Football: State Championship Information for Canvas Stadium
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AURORA – The 2025 Colorado High School Activities Association Football State Championships for 3A, 4A and 5A will be played on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins.
The 3A championship will be at 10 a.m. between No. 1 Windsor and No. 2 Pomona, followed by No. 1 Dakota Ridge vs. No. 3 Palmer Ridge in the 4A title game at 1:30 p.m. The nightcap will feature No. 1 Cherry Creek vs. No. 2 Ralston Valley in the 5A championship game at 5 p.m.
All three games will be televised live on Altitude, with all three streams also being available on the NFHS Network.
Yes. Tickets are only available for purchase through GoFan. Your gameday ticket will allow you to stay for all three games. Tickets may also be purchased via electronic payment only at the ticket windows on site, but there will be NO CASH SALES ON SITE.
To avoid long lines at the box office and to ensure swift entry into the stadium, it is encouraged that tickets be purchased in advance.
Ticket windows will open at 8 a.m. and gates open for fans at 9 a.m.
These directions apply to guests using I-25 to reach Fort Collins, such as those traveling from the Denver area or Cheyenne, Wyoming.
These directions apply to guests using U.S. 287, College Avenue to reach Fort Collins, such as those traveling from Loveland or Wyoming.
Fans are encouraged to use Google Maps as a resource to provide the most specific and efficient directions to campus and Canvas Stadium.
A parking map can be found below. Fans coming for the 3A and/or 5A game(s) should park in one of the blue lots identified below (#335, #412, #425, #440, #473 (see note below) or the Lory Student center), while fans coming for the 4A game should park in the red lots (#570, #575, #577). ADA parking will be available in Lot 240 on a first come, first served basis. Guests must provide their state-issued ADA placard/hang tag to be granted entry to the lot.
Please note that the roads marked in red around Canvas Stadium will be closed to traffic. Therefore, entry to Lot 473 is from the southeast corner only. Access to this lot must be from the east as the road will be closed in front of Canvas Stadium.
You will enter the stadium through the metal detectors at entrances marked in the diagram below.
Yes. Metal detectors will be in effect at all Canvas Stadium entrances. Colorado State University requires that all guests and employees entering venues to pass through a metal detector. Alternative accommodations for screening will be provided to those who need it. Guests who refuse screening will be denied entry. The metal detectors at Canvas Stadium will be used by venue staff to detect security threats and prevent banned items from entering the facility.
To provide a safe environment for the public and significantly expedite fan entry into all of our athletics’ venues, Colorado State Athletics implemented a clear-bag policy that limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into sporting events.
Colorado State Athletics strongly encourages fans to not bring any type of bag to CSU sporting events. To expedite entry, there will be express lanes designated for fans without bags.
The following style and size bag, package, or container will be allowed in the gates at Colorado State Athletics events:
No metal back or metal framed stadium seats will be allowed into the stadium. One-piece, foam seat cushions are permitted.
A full list of prohibited items can be found on CSU’s Canvas Stadium A-to-Z page. The list includes items such as animals, artificial noisemakers, backpacks, balloons, bags and purses larger than 6.5×4.5, bicycle helmets, glass bottles, laser pointers, outside food and beverage, seat cushions/chairbacks, umbrellas, camera lenses larger than 4, tripods, monopods and selfie sticks.
No. Once a guest leaves Canvas Stadium, re-entry is not permitted. Guests should plan accordingly and bring everything they will need during the course of the game to the stadium upon initial entry.
Credentialed media will check in through the employee entrance on the west side of the stadium. There will be a sign outside to direct media to the correct door. There is no designated media parking lot. Please do not park in Lot 240, that is reserved for ADA parking and towing will be enforced. Additional information can be found on the Media Information page.
Souvenir items (t-shirts, sweatshirts, pins, shorts, etc.) will be available for purchase on-site through the Kukulski Brothers. For pre-sale items, call (602-386-3460) or email the Kukulski Brothers.
Yes, there will be live stats availble (online only)for all three games:
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