
Carolina’s annual Spring Game is set for Saturday, April 20 at 3 p.m. in Kenan Stadium. Admission to the game is free and seating is general admission. All fans in attendance will have the chance to win various prizes, including game tickets and signed footballs.
Carolina Ticket Sales will set up a table inside Gate 3 of Kenan Stadium for fans to place deposits for season tickets. Deposits begin at $315.
Festivities will begin at the Bell Tower at 1 p.m. with a Fan Fest, featuring interactive games and music. The Fan Fest will remain open until 2:30 p.m.
Free public parking for the game is available starting at noon in these lots:
- Bell Tower Deck
- Bowles Lot
- Cardinal Deck
- Craige Deck
- Jackson Deck
- Manning Lot
The Spring Game will showcase several star Tar Heels, including junior running back Omarion Hampton, linebacker Power Echols and edge rusher Kaimon Rucker. Redshirt sophomore Conner Harrell and Texas A&M transfer Max Johnson are competing for the starting quarterback position left vacant by the departing Drake Maye. Including Johnson, Carolina’s spring roster includes 30 newcomers, including both early freshmen enrollees and incoming transfers.
The Spring Game will not be broadcast on television or on 97.9 The Hill’s airwaves.
Featured image via Associated Press/Nell Redmond
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