OU football announces details for Meet the Sooners Day

OU football announced details for annual Meet the Sooners Day on Thursday. The event will be held Aug. 2 at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

NORMAN — OU football's annual Meet the Sooners Day will be held Saturday, Aug. 2 at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The event begins at 1 p.m. and last 90 minutes.

This year's Meet the Sooners Day is available only to 1Oklahoma members (age 13 and older) or OG&E Sooner Kids Club members (age 12 and younger. Sooner Kids Club members must be accompanied by an adult.

Subscriptions to 1Oklahoma can be purchased on the collective's website.

Sooner Kids Club memberships are available for $50 annually. The club includes access to other exclusive experiences and admission to several home OU sporting events.

Representatives from both groups will be at the even to assist with new subscriptions and memberships.

Aidyn Lopez, 11, shakes hands with OU coach Brent Venables during Meet the Sooners Day for the University of Oklahoma football team at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial stadium in Norman, Okla. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.

Members of both clubs will receive a pair of mobile tickets approximately 24 hours before Meet the Sooners Day, with the tickets being non-transferrable. Screenshots will not be valid for entry.

Attendees will enter at Gate 5 in the northwest corner of the stadium and regular game day metal-detector and clear-bag policies remain in effect.

Schedule posters will be available for free to have autographed and fans may also bring on other item to have signed during the event.

Only water will be available for purchase at the event, though fans can bring their own food and bottled water. Cool-zone areas will also be available.

Fans can park in the Asp Avenue Parking Facility and Jenkins Avenue Parking Facility (southwest of Lindsey and Jenkins), as well as the Duck Pond lot east of the stadium.

The Sooner Shop on the bottom level of the Asp Avenue Parking Facility on the stadium's west side will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the day of the event.

Ticketing representatives will be available near Gate 5.

OU opens its season Aug. 30 against Illinois State.

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