Student tickets for presidential speech to be distributed 9 a.m. Tuesday

March 31, 2014
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ADVISORY

ANN ARBOR—Limited tickets for President Obama’s speech on campus Wednesday will be available for University of Michigan students at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Michigan Union Ticket Office, 530 S. State Street.

Students need to show their U-M student identification, MCard, to receive one ticket to the 2:30 p.m. Wednesday event. The Union will be closed from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesday.

There will be no tickets available for the general public for this event.

The speech will be held in the gymnasium of the Intramural (IM) Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. at the IM building for students with tickets.

These items will be prohibited from the event

  • All bags (including purses)
  • All bottles (including all types of water bottles)
  • Containers of any kind (including coolers, thermoses, cups, cans, flasks)
  • Aerosol and spray cans
  • Umbrellas
  • Flags and flagpoles
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Food of any kind
  • Apparel or signage displaying profane or abusive language
  • Video cameras and tripods
  • Projectile toys (including footballs, Frisbees and beach balls)
  • Weapons