BRISTOL, Tenn. (Sept. 10, 2015) – It’s one of the top questions being asked around the nation: “How do I get tickets to the Battle at Bristol?”
On Thursday, Sept. 10, Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) provided an answer to that popular topic, celebrating the year-out date to college football’s biggest ever game with a one day on-site sale for regional residents, as well as a month-long online public ticket lottery. Both the sale and the lottery will begin on Friday, Oct. 2, a date the speedway has named Battle Friday.
“We continue to see great interest in the game and there is high demand for tickets – that’s why we created Battle Friday – it gives us an opportunity to provide our local community a chance to get tickets,” said Jerry Caldwell, general manager of BMS. “We also want to provide others the ability to be a part of college football’s biggest ever game by introducing a Battle at Bristol ticket lottery.”
The one day on-site sale will take place at the Bristol Motor Speedway ticket offices Oct. 2 from 9 a.m.– 8 p.m. Available tickets are priced at $40, $50 and $80, plus tax. Each household has the opportunity to purchase up to four tickets. Payment in full is due at time of purchase. Actual seats will be allocated in early 2016.
That same day, the Battle at Bristol ticket lottery will go live at BattleAtBristoltix.com and run through Nov. 2. Fans will complete an application online to be entered into the lottery. Lottery applicants are able to request up to four tickets to the game.
Additionally, BMS confirmed existing customers who have placed deposits prior to Sept. 11 with the BMS ticket office are guaranteed seats to the game. These guests will have the opportunity to provide their preferences (including seat location, parking, camping, ADA needs and more) on the ticket order form to be mailed this fall.
The Battle at Bristol is expected to draw more than 150,000 fans when NASCAR’s iconic short track transforms into college football’s largest venue Sept. 10, 2016. Touted as a border battle between the University of Tennessee and rival Virginia Tech, the game is on track to crush the current NCAA single-game attendance record of 115,109 set in September 2013 at Michigan Stadium.
For more information please go to BattleatBristol.com, BristolMotorSpeedway.com or call the ticket office at 423-BRISTOL.
ABOUT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Nestled in the mountains of northeast Tennessee near the Virginia state line, Bristol Motor Speedway is a 0.533-mile concrete oval race track with 28-degree corner banking, 650-feet straightaways and a 40-foot wide racing surface. Renowned as “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile,” the short track features two races each year from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series, one Monster Truck event and one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR K&N Pro Series-East race. With a crowd capacity in excess of 150,000, the facility is expected to set a new NCAA college football attendance record on Sept. 10, 2016, when the racetrack transforms into a football stadium and plays host to border rivals, the University of Tennessee and Virginia Tech. The speedway property is also home to Bristol Dragway. The historic drag strip celebrates its 50thanniversary this year, headlines with the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and operates more than 70 event days each season. In 2014, the Bristol Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, awarded a record-breaking $749,000 to regional children’s charities bringing their 17-year total to nearly $9 million in grants.
In existence since 1961, Bristol Motor Speedway was purchased in 1996 by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. a publicly traded company that is a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States. For more information, visit the company’s website at bristolmotorspeedway.com.
