New SEP Stadium Information and Football Expectations 2023

We’re excited to start holding competitions in our new SEP Stadium! This terrific addition to our beautiful campus will meet the needs of our students and serve as a source of pride for years to come. We want to ensure an enjoyable experience for everyone at every event held at the stadium so here are some guidelines we ask all to follow. We’re looking forward to a great school year and appreciate your continued support to the SEP Community! Go Rams!

Quick Tips:

1. By your ticket online now:  https://www.vancoevents.com/us/eventlist/southeastpolktickets
2. Carpool
3. Give yourself enough time to find a parking spot and get inside the stadium 

Game Time: 

Our first home football game is Friday, September 8, 2023, when we host Cedar Rapids Prairie. Kickoff is slated for 7pm.  Gates will open to the public at 5:30pm.

Admission:

Admission for all, including students in grades K-12 is $7.  All tickets must be purchased online prior to the event, or can be purchased with a credit card at the ticket booth near the main admission gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium.  

There are NO cash sales at the gate!

We are expecting a very large crowd! 

Fans are STRONGLY encouraged to buy tickets online prior to arriving.  They can be purchased at this link: https://www.vancoevents.com/us/eventlist/southeastpolktickets

If you purchase your tickets ahead of time, you will get a QR Code on your phone. You can go directly to the main admission open gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium. 

Student Activity Passes & Senior Citizen passes are accepted for all non-state sponsored events and can be purchased on Infinite Campus. If you have your Activity Pass, you can go directly to the main admission open gates on the Northeast corner of the stadium.

Parking For All Stadium Events:

• The parking lot adjacent to the stadium is reserved for approved game personnel and handicap parking only.
• The parking lots on the west and north of the high school, as well as the parking lots near Spring Creek and the Junior High are designated for game spectator parking. 
• Vehicles are to be parked in a defined parking stall.
• There is no parking on grass areas anywhere on the Southeast Polk campus.

• Parking on the driving lanes around the campus is prohibited.

• Violators of these guidelines are subject to tow.

• See the attached map for further guidance.

Stadium Entry:

The main admission gate is located on the Northeast corner of the stadium by the Ram statue. Access to the stadium will be via the tunnel under Martha Miller Drive.  For safety reasons, please do not walk across Martha Miller Drive to get from the High School parking areas to the stadium.

SEP Student seating:

• All student seating will be in the lower grandstands on the West side of the stadium.
• High School students in grades 10-12 will sit in sections D, E and F in the center of the West lower bleachers.
• The marching band will be seated in section F and G.
• Spring Creek students will sit in Section A, Junior High Student in Section B, and 9th grade students in section C.
• Elementary students are expected to sit with a parent in the upper bleachers.
• See the attached diagram.

SEP Adult seating:

• All adult seating is the upper grandstand on the West side of the stadium.  
• The top three rows of Sections C, D, and E are held as reserved seats for ticket holders

General reminders:

• There are no pass outs.  Once you are in the stadium you are in.  If you leave you must purchase another ticket to re-enter.
• Leave footballs at home.  Footballs, or balls of any kind, are not permitted in the stadium.  
• Outside food and drink is not permitted.  Each spectator is allowed 1 unopened, sealed bottle of water.  
• Pets are NOT permitted at school events.
• Noisemakers (cowbells, airhorns, etc), signs, banners, flags (other than cheer flags) are not permitted.
• All bags are subject to search.