Game Specific Promotions
- Thursday's contest is a WHITE OUT with the first 500 fans receiving a FREE NSU t-shirt (entrance through the main Dacotah Bank Stadium gate)
- The Wolves team store will off 10% off white merchandise on game day
- Northern State fans can enjoy a FREE tailgate concert sponsored by Lamont Companies and the NSU Foundation, featuring the Nashvegas All Stars prior to the contest
- The event, which is open to the public, will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the south tailgate area of the stadium
- Join Northern State fans beginning at 12 p.m. today (Wednesday, August 31) for the Sideliner Luncheon Series at the Zoo Bar, click HERE for full details
Online Ticketing
Wolves Club season tickets and general admission passes can be purchased online at nsuwolves.universitytickets.com or at the gate on game day. The fully automated system allows fans to select their seat for game day with tickets sent directly to your email or mobile device. Pricing for season and single game tickets is available at nsuwolves.com/tickets. Senior and youth tickets are only available for purchase at the gate on game days. All game day ticket sales will be available at the main Dacotah Bank Stadium and Barnett Center south hallway entrances for football.
For premium or season ticket information and options, please contact Steven McKee at steven.a.mckee@northern.edu.
Current Northern State University students will receive one free ticket to all home sporting events throughout the 2022-23 academic. Information on how to claim student tickets will be distributed via email.
Entrances to the Facility & Gate Opening Times
The facility offers four entrance locations for fans (outlined below) with gates opening two hours prior to kick-off for premium seat holders (club, loge, suite, party deck) through the main VIP entrance and 90 minutes prior for all general admission and other ticket sales. The ticket booths will open two hours prior for all game day sales. Individuals included in the Northern State passbook must enter the stadium through the Main Entrance. There is no re-entry into the facility.
- Main Entrance: Located off 15th Ave SE. This location includes game day ticket sales, will call pick-up, online ticket scanning, and the Northern State passbook.
- South Entrance: Located between Dacotah Bank Stadium & Koehler Hall of Fame Field. This location includes online ticket scanning.
- East Entrance: Located at the corner of South State Street and 15th Ave SE. This location includes online ticket scanning.
- Barnett Center Entrance: Located in the south end of the main Barnett Center hallway. This location includes game day ticket sales and online ticket scanning.
Parking & Tailgating
Northern offers a variety of parking options at Dacotah Bank Stadium, viewable in the parking map below:
- Free Parking: There will be more than 400 free parking spots available on campus, located in the Washington Street lots and the lot north of the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Additionally, there will be free parking available off campus in the city parking lot located at the nearby Aberdeen Aquatic Center.
- Paid Parking: There will also be nearly 600 reserved parking spots on campus. This includes the parking lots located to the west and southwest of Dacotah Bank Stadium, as well as the main Barnett Center lot, which require a pass purchase. Game day purchases will be available in the Barnett Center lot for a price of $20 per vehicle.
The Northern State tailgate lots will open five hours prior to kick-off for set-up and three hours prior to kick-off for tailgating festivities, which includes the consumption of alcohol in the designated tailgating lots. In addition, all tailgate lots will close 30 minutes prior to kick-off; spots must be cleared and full cleaned at the closing time. Full tailgating policies are outlined at the Dacotah Bank Stadium homepage HERE.
Concessions, Team Store, Kids Zone and Program Sales
The Northern State concession stands are operated by Sodexo and offer a wide range of options for fans of all ages. Enjoy an ice-cold Coca-Cola product, bite into a soft pretzel with cheese, a world famous Wolf dog, or walking taco. Don’t forget to grab a freshly made popcorn or batch of Wisconsin cheese curds from one of the concession stands near you at all home Wolves athletic events. In addition, Sodexo supports local non-profits through a variety of opportunities. Contact NSU Dining Services at 605-626-2928 to learn more.
The NSU Nike Team Store will be open in its Barnett Center location as well as at a mobile kiosk (on the second floor) within Dacotah Bank Stadium on game day. The Barnett Center location will officially open two hours before kick-off and closes after the first quarter. The mobile kiosk opens one hour prior to kick-off and closes after the third quarter.
The Northern State Kids Zone is located just north of the main gate to Dacotah Bank Stadium, in the green grass lot between the stadium and the Barnett Center (pictured in the parking map above). The Kids Zone is free and open to all kids under the age of 18 on game day. The Kids Zone includes inflatables, temporary tattoos, stickers, and mini footballs.
Program sales will take place in the tailgate lots and throughout the stands of Dacotah Bank Stadium. All game day program sales are cash only. Game day programs feature Northern State football history, game day information, opponent information, and a variety of promotions and coupons for Northern State fans.
Northern State University Alcohol Policy
Northern State University and all other members of the South Dakota Board of Regents system have been granted the opportunity to allow alcohol sales at athletic events on campus per BOR policy 6:14. To safely and legally facilitate, the sale of alcoholic beverages and to comply with BOR policy, NSU will following the initial conditions, processes and procedures outlined in the Northern State University Institutional Policy HERE; recognizing the need for modification and refinement as experience informs them. A brief outline of this information is below:
- The sale of alcoholic beverages may start no sooner than one hour before the scheduled start of the event and must end at least thirty minutes prior to the scheduled end of the event (e.g., end of the third quarter of a football game)
- The point of sale for alcoholic beverages must be separate and apart from required food service general concessions. Dacotah Bank Stadium will feature seven points of sale for alcoholic beverages (three on main level concourse, two on the loge level, one in the Teal Lounge on the suite level and one located inside the Kessler’s Champions Room)
- No attendee under the age of 21 may purchase, consume, or possess alcoholic beverages. A valid ID is required to purchase, consume, or possess alcoholic beverages.
- A limit of two alcoholic beverages may be purchased at one time by an individual bearing a legal ID.
- No one who is visibly intoxicated may be served, consume, or possess an alcoholic beverage.
- Adequate security personnel shall be in place to monitor attendee behavior and ensure compliance with this policy and applicable law.
- There must be at least one alcohol free zone, of comparable viewing to alcohol zones, designated and appropriately marked for the event where no alcoholic beverage may be sold, consumed, or possessed. The Dacotah Bank Stadium alcohol free zone is located in general admission section 101.
