- June 12, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CHAMPAIGN — Memorial Stadium holds 60,670. For the first time since 2019, every seat will be available starting Aug. 28.
After a year of football in empty stadiums, fans are welcome to come back. The University of Illinois opens its season at noon Aug. 28 against Nebraska. It will be coach Bret Bielema’s Illini debut.
“To have the chance for the opening kickoff of college football to be here in Champaign, no one else in the entire world of college football has that opportunity,” Bielema said Friday afternoon. “I knew it was going to be something we want to capitalize and maximize.”
With the state of Illinois moving into Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois plan, sports venues are again open for full business.
It didn’t take long for Illinois to start selling seats. Single-game tickets for the 2021 season went on sale…
