VENUE: Rice-Eccles Stadium, 451 S. 1400 East. Seating capacity of 45,017. A stadium-specific Web Site can be found at www.stadium.utah.edu.

In addition to the U. football team, the stadium is also used for motor sports, the Utah Blitzz soccer games, Utah state high school football playoffs, other sporting events and large-venue concerts. Rice-Eccles was also site of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. The Games' legacy continues, as the stadium also plays host to the Olympic Cauldron Park, the Hoberman Arch and an accompanying visitors center.

SCHEDULE: Remaining games: Saturday vs. North Carolina; Saturday, Oct. 23, vs. UNLV; Saturday, Nov. 6, vs. Colorado State; and Saturday, Nov. 20, vs. BYU.

Previous home games were Sept. 2 vs. Texas A&M and Sept. 25 vs. Air Force.

ADMISSION: Single-game tickets range from $14 to $37 each. Season tickets range from $71 to $209, with Crimson Club donor costs — from $75 to $2,000 — tacked on to the higher-end areas and press-box areas.

Order tickets by phone at 581-UTIX or online at ww.utahtickets.com. A spiffy online feature is a point-of-view stadium chart — click on a seating area and get an idea of what you're view might be like.

ARRIVING: Utah experiences the usual challenges with most on-campus stadiums and arenas — you've got to go a ways off the freeways and highways to get to campus, with the increased traffic tying up feeder streets and campus drives.

Foothill Boulevard is the primary route if you're coming on from I-80 or the eastside I-215. From I-15 and the downtown area, you'll make your way up 400 South and 500 South.

The U.'s Crimson Club offers parking privileges to members to a number of the main neighboring lots, but the general public can find free lots not too far away — but it may require a bit of a hike.

To avoid the long lines of arriving and departing traffic and the sometimes maze-like navigating around campus parking lots, consider taking the University spur of TRAX, which connects with the main backbone line running from Sandy to downtown. Increased frequency, additional train cars and the Stadium station at the base of the main Rice-Eccles parking lot make this service a plus.

FAMILIAR FOODSTUFF: From the stadium concessions stands — hot dog, $2.50; hamburger, available from commercial vendors; peanuts, $3; popcorn, $2-$2.50; pretzel, $2.50; nachos, $3; soft drink, $2.50-$3; beer, not available; bottled water, $2.50. Other concessions items available include barbecue sandwich, bratwurst, polish dog, pizza, ice cream, candy.

EXPANDED MENU: From outside commercial vendors, offerings include smoothies, Mexican food and desserts, kettle corn, snowcones, chicken or beef bowls, corn dogs, burgers and Greek fare.

SOUVENIRS: T-shirts, $12-$24; replica jerseys, $40-$50; sweat shirts, $37-44; caps, $16-20; football, $16; miniball, $5; pennant, $8; program, $3.

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