentration at the founding of the institution, agriculture – changed with the times, boasting more than five makeovers served as fodder for name-calling. while rooting on the Boilermakers. Over the years, Purdue teams had been called grangers, pumpkin-shuckers, railsplitters, cornfield sailors, blacksmiths, foundry hands and, finally, boilermakers. That last one stuck. CRADLE OF QUARTERBACKS Many schools boast of tradition. But none can match Purdue’s OLD GOLD & BLACK tradition of turning out top-flight quarterbacks. The Cradle Members of Purdue’s first football team in 1887 felt that the of Quarterbacks has evolved over the last half century as a squad should be distinguished by certain colors, and since defining feature of Purdue football. Fifteen former Purdue Princeton was at the time the most successful gridiron unit, signal-callers have gone on to play in the National Football its colors were considered. Though actually orange and black, League, accumulating more starts and throwing more the Princeton colors were known by many as yellow and black. touchdown passes than those from any other school. Purdue gridders opted for old gold over yellow, kept the black, and began flying the colors that endure today. LEADER IN BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Purdue men’s basketball leads the Big Ten in conference championships, winning its 24th title in 2019. 4 5 Official Credit Card FACILITIES | SPORTS AND LOCATIONS BASEBALL SWIMMING & DIVING for Purdue Fans Alexander Field Morgan J. Burke 1350 McCormick Road Aquatic Center West Lafayette, IN 47907 1226 Third Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 BASKETBALL TENNIS Mackey Arena Schwartz Tennis Center 900 John R. Wooden Drive 1324 McCormick Road West Lafayette, IN 47907 West Lafayette, IN 47907 CROSS COUNTRY TRACK & FIELD Boilermaker Cross (INDOOR) Country Course Lambert Fieldhouse 1324 McCormick Road 800 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907 West Lafayette, IN 47907 FOOTBALL TRACK & FIELD Ross-Ade Stadium (OUTDOOR) See parking maps Rankin Track & Field Complex on page 10-11 1205 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907 GOLF VOLLEYBALL Birck Boilermaker Holloway Gymnasium Golf Complex 1000 John R. Wooden Drive Fixed Rate | No Annual Fee | Unlimited Cash Back 1300 Cherry Lane West Lafayette, IN 47907 West Lafayette, IN 47907 PURDUEFED.COM/VISA SOCCER WRESTLING Folk Field Holloway Gymnasium 1350 McCormick Road 1000 John R. Wooden Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 West Lafayette, IN 47907 SOFTBALL *Subject to credit approval. Visa Signature: 0% Introductory Annual Percentage Rate for 12 months, after that 11.5%-17.5% fixed Bittinger Stadium APR based on creditworthiness. 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