Know before you go: Sun Devil Football hosts NAU

Game Day details
Game sponsor: The Mayo Clinic
Date: Saturday, Aug. 30
Time: 7:00 p.m. kickoff
Game theme: Season opener, Wear gold

Where: Mountain America Stadium
500 E Veterans Way,
Tempe, AZ 85287
Get directions directly on your device here.

Mountain America Stadium has a Clear Bag Policy.

TV: National broadcast via  ESPN+ with Roxy Bernstein, Michael Bumpus, Tori Petry.
Radio: The game will be available over local airwaves on ESPN 620 AM with Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst, Kevin Turner and Jeff Munn.

Game Day schedule

• 11:30 a.m. Passholder parking lots open
• 1:30 p.m. Ticket office customer service opens
• 2:00 p.m. Most guest / pay parking lots open
• 4:00 p.m. Dos Equis Pitchfork Pregame, free and open to the public
• 4:00 p.m. Coors Light Sun Devil Tailgate opens
• 4:00 p.m. Sun Devil Tailgate Radio Show live from San Tan Ford Club
• 4:30 p.m. (approximately) Sun Devil Walk on Ellie Ziegler Way
• 4:30 p.m. Gates open to Premium Club Level ticket holders, including Hobbs Family Stadium Club
• 5:30 p.m. Gates open to the general public
• 7:00 p.m. Kickoff 🏈
  
  
  

The Game Day app, tickets and mobile ticketing

Tickets are accessed via the Game Day app for iOS and Android. 

To prepare for Game Day, we recommend the following:

1. In advance of Game Day, add your tickets to your Mobile Wallet. If there are time changes to the game, they will automatically be adjusted if the ticket is in your wallet. Also, by having your tickets already in your wallet, you can avoid slow or weak wi-fi/cellular signals at the stadium.
2. If you are attending with guests, transfer each person their individual ticket in advance.

Additional information and directions can be found on sundevils.com/tickets/mobileticketing.

Season ticket holders
Join the Season Ticket Turnout Challenge!

Attend all seven home games (or make sure your seat is filled by another die-hard Sun Devil) and your season ticket account will be entered to win an unforgettable trip to see the Sun Devil Football on the road next season! Let’s fill every seat and make Tempe the toughest place in the country to play again! Learn more about the Season Ticket Holder Challenge.

Tailgates

Dos Equis Pitchfork Pregame Tailgate 
The Dos Equis Pitchfork Pregame is a free, family-friendly event starting three hours before kickoff at Desert Financial Arena. Enjoy games and activities for kids, plenty of TVs, and fans can grab $4 favorites, including Dos Equis beers, Bar-S hotdogs, Venezia’s pizza, Rudy’s sliders, and more.

What to eat
This week's signature concessions 

Concessions

Sun Devil Athletics is proud to offer a new lineup of concessions for the 2025 season for fans of all ages. Throughout the lower concourse, you'll find stadium classics like burgers, popcorn, pretzels, nachos, burritos, BBQ and beer. Other offerings include kid-approved classics such as pizza, chicken fingers and hot dogs. 

Huss Hideout: The new Huss Hideout is a free, climate-controlled space open to all fans, located on the upper east side of the stadium. It’s the perfect spot to take a break from the sun while enjoying standing tables, concession stands, and a selection of Huss Brewing’s craft beers, including the fan-favorite Devils’ Halo.

Download PDF version of the Concessions map.

Around the stadium: Novus Place operating hours
With a variety of restaurants at Novus Place, just steps from Mountain America Stadium, it’s the perfect spot to grab a bite before kickoff or to celebrate a Sun Devil win after ringing the bell. 

Operating hours on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025

• The Melt: 10 a.m. to 2am (open until 2am daily)
• Eureka!: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• North Italia: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Blanco: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Blue Sushi Sake Grill: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• The Alley: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• Flower Child: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Starbucks: 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Nautical Bowls: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Over Easy: 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Stadium policies

Clear Bag Policy
Sun Devil Athletics has a Clear Bag Policy at Mountain America Stadium. This proactive measure will enhance safety inside and outside of the athletic venues and speed the security screening process for all fans.

Prohibited items
For the safety and security of our guests, all prohibited items must be returned to the owner's vehicle or discarded prior to entry. There are no provisions to check prohibited bags or items at the stadium. 

Fans will be asked to either return prohibited items to their parked vehicle, if they have not entered the stadium, or dispose of prohibited items at the gate. Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics are not responsible for items left behind, lost, stolen or damaged.

Please note there is not a check-in location for prohibited bags or items and no refunds will be given.

A complete list of prohibited items can be found on sundevils.com.

Fan Code of Conduct
All Mountain America Stadium guests are expected to maintain reasonable and appropriate behavior at all times. Any behavior defying the code of conduct  - which can be found on sundevils.com - as determined by facility management can result in ejection and possible arrest.

Ejected guests will not receive a refund for their tickets or be compensated in any way.

Sun Devil Athletics Event Management reserves the right to deny entry or eject from the facility guests displaying inappropriate behavior, as determined by Facility/Event Management. 

Stadium services
New in 2025
Sensory room
In partnership with the Roman Empire Agency, a state of the art sensory room designed to cater to a variety of sensory needs is available to all Sun Devil Football fans on Game Days located in the Carson Student Athlete Center through the Hall of Fame Lobby on the South side of Mountain America Stadium. The room will be open 90 minutes prior to kick off and will close at the end of the game.

ADA accommodations
Sun Devil Athletics is committed to providing every guest with a comfortable and enjoyable experience at the stadium including guests with disabilities. To accommodate disabled guests, Sun Devil Athletics offers the following while in and around Mountain America Stadium:

• Parking for guests displaying a state-issued disability placard or license plate is available in Lower level Packard, Novus and Stadium Lots based on availability on a first-come, first-served basis.
• There are 662 ADA seats in the stadium located in fourteen (14) different areas of Mountain America Stadium. Accessible seating options are located throughout the stadium in lower level west, north and est sections; upper level east and west sections; northwest and southwest ADA sections; northeast and southeast ADA sections; club and suites levels.
  
  For more information on ADA accommodations and services available, see the Game Day Guide, or call the ticket office at 480-727-0000. On Game Day, please call or text 480-965-3482. 

Game notes
vs. NAU Lumberjacks
Arizona State and Northern Arizona will meet for the 42nd time, with the Sun Devils holding a 23-14-4 advantage in the series. Thirty-four of those contests were played prior to 1951, but since the series renewed in 2003, ASU has gone a perfect 7-0.

The Sun Devils enter the 2025 season looking to extend their dominance in home openers, having won 25 straight — the second-longest active streak in the nation behind Illinois' 27 (excluding the 2020 season).

The Sun Devils' historic 2024 season
Arizona State capped off a historic 2024 campaign by earning the program’s first outright conference championship since 1996 with a 45-19 rout of No. 16 Iowa State in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship. Next, they advanced to the College Football Playoff for the first time in school history, falling in a double-overtime thriller to Texas in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

ASU’s 11 wins marked its first 11-win season since 1996 (11-1) and just the sixth in program history (Frank Kush four times, Bruce Snyder once). 

Arizona State was perfect at home (6-0) for the first time since 2004, one of just 16 teams in the nation to go unbeaten on its home field last season and the only Big 12 team to do so. 

For more Game Day notes, visit sundevils.com.

About Mountain America Stadium
Located on the campus of Arizona State University, Mountain America Stadium has been the home of the ASU Sun Devils for more than 60 years. The stadium was constructed between two small mountains and was completed in time for the start of the 1958 season. It was named Sun Devil Stadium after the team and had a seating capacity of 30,000 when it opened on October 4, 1958.

Since its opening, many upgrades have been completed to Mountain America Stadium. Beginning in 1976, the capacity was increased to over 57,000. The following year the capacity was increased to over 70,000 when the upper deck was completed.

In 1987 the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals moved to Arizona and Mountain America Stadium and continued to play their home games there until moving to State Farm Stadium (then known as University of Phoenix Stadium) in 2006. A three-phase project was completed in 2018 and the current capacity is 53,599. The stadium is now called Mountain America Stadium after Mountain America Credit Union became the naming rights partner in 2023.

Visit the Mountain America Stadium page on sundevils.com to learn more.