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DENTON, Texas – UNT Athletics is ready to TAKE FLIGHT with a season of first as the Mean Green play its first game in the newly-named DATCU Stadium and its first matchup as a member of the American Athletic Conference on Saturday, Sept. 2 against California. GAME THEMES September 2 – DATCU Day September 30 – Faith and Family Day October 14 – Oktoberfest and Champions Weekend October 28 – Homecoming 2023 November 4 – First Responders Day November 25 - Senior Day and Fan Appreciation NEW NAME On July 31, UNT and DATCU announced a long-term partnership to rename DATCU Stadium. For more information visit www.DATCUStadium.com. ACADEMY SPORTS FIFTH QUARTER Back by popular demand, Mean Green fans can now access the field at DATCU Stadium following each home game as part of the Academy Sports Fifth Quarter. After both teams exit the playing field, fans will be allowed time on the turf for photos or to enjoy a game of catch. MEAN GREEN LIVE UNT Athletics in partnership with UPC will host Mean Green Live this fall, a series of six free pregame concerts in The Hill tailgate area surrounding DATCU Stadium. Beginning three hours before kickoff, the concerts will be held on stage at The Hill on the east side of the stadium. For more information, visit northtex.as/MeanGreenLive. CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM Our UNT Athletics Customer Service team will be on site at DATCU Stadium to greet fans and answer any questions they have about the facility including seating locations, concessions and more. Locate one of the kiosks near each gate for information. NEW WATER STATIONS To help UNT fans beat the heat this fall, ticket holders will be allowed to bring in one empty water bottle for usage at free water filling stations located on each side of DATCU Stadium. TICKETS Fans can utilize the All-in-1 Pass for mobile tickets and parking. Season ticket holders can also access tickets to road games at FIU and LA Tech through our “Start September Right” program. For more information contact the ticket office at (940) 565-2527 during normal business hours. Students attending games at DATCU Stadium can enjoy the new single sign-on access for their tickets as well as additional scanning pedestals to assist with speedier entry – a 60% increase from last season. Single-game tickets and parking can be purchased in advance at discounted rates through MeanGreenTickets.com. SeatGeek is now the official ticket marketplace of UNT Athletics. KICK TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS Remember fans, due to UNT’s membership in The American, kick times for the season are determined 12 days out and will be announced on MeanGreenSports.com as well as all department social media channels. Stay tuned! CONCESSIONS The Wing Pub is back for a second year with a new location in the southwest corner of DATCU Stadium under the auxiliary board. In that space, fans over the age of 21 will be able to enjoy beer, wine, and liquor complete with a view of the action in the stadium. More points of sale are available around the stadium with expanded menu items and beer sales continuing until the start of the fourth quarter. FIRST SEASON IN THE AMERICAN The 2023 season is UNT’s first in the American Athletic Conference with increased broadcast visibility and exciting matchups with Temple and Memphis along with old rivals UTSA and UAB – all at DATCU Stadium. MEAN GREEN GEAR The Voertman’s team shop at DATCU Stadium has again expanded its inventory with more apparel that you see your favorite coaches and players showing off on game day. Check it out at Gate 2 for all your Mean Green apparel needs. RADIO COVERAGE The Mean Green Sports Network announced big news earlier this summer with a new flagship station for football with 97.1 The Freak broadcasting all over the Metroplex. PARKING PATTERNS Fans parking in the Blue Lot at DATCU Stadium should pay attention to signage and note new traffic patterns for ingress and egress on both North Texas Blvd and Drive. "WE MEAN BUSINESS" The "We MEAN Business" campaign is back for 2023 with new improvements, targeting Denton and surrounding areas businesses that want to provide opportunities for employees and families to experience a Mean Green game. For more information, visit: https://northtex.as/WMB2023. IN-GAME PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENTS A new DJ takes over the music at DATCU Stadium this fall, plus expanded interactive options through the Cue Audio app. Additionally, both of DATCU Stadium’s main and auxiliary video boards have been replaced entering the 2023 season. UNT Football season tickets for the 2023 season are available through the North Texas Athletics Ticket Office now. Season tickets can be purchased anytime online or by phone at (940) 565-2527 during normal business hours and are available for as low as $80 per ticket. Payment plans are still available when purchasing season tickets. Mean Green football season ticket holders receive several exclusive benefits including access to the best seats at home, exclusive pre-sales for home, away, and postseason events, an exclusive season ticket holder gift, and more! Can't make all the home games this year? Mini-plans and single-game tickets are available for purchase. Don't miss out on the exciting new matchups in the first year of the American Athletic Conference including visits by Temple, Memphis, UTSA and UAB.

Allow me to be the first to inform you that DATCU Stadium is not, in fact, the place where the Horned Frogs play. I must confess that, prior to today, I had no idea what DATCU was. Our online managing editor and intrepid UNT alum Matt Goodman informs me it is a Denton-based credit union, so it makes all sort of sense that they would be interested in partnering with the local university. That’s doubly true considering DATCU was founded by UNT faculty following the Great Depression as Denton County Teachers Federal Credit Union (which is known today as Denton Area Teachers Credit Union; here’s a video about it). And it’s triply true considering DATCU president Melanie Vest is a Mean Green alum and the new subject of this moderately disorienting GIF. Alas, sometimes good intentions trump good ol’ common sense. Such is the case now that, in a new naming-rights agreement, UNT’s Apogee Stadium will now be called DATCU Stadium. If you’re in the Denton community, this may not scan as odd to you. For the rest of us, I’ll pause as you read that name a time or three, then you inevitably arrive where I did: the University of North Texas will play its football games at a place people will clown as DA TCU Stadium. And by “will,” I mean “already have.” More than once. This is going to be awkward. read more: https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2023/07/unt-datcu-football-stadium/

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

Just posting this as a comparison as it appears that the DATCU/UNT deal will be similar what University of Houston did with TDECU, ie naming rights but also becoming the official financial services partner of the university. read more: https://stories.uh.edu/2023-june-tdecu-extension/index.html

Singer-songwriters Norah Jones, Meat Loaf and Don Henley are all noted as alumni of the University of North Texas (UNT), located in the far north suburb of Dallas in Denton. Another notable alum is Melanie Vest, president of the $1.5 billion DATCU in Corinth, Texas. On Monday, DATCU became even more connected to the UNT after the organizations announced DATCU has signed a deal to be the exclusive financial institution for the university, as well as securing the naming rights to UNT’s football stadium. The histories of the credit union and UNT actually go back to the roots of both institutions. DATCU began as Denton County Teachers Federal Credit Union on the campus of North Texas State Teachers College, which eventually changed its name to the University of North Texas. “It’s a great marriage between two distinctly Denton institutions,” Glen McKenzie, DATCU’s CEO, said. “We were founded in 1936 by UNT educators and teachers from local school districts for the purpose of serving educators. This partnership honors that original vision and further engrains us into the North Texas region.” read more: https://www.cutimes.com/2023/07/31/datcu-signs-exclusive-university-deal-in-texas/?amp=1