Stadium rehearsals usually begin 5 1/2 hours prior to game time. Check this web page for schedule updates. Stadium rehearsals are open to the public, however, please follow these security guidelines:

• Enter and exit the stadium through Gate 3 ONLY. Gate 3 is located in the southwest corner of the stadium (see map below).
• ALL guests must sit in Section 26 in the west stadium or in Section 6 in the east stadium depending on the show's orientation (see map below). We'll post a sign on Gate 3 telling you where the seating is for that day. Please don't wander into another area of the stadium.
• Please be courteous to the stadium staff and security personnel. They have a difficult job to do and they're trying to keep all of us safe.
• A security check will be done immediately following rehearsal. Please exit the stadium quickly remembering to take all of your personal belongings, water bottles, and food wrappers with you.

Everyone associated with the band program appreciates your adherence to the above requests. Our continued access to the stadium on game days depends on your assistance. We are fortunate to have the privilege of an open rehearsal in the stadium on game days. We must do everything that we possibly can to preserve this privilege. Thanks for your patience, and Go Big Red!

Please note the following change in the Westbrook Music Building home game day policy:

As a result of continuing security issues, starting on Saturday, September 22nd, Westbrook Music Building will be closed on home game days to everyone except School of Music employees and Cornhusker Marching Band members. Through no fault of their own, band parents and their guests and band alumni will not have access to Westbrook Music Building on football Saturdays for any reason. Please understand that this decision was not made lightly and that we all regret having to take this step. Although many options were explored, this was the only viable choice at this juncture.

After conferring with the Chancellor and the Chief of University Police, Dr. John Richmond, director of the School of Music, released the following statement:

"I am writing to inform you that we are taking steps immediately to restrict access to Westbrook Music Building (WMB) on home football game days. Most of the rest of the City Campus has been completely locked down for some time on these days because of the security challenges that have arisen in recent years. We have attempted to keep WMB open in order to permit music students and faculty to make use of our practice rooms, etc. These expanding security challenges now have risen to a dangerous point at which this option is no longer possible. Last Saturday's home game against USC made clear that our marching band students now face an unacceptable level of risk.

You will know that we have tried to manage this matter incrementally, putting up signs on all four doors to the building, and by reminding the public gently that they are encouraged to use the portable latrines provided by the University for their convenience. These efforts have failed and, in the process, are putting our building monitors, faculty, and staff in an impossible situation.

I wish this kind of restriction were not necessary. Sadly, it is. Last Saturday, we had inebriated members of the public roaming the halls of WMB with open containers. They overwhelmed our restrooms and made our students late to their various campus appearances, including the Chancellor's Reception in the Union. This simply is unacceptable.

One final word seems important to include here. Last year, we experienced vandalism on a home football game day. Our building is filled with lots of expensive equipment and instruments. We must take steps to insure the safety and security of these investments. While this concern pales in comparison to our concern for the safety and wellbeing of our faculty members, staff, and students, it seems to me that this is one more compelling reason to endorse this change of policy.

Thanks for your understanding, cooperation, and full support of this policy."

Download a PDF file containing instructions and stadium map.