RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Tuesday that Vaquero Village, a new pregame fan experience at UTRGV basketball games, will launch on Dec. 3 in conjunction with the men's basketball game against Sam Houston State at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
 
Fans will be able to access Vaquero Village, located in the fieldhouse courtyard, beginning at 5:30 p.m., when there will be a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of renovations to the fieldhouse. The renovations include Vaquero Village, new men's and women's basketball, volleyball, visiting team and officials' locker rooms and team rooms, new hallways leading to the locker room areas, a new athletic training room, a new media room, a new equipment room, a redesigned Sam Williams Court, new baskets, new score boards, new scorer's and media tables with LED boards, and new entry doors.
 
Vaquero Village will feature four sections, one for UTRGV students with picnic and patio tables, one for kids with a custom inflatable and picnic tables, one for professionals with lounge furniture and cocktail tables, and one for special events and/or corporate partners with lounge furniture and cocktail tables. There will also be a bar, run by Sodexo, serving all patrons of legal age with proper identification.
 
Vaquero Village will be fully setup for all 7 p.m. men's and women's basketball home games starting on Dec. 3. Any weekend games starting prior to 7 p.m. will have a setup featuring the professionals and special events/corporate partners zones.
 
Vaquero Village and doors to the UTRGV Fieldhouse will open 90 minutes prior to game time for all basketball home games starting on Dec. 3.
 
All ticketed fans can access Vaquero Village. Tickets will now be scanned at the gate next to the box office, allowing access to Vaquero Village and the fieldhouse. Season ticket holders can still enter through the season ticket entrance on the east side of the fieldhouse adjacent to the parking lot. Current UTRGV students, who receive free general admission, can have their UTRGV student IDs scanned at the gate on the west side of the fieldhouse courtyard adjacent to the science building.
 
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at UTRGVTickets.com. Fans purchasing their tickets online prior to game day can save up to $2 per ticket.

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