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The No. 9 UCF Knights will go head to head in a conference matchup against the Temple Owls in Spectrum Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, for a nationally televised game on ESPN. UCF owns the longest winning streak in the nation, now at 20 games, and the Owls are undefeated in conference play.<\/p>\n
The following information will help navigate the academic portion of game day and then game day activities.<\/p>\n
Classes on the main campus, in the Central Florida Research Park, at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management and on UCF Connect\u2019s campuses will conclude at 3 p.m. Offices at those locations also will close for normal operations at 3 p.m. in order to allow adequate time for a smooth transition to game day activities, which will begin at 4 p.m. on most of the campus. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Faculty who have classes in progress at 3 p.m. may choose to conduct the portions of those sessions that come before that time.<\/p>\n
Some staff will be required to work past the time when the university closes. Please speak with your supervisor about how your area will handle operations after 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
In order to provide students with additional time to study, the John C. Hitt Library will remain open until 5 p.m. Additionally, many UCF Dining Services locations will remain open after 3 p.m., including Knightro\u2019s and \u201963 South, which will be open until 10 p.m. and midnight, respectively.<\/p>\n
UCF will re-open for normal operations, including regular class and activity schedules, at 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n
Regular university-parking policies will be in effect until 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Faculty, staff, and students will be able to stay in many campus parking lots and garages after classes have concluded. Those areas include garages A, B and I as well as surface parking lots B5, B6, B9, and H4 with respect to your designated permits. The rear portion of lot B7 will be reserved for recreational vehicles. Those who possess a game day parking permit may remain parked in their designated football Gold Zone lot or garage throughout the day as long as their game day permit is displayed.<\/p>\n
Beginning at 4 p.m., all vehicles without a valid game-day permit in garages C, D, F and H as well as the baseball lot and parking lots B4, C1-C3, D1-D2 and E1-E8 will be subject to towing.<\/p>\n
Regular weekday student-shuttle routes will switch over to game-day operations at 2:30 p.m., and game-day shuttles will continue to run for two hours following the game.<\/p>\n
Fans should park at the Research Pavilion, 12424 Research Parkway in Central Florida Research Park. Shuttles will transport fans from the Research Pavilion to parking lot D1. No tailgating will be permitted at the Research Pavilion.<\/p>\n
The game-day shuttles will include all regular student-shuttle routes with the exception of Tivoli, Northgate and Northview, due to their close proximity to the stadium; services to these three communities ends at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
The Rosen College shuttle will depart from that campus at 3:30 p.m. and will leave from the main campus\u2019s student union midnight.<\/p>\n
Gemini Boulevard North between East Plaza and West Plaza drives will be closed to vehicular traffic prior to and during tailgating. The road will be reopened at the discretion of law enforcement following the conclusion of tailgating.<\/p>\n
To expedite postgame traffic, North Orion Boulevard will only be open to traffic traveling from Gemini Boulevard to McCulloch Road starting at 9 p.m. until postgame traffic is cleared. Vehicles will not be able to enter campus from McCulloch Road during that time.<\/p>\n