Tickets To Soldier Field Showdown III Now On Sale
(CBS) Tickets to Soldier Field Showdown III, the Labor Day Weekend college football match-up between Northern Illinois and Iowa at Chicago's landmark stadium on Sept. 1, are on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster, as well as the NIU Athletics Ticket Office, as of Monday, May 7 at 10 a.m. (Central).
NIU plays host to the Hawkeyes on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the venue which has become the second home of the Huskies, Chicago's Soldier Field. Fans can order tickets online at www.Ticketmaster.com, by calling the Ticketmaster toll-free number at 1-800-745-3000, or in person at any Ticketmaster outlet.
Tickets to Soldier Field Showdown III are priced at $60 (upper level seats), $70 (lower level and midfield) and $80 (club seats). Fans will be able to designate their fan affiliation to be seated on the appropriate side of the stadium.
Although the priority deadline for Northern Illinois season ticket holders has passed, Huskie fans who order 2012 season tickets or donate to the Huskie Athletic Support Fund by calling the NIU Athletics External Office at 815-753-1923 or the NIU Athletics Ticket office at 815-752-6800, will be able to order Northern Illinois-Iowa tickets at that time through NIU. The NIU Athletics Ticket Office in the Convocation Center is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Northern Illinois will play a September game at Soldier Field for the third time in six seasons, and Iowa and NIU will reprise their ultra-successful 2007 Labor Day Weekend game in Chicago. That contest attracted a sell-out crowd of 61,500. Last year, NIU and Wisconsin played at Soldier Field on Saturday, Sept. 17 in front of 41,068 fans.
NIU and Iowa will meet for the eighth time with the Hawkeyes winning each of the previous meetings.
Northern Illinois enters the 2012 season opener versus Iowa with the longest winning streak in the country after closing out 2011 with nine straight wins. The Huskies won the 2011 Mid-American Conference Championship and defeated Sun Belt Champion Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala. NIU returns 19 starters, including 11 on defense and all of its specialists, while the offense will be led by junior quarterback Jordan Lynch.
