Gold-Blue Spring Festival Game Information
April 14, 2026 11:16 AM | Football
WVU Football Gold-Blue Spring Festival Game Information
April 18, 2026
WVU Gear Sale: 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. (Diversified Energy Terrace)
Gates Open: 60 minutes before kick (11 a.m.)
Gold-Blue Spring Festival Start: Noon
Jake Owen Concert (Milan Puskar Stadium – South End Zone – 2:30 p.m.)
TV: None
West Virginia University is hosting its Football Gold-Blue Spring Festival presented by Trident Freight Solutions, on Saturday, April 18, at noon, at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.Admission to the Gold-Blue Spring Festival is free but note that all fans are required to claim a ticket by CLICKING HERE. All tickets are general admission and will be issued via mobile delivery and fans are encouraged to claim and download their tickets to their mobile wallet, prior to arriving at the stadium on game day. In lieu of the cost of admission, fans are encouraged to make a donation to WVU Medicine Golisano Children's at the time of checkout when claiming their ticket.
Fan Giveaway
There will be a T-shirt giveaway at the North Gate to the first 2,000 fans.
Jake Owen Concert
Headlining the Gold-Blue Spring Festival, for the first-time ever, will be a free postgame concert on Mountaineer Field featuring Jake Owen. Admission is free to the public. The concert will take place from 2:30-3:30 p.m., following the conclusion of the game at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Fans and students interested in viewing the postgame concert from Mountaineer Field, will have the opportunity to do so by getting a wristband when they enter the North Gate of the stadium when gates open at 11 a.m. Wristbands will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last due to field capacity limits. Those that receive wristbands will be instructed to enter the field at a designated time postgame between approximately 1:30-2:30 p.m.
WVU Gear Sale
The sixth annual WVU Gear Sale will take place starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Diversified Energy Terrace. The gear sale attendees can only enter at the North Gate, and will be the only entrance open at the stadium. The gates for the Gold-Blue Spring Festival will open at 11 a.m., with the Festival starting at noon.
There will be more than 2,500 items on sale including authentic football equipment along with items from baseball, men's and women's basketball, volleyball and men's and women's soccer, as well as assorted footwear.
Fans can purchase items by using Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. No cash or checks will be accepted. Prices are non-negotiable and include state sales tax. All sales from the event are final.
Almost Heaven at the North Lawn
Almost Heaven Village at the North Lawn will open starting at 9:30 a.m. and will close at 11:30 a.m. The new location is a centralized space for Mountaineer fans of all ages. There will be food trucks, inflatables, a photobooth, caricature artist, balloon artists, face painting, tattoo artist, sponsor activations and appearances from the WVU spirit squads and mascot.
Parking
All parking for cars is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The following hospital parking lots on the east side will open at 8 am on Saturday and are available for parking: F1, F2, F3, F4, and E. The following hospital parking lots on the west side will open at 8 am on Saturday and are available for parking: A1 and B1.
The center-most parking lots and the western-most parking lots of the large Blue Hospital parking lot (Hospital parking lots D, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, and C10) will be reserved for hospital patients, visitors and staff. Towing will be enforced.
There also will be parking available at the Law School based on availability.
Stadium Entry
For the Gold-Blue Spring Festival, all fans, including WVU students, should enter the stadium starting at 11 a.m., through the North, West, East, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest Gates (metal detectors open at 11 a.m.), There will be no stadium re-entry passes issued for the game. Stadium seating, restrooms and concessions will be open on the lower sections of the West and East sides and none in the South. There will be upper deck overflow seating as needed. ADA seating will be on the West side and East based on demand.
Due to the concert set and the back of stage, the following sections will be closed: (129-134, 97-102, 201-203, 220-222) and field boxes (East - 1/2, 2/3, 4/5, 6/7) and (West – 70/71, 72/73, 74/75 and 76).
Walk-through metal detectors will be located at each of the gates where fans enter Milan Puskar Stadium. Fans will not have to empty their clear bags or pockets, and will not have to place cell phones, keys, money or other belongings to the side because the state-of-art metal detectors are designed to be completely pass through. The metal detector technology provides automatic screening for fast and easy gate entrance flow.
Concessions
Concession stands will open at 11 a.m. and will utilize cashless purchases. There will be multiple stands opened on the West Side (stand numbers 5, 6, 7 and 10) and East (stand numbers 20, 23, 24), sides of the stadium, but there will not be concession areas open in the South end. Beer sales will conclude at 3 p.m. (halfway through postgame concert).
This year's event will not be televised on ESPN+ (TV) or broadcast on the Mountaineer Sports Network by Learfield (Radio).
WVU's Clear Bag Policy remains in effect, and the Athletics Department invites and encourages fans to visit WVUsports.com/clearbag for more information, to view pictures of permissible and non-permissible items and to obtain answers to frequently asked questions about the clear bag policy.
Fans are asked to reduce what they bring to the stadium to minimize contact points and bag searches. When security personnel check bags at the gate, they will not be divesting the bags – each fan will be responsible for showing the contents of his/her individual bag. This includes fans removing all items from their bag for inspection as needed. For quicker entry, do not bring bags inside the stadium.
Designated smoking areas are outside the West and East Gates.
The Hall of Traditions (Puskar Center) will be open starting two hours prior to kickoff (10 a.m.) until 30 minutes prior (11:30 p.m.) to kickoff.
Fans are reminded that umbrellas are not permitted inside the stadium.
There will be ADA seating available on the West and East sides based on demand.
The PRT is operating on its normal Saturday schedule (starting at 9:30 a.m.), for the price of 50 cents each way. It is free for all students and WVU staff with a valid WVU ID.
A special Mountaineer GameDay Gold-Blue Spring Festival pregame show starting at 11 a.m. will be on all of the local Nexstar affiliates, and on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, followed by the Gold-Blue Spring Festival beginning at noon.
The Gold-Blue Spring Festival, slated to begin at noon, will conclude WVU's spring football drills.
The Spring Festival will feature an abbreviated scrimmage, along with specialty drills and competitions.
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