Exiting Kinnick Stadium

Dear Hawkeye Fans,
While we hope that every Hawkeye football game is a
completely enjoyable experience for everyone, we
understand there could be those rare occasions when
weather and other circumstances could present us with
challenges that call for an emergency response. Part of the
response could involve a partial or complete emergency
evacuation or sheltering our fans inside historic Kinnick
stadium and nearby University structures.
With your safety in mind, we are sharing our emergency
evacuation and sheltering strategy with you.
The following slides will acquaint you with our plan. While
the chances of such an event are remote, we want to be
ready for any eventuality. Thank you.
Exiting Kinnick Stadium
There are a total of 30 exit ramps in the bowl seating area arranged
as follows:
 9 on the west side
 9 on the east side
 6 on the north end
 6 on the south end
These are the same exits fans use to go to concessions and restroom
facilities located in the concourse areas. These bowl exit ramps are
illustrated on the next slide as WHITE rectangles in the seating areas.
To completely exit Kinnick stadium, you must continue past the
outside wall and gates. This plan is designed to assist fans with the
most direct emergency exit path once they enter the concourse area
while also attempting to avoid confusion and congestion.
Depending on the nature of the emergency and AS TIME PERMITS,
waist high metal fencing may be placed in certain areas to keep fans
OUT of the danger area. These barricades will be staffed by security
personnel.
The stadium scoreboard as well as the public announcement
system will be used to keep fans informed and to offer instructions.
Additionally, to assist with an orderly exit, security and law
enforcement personnel may be in the concourse areas to direct
fans out of the stadium and give further instructions if necessary.
Please look for exit signs and follow instructions given as you exit.
The next slide illustrates the preferred emergency EXIT
PATHWAYS for Kinnick stadium.
Fans sitting in the north bleachers will notice steps in the
north concourse area leading to gates that will be opened
in an emergency evacuation. Fans will need to step up (3
steps) to exit through the metal gates. Please use caution
when climbing these steps to exit the stadium in an
emergency. The next slides are pictures of the north
concourse area.
Fans sitting in the south bleachers will notice an upper tier
and a lower tier of seating divided by a walkway. The next
slide is a picture of the walkway separating upper and
lower seating in the south bleachers.
There could be times when the best plan of action calls for
sheltering fans inside Kinnick stadium utilizing the
concourse areas, restrooms, ramps and tunnels. If the shelter
in place option is selected, instructions would be given to the
fans.
To help with the shared goal of safe and orderly emergency
exiting from Kinnick stadium, we rely on all fans to account
for and assist everyone in their party and to please follow
instructions. While we certainly hope we will never need to
exercise these emergency plans, having a plan and following
that plan enhances everyone’s safety.
Thank you.
GO HAWKEYES!