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We've created a tailgating collaboration map in Google Maps. Everyone should be able to pin their tailgating spot on it. Give it a try! Here is the link. Tailgating Map To add your tailgating spot on the map: 1. Click the "Add marker" icon under the search bar near the top of the map 2. Click on your tailgate spot 3. Enter your gomeangreen.com alias for the Title 4. Add some information about your tailgate scene in the Description (and click the camera icon if you want to add a picture of your spot) 5. Click on Save Have fun and GO MEAN GREEN!!! See you at the games.

OUTSTANDING NEWS> We are receiving confirmed reports that the new UNT stadium naming rights sponsor will be Denton-Area Teachers Credit Union (DATCU). This is reported to be a long term partnership that will be extremely beneficial to both parties. More to come! GMG LINK to the DATCU Story: https://www.datcu.org/More/Our-Story

DENTON – UNT Athletics is looking forward to an exciting 2022 season and the Mean Green Family returning to Apogee Stadium. With the home opener with SMU approaching quickly on Saturday, Sept. 3, here are some new features, changes, and updates to be aware of this season. “Our staff has made it a priority to constantly seek feedback and look for new ways to improve the overall game day experience for our fans,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. “We are excited about these new offerings for 2022 and can’t wait to welcome the Mean Green Family to Apogee this fall.” GAME THEMES September 3 - #BeatSMU and High School Band Day September 10 - UNT Faculty and Staff Appreciation Game October 1 - Family Weekend October 15 - First Responders Day November 5 - Homecoming 2022 November 26 - Senior Day TICKETS Self-service ticket scanning pedestals have been added to multiple gates at Apogee Stadium for improved ease of entry and a contactless experience. Improved Mean Green Tickets Online account functionality: Patrons will have the opportunity to use an "Add All" button to download all their tickets to an event (up to ten tickets). Apple iPhone users should use the Safari browser to Add All to the Apple Wallet and android users should use Google Chrome or Firefox browsers to Add All to the Google Wallet app. Ticket transfer process has been enhanced with the ability to add a name along with the phone number or email when transferring tickets. This, along with the added functionality of being able to view completed transfer history in your account, will help you confirm who has accepted their tickets and parking for a Mean Green game day! Ticket transfer acceptance limits have also been removed after previously being capped at one week to accept a transfer. CONCESSIONS The Under the Wing Pub makes its Apogee Stadium debut on Sept. 3. In the space under the wing on the north end of the stadium fans over the age of 21 will be able to enjoy beer, wine, and liquor complete with TV’s and yard games. The concession stand located nearest Gate 4 and the student section has been re-branded as 1521 Craft House and will offer eight new craft beers plus favorites Coors Light and Dos Equis. UNITY PLAZA North Texas Athletics has announced the construction of a Unity Plaza adjacent to the athletic center honoring trailblazers Dr. Leon King and Abner Haynes that will be completed this fall. More info: https://northtex.as/3QLksmG FINAL SEASON IN C-USA The 2022 season is UNT’s final football season in Conference USA as the Mean Green will transition to The American Athletic Conference in July 2023. INSTAGRAMMABLE LOCATIONS Take a group photo or a selfie at our new Instagram-friendly locations inside Gate 3 and Gate 4. Share on social media with the hashtags #UNT, #GoMeanGreen and #GMG and you might be featured on the Apogee Stadium videoboard. NEW UNIFORMS The Mean Green will debut three new uniforms this season and will have the opportunity to feature more than 80 new combinations. MEAN GREEN GEAR The team shop at Apogee Stadium has been revamped for this season thanks to UNT’s long-time partnership with Voertman’s. Check it out at Gate 2 for all your game day apparel needs. RADIO COVERAGE The Mean Green Sports Network has expanded its coverage for 2022 adding KXXN 97.5 FM (Wichita Falls) and reaching an even wider area in North Texas. You can also hear UNT Football on KHYI 95.3 and The Varsity Network app. To download the app click here: https://northtex.as/TheVarsityNetwork "WE MEAN BUSINESS" North Texas Athletics launched the "We MEAN Business" campaign, targeting Denton and surrounding areas businesses that want to provide opportunities for employees and families to experience a Mean Green game. More info: https://northtex.as/3CgZl7a SEASON TICKET GIFT Season ticket holders each receive a 20 oz. UNT-branded tumbler that can be picked up at the Gate 2 ticket office through the September 10th game vs. Texas Southern. MEAN GREEN WORK ORDER If you have recommendations you would like to share with us, or see items that need attention, we encourage you to submit a Mean Green Work Order Request here: https://northtex.as/MGWorkOrder 2022 UNT Football Season Tickets are on sale now. Season, mini-plan and single game tickets are now available through the UNT Athletics Ticket Office. Click here to purchase now. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 940-565-2527 or visiting the main ticket office at Apogee Stadium during normal business hours Monday-Friday from 9 am-5 pm.

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-12-19-unt-apogee-worst-college-football-stadiums-moneywise/ I see the SMU loving media is still looking for ways to 💩 on North Texas. Not sure I agree with any of this other than the attendance numbers. Parking has been better than most of the C-USA stadiums I've visited this year and many other P5 stadiums I've been to. Discuss...

Heard this story on from Craig Miller on the Ticket. A interesting article from www.goodbullhunting.com 's Robert Behrens Ranking EVERY college football stadium in Texas. This Aggie put Apogee in the Top Ten, but we are 5 back of UTEP's Sunbowl and One ahead of Texas State Bobcats Stadium. https://www.goodbullhunting.com/2020/7/23/21334459/ranking-every-college-football-stadium-in-texas-list#

...Let The Scoring Begin! Had to share this pic I captured Saturday morning during Load & Fire Practice. Wished I had my SLR on me instead of my old phone. Rick

...and at night ...after some extensive Photoshop/Lightroom work.

MEAN GREEN FOOTBALL Apogee Turf Project Underway UNT Athletics Installing Cool Play Turf In Apogee Stadium DENTON – Apogee Stadium will receive a new, innovative playing surface for the 2018 football season, North Texas Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced Monday. “We are very excited to be updating Apogee Stadium with new turf,” Baker said. “This new surface, featuring cutting-edge technology, will be safer for our student-athletes. The dynamic design elements will also help elevate the UNT brand for both fans inside the stadium and watching worldwide. I can’t wait to see the finished product on September 1 as we open the season at home against SMU.” Phase One of the facility upgrade is expected to be completed by June 1, with the end zone portion of the project concluding in early August after the custom color for the end zones is manufactured. Apogee Stadium will be equipped with the FieldTurf Cool Play surface, which features an extruded composite-top dressing that keeps the surface 35 degrees cooler than traditional sand/rubber infill systems, according to independent laboratory results. The extruded composite top layer is durable, shock absorbing and takes on far less heat than other alternatives, helping provide a safer surface. Other FBS institutions utilizing this technology include Notre Dame, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, Arizona and Tulsa. Another new design element features recognition of the department’s mission statement, “Building Champions and Preparing Leaders,” which will appear on the visitor sideline. “We have established our mission is to Build Champions and Prepare Leaders,” Baker said. “Our supporters, coaches and athletes have embraced this mission and we want all visitors to Apogee to know what our focus is.” The iconic diving-eagle logo will remain at midfield, but will now be atop a shaded outline of Texas. “The diving eagle is our signature logo and is both regionally and nationally recognized with the University of North Texas,” Baker said. “The shaded Texas outline shows our commitment to recruit Texas as well as our commitment to defend and promote our home state.” For the first time, the end zones at Apogee will be Kelly green with North Texas and Mean Green prominently displayed on each end of the field. The UNT logo will be displayed twice, on the 25-yard lines opposite from the Conference USA logo, to provide national branding to the university. This is the first time UNT has been featured on the turf. The conference logo is green, white and gray, while the UNT logo is white. The average artificial field surface is replaced every six to eight years, and the 2017 season was the seventh for Apogee’s original turf. The athletic department’s commitment to player safety coupled with the condition of the existing turf has led North Texas athletics to make this change ahead of the 2018 season. North Texas kicks off the 2018 season against Metroplex rival SMU on Saturday, Sept. 1, on the new surface at Apogee Stadium. Season tickets for 2018 are on sale and fans can purchase tickets through the Mean Green athletics ticket office. For more information, visit MeanGreenSports.com or call the ticket office at 940-565-2527 or 800-868-2366.

http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061417aaa.html June 14, 2017 DENTON – The University of North Texas will be adding a new 120-foot tall flag pole located in between the black lot entrance and Apogee Stadium marquee along Interstate 35. Mean Green Athletics is launching VoteMeanGreen.com for fans to vote on the flag that will fly from the pole, coinciding with Flag Day, President Neal Smatresk and Vice President and director of athletics Wren Baker announced Wednesday. “We are very excited about this flag, which will be a source of pride for all UNT fans and graduates as well as a tremendous branding and awareness opportunity for our campus,” Baker said. “We thought it would be fun to let fans vote for their favorite design and I look forward to seeing the design our fans select.” Fans can rank their favorite flag designs from 1-4 and can only submit the form once. The voting period will be for one week, beginning Wednesday, June 14, and concluding Wednesday, June 21. The winning design will be announced on Twitter (@MeanGreenSports) Friday, June 23.

Saw this on twitter and it got me to thinking about Apogee.... What's the latest on our relationship with Apogee and the naming rights etc? Anyone know? I know it was a long term (20 year 20 million) deal but it seems like there would could be some future negotiations possibilities down the road.

A PokéParty. [braces for commentary over how modern civilization is meeting its downfall in 3... 2...]

John Williams is the man. http://ntdaily.com/local-bar-owner-offers-football-fans-ticket-package/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/who-has-college-footballs-biggest-home-field-advantage-1441405838 The best college football programs typically have the most intimidating home environments. Few teams enjoy the experience of visiting venues such as Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium or Oregon’s Autzen Stadium. But, according to one study, the biggest home-field advantage in college football belongs to a much less-heralded program: North Texas.

Wouldn't this be an ideal use for Apogee? I mean, if you're going to come to Denton, TX. for a Marching Band competition, wouldn't it make sense to partner with and perform at one of the most prestigious music schools in the U.S.?

The first stop of UNT’s summer camps tour took place this afternoon at Apogee Stadium. The video at the top of this post includes a few drills and Dan McCarney’s pre-camp speech. McCarney is in his element in those situations and did a bang-up job. There were a little short of 200 players at the camp, the first of two stops in Denton this year. UNT’s first camp went head-to-head with Texas Tech’s camp in Euless. Having an extra date gives the players UNT wants to see a couple of opportunities to hit a camp at Apogee. read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/06/the-sunday-leftovers-unt-camp-report-with-mac-video.html/

I was up in Denton today and noticed the parking spaces in the north lot are now numbered for assigned parking. In case you are in that lot and wondering where your space is, I made a note of the numbers. There are three north-south aisles with a row on each side, making six rows total. Best way to follow this is to have a satellite view open on a separate screen. The row on the west side starts with space 001 (nearest the stadium) and ends at space 033. The next row (same aisle) continues with space 034 (at north end) and ends with space 062 (nearest stadium). In the middle aisle, the third row starts with space 065 (nearest the stadium) and ends with space 095. The fourth row starts with space 096 (at the north end) and ends with space 125 (nearest the stadium). I don't know where spaces 063 and 064 are, or if I wrote one down incorrectly. The third aisle nearest the alumni pavilion does not appear to be finished, but the fifth row starts with space 126 (nearest the stadium) and the numbering stops at space 141 about halfway. Of course the disabled spaces are numbered separately. Otherwise the spaces in the sixth row are not marked yet, but I did notice some painters tape marking where the numbers might go. Anybody in rows 1, 4, 5, or 6 will have some grass at the head of their space. Those at the end of any row will have plenty of grass space for tailgating.

University of North Texas leaders say they've long toyed with the idea of adding beer vendors to Apogee Stadium and other campus venues. Like many college sports venues across the country, no alcohol is allowed in the Mean Green's football stadium. But Athletic Director Rick Villarreal said it's been an ongoing discussion. He said he has watched closely as other venues tackle the topic. "It's a trend that we've watched across country," he said. "We've seen that increasingly happen in stadium settings." Villarreal said there are some real benefits to beer sales, such as new profits. But he also said beer sales could actually have a positive effect on safety. Read more: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/UNT-Says-Beer-Sales-at-Football-Games-Are-Ongoing-Discussion-225582072.html

Coming soon to a college football stadium near you: interactive phone apps, live pregame locker room footage, concession stands filled with food from local eateries. And plenty of Wi-Fi. With college football fans choosing the HDTV home experience more and more over going to games, schools everywhere are stepping up the fan experience to lure them back to the stadiums. “We want to make sure that the fan experience in the stadium is better than the experience at home on your couch,” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said. “That is a significant challenge. Obviously television does a great job. So you’re competing against that a little bit, and competing against a lot of other things as well.” The national epidemic of declining attendance, most troublingly among students, has spurred athletic departments across the country to get creative in improving their football stadium fan amenities, while also investing heavily in the most obvious of solutions. “If you take a photo of fans in any stands, a high percentage of them will have their heads down on their phones or iPads or whatever,” Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said. “To keep fans in the stands, you have to keep up with the technology, so they can continue to use those things in the stadium.” Read more: http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/85809/schools-aiming-to-improve-fan-amenities

University of North Texas leaders say they've long toyed with the idea of adding beer vendors to Apogee Stadium and other campus venues. Like many college sports venues across the country, no alcohol is allowed in the Mean Green's football stadium. But Athletic Director Rick Villarreal said it's been an ongoing discussion. He said he has watched closely as other venues tackle the topic. "It's a trend that we've watched across country," he said. "We've seen that increasingly happen in stadium settings." Villarreal said there are some real benefits to beer sales, such as new profits. But he also said beer sales could actually have a positive effect on safety. Right now, tailgating and drinking is allowed in several parking lots around the stadium. While the activities are monitored by safety officials, the lack of alcohol inside can lead people to over-indulge before games, Villarreal said. UNT specifically has a no-reentry policy at Apogee to keep people from coming and going to consume alcohol during games. Read more: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/UNT-Says-Beer-Sales-at-Football-Games-Are-Ongoing-Discussion-225582072.html

https://twitter.com/fussbudgets/status/388757322203267073/photo/1 Was out working the Alumni Pavilion today when I noticed staff putting up flags for all of our conference mates along the edges of the Wings. They look pretty good all a flutter. This post has been promoted to an article

...was monstrous and loud and exactly what we should aspire to be anytime we're on defense. Prop to everyone who ramped the intensity of that last series up and caused some brutal mistakes on behalf of Ball State. Also extra kudos to Dr. Nick Williams and the Green Brigade today for some rather well-timed blasts and drones. #GOMEANGREEN