ORLANDO, Fla. (August 26, 2026) – UCF Athletics is ready to welcome Knight Nation back to the Acrisure Bounce House for the 2026 football season, with a lineup of new stadium features, premium upgrades and fan experience improvements designed to make gamedays even better. From a newly reimagined Roth Tower to fresh food and beverage options across the concourse, here’s what’s new this year at UCF Football.
Stadium & Gameday Enhancements
As part of the Better Bounce House vision introduced last fall, fans will experience several new improvements throughout the stadium this season, including:
- The expanded Roth Tower
- 360-degree concourse access
- Enhanced stadium lighting
- Upgrades to Carl Black & Gold Cabana spaces
- Increased IOA Plaza programming
- Transformed Nicholson Plaza and Promenade
Four Guaranteed Night Games and Three Big 12 Opponents Visiting the Bounce for the First Time
TCU, Arizona State and Iowa State will visit the Bounce for the first time this season.
- First Bounce – Sept. 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m.
- Family Weekend – Sept. 19 vs. Georgia State, 7 p.m.
- Space Game (10th Anniversary) – Oct. 30 vs. Baylor, 7:30 p.m.
- Senior Knight – Nov. 20 vs. Iowa State, 6 p.m.
For the full 2026 schedule and gameday theme details, click here.
Tickets and VIP Packages
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Season Ticket Member Benefits
Already a season ticket member? Click here to view all the benefits and discounts available leading up to and on gameday.
Food & Beverage
UCF Athletics continues to expand its concession offerings for the 2026 season:
- Keep your beverage colder longer with drinks available in new UCF-branded aluminum cups at bars throughout the stadium, courtesy of Alu Cup.
- Chicken tenders will now be offered at two locations on the concourse level (Stands 108 & 115)
- The Big 12 “Dogs of the Game” series returns, featuring themed hot dogs highlighting UCF’s opponents throughout the season (Stands 112, 115, 120, 132, 135 and in premium spaces)
- Daytona Dog
- The Peach State Dog
- Super Frog Dog
- The Cougar Dog
- The Lone Star
- Sun Devil Dog
- Iowa Garden Dog
- A new Sword Pretzel will be available in premium areas.
Premium Experience
Roth Tower and Suites
The new Roth Tower debuts in 2026 featuring:
- A 256% increase in usable club space for gameday and non-gameday events, from 4,400 square feet to 15,650 square feet
- 42% more club seats
- Increased loge seating
- 28 luxury suites that are 38% larger than the previous suites
- 34 new outdoor Sky Suites
- Substantially more shade throughout the stadium bowl
- Elevated food and beverage service
Stadium Club
- New food and beverage locations and cooking capabilities
- New second-level Yuengling Flight Deck featuring an upgraded bar, seating, and IOA Plaza concert-viewing area
- A newly branded football-shaped cocktail cup
Field Cabanas
- New shade structures
Carl Black & Gold Cabana
- Cabana guests can enjoy their choice of one complimentary 12-ounce Corona, Yuengling or Brewlando draft beer at every home game, while supplies last.
- Frozen drinks will be available in alcoholic and non-alcoholic options in six flavors:
- Space U Splash
- Palm Tree Paradise
- Red Zone Rush
- Sunshine State Slush
- Bounce House Blast
- Peachy Bowl Punch
- Frozen drinks will be served in a fishbowl-style cocktail cup.
Must be 21 or older and present a valid ID to receive alcoholic beverages.
Student Experience
Student Ticket Reminders
Review the student ticket guide at UCFStudentTix.com.
- Student ticket claims open Thursday, Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. for UCF’s game against Bethune-Cookman. Claims will open at 10 a.m. each Monday of game week for the remainder of the season.
- Download the UCF Gameday App and follow UCF Knights, UCF Fan Experience and UCF Football for the most up-to-date information.
- Student tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. All students holding a student ticket must be in the student line no later than 30 minutes before kickoff to ensure entry. Students arriving after that time will no longer be guaranteed a seat. They may join the general standby-pass line and will be admitted only if the student section has not reached capacity.
- The student-section line entrance is located on East Plaza Drive across from Garage F.
- Student concessions will now be served at four locations outside the north and south student sections:
- $5 Bounce Box, which includes a hot dog, water, chips and a rotating sweet
- $2 waters and hot dogs
- Knightmare Society members may use the fast-pass entrance at Gate 14.
- Students who claim tickets and attend games can look forward to a variety of perks, including:
- Giveaways
- A new rewards system that allows students to earn points for attending and staying at games
- Surprises throughout the year
Additional Updates for 2026
- UCF Hat Giveaway Presented by Publix: Fans arriving early for the Sept. 19 game against Georgia State can receive a free hat, presented by Publix. The giveaway is available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
- Addition Financial Debit Card Holders: Receive 10% back on main-concourse concession purchases made with an Addition Financial Knights debit card, including purchases in the Stadium Club and Carl Black & Gold Cabana.
- The media entrance has moved to Gate 2.
- Roth Tower now has two entrances: Gate 1N and Gate 1S.
- A new nursing room is available on the concourse level of the first floor of Roth Tower.
- Stadium Club and Carl Black & Gold Cabana members may now enter through any gate.
- Additional food service enhancements have been made throughout the stadium.
- New parking lots include:
- West Softball
- F1
- Courtesy parking shuttles will operate between:
- Gate 14 and the softball complex
- Gate 14 and Garage H
Promotions subject to change