University of Massachusets Athletics

Weather Forces Minutefan Park To Close

Weather Forces Minutefan Park To Close UMass hosts Hofstra in key A-10 battle, aim to complete perfect home season.
Minutefan Park will not be open prior to the Nov. 16 Hofstra football game.

Minutefan Park will not be open prior to the Nov. 16 Hofstra football game.

Nov. 15, 2002

AMHERST, Mass. -- With Saturday's weather forecast calling for a strong possibility of a wintry mix of rain, snow and sleet throughout the Pioneer Valley, the popular pregame UMass fanzone, MINUTEFAN Park, will not be open prior to tomorrow's game against Hofstra.

The 19th-ranked and 7-3 Minutemen host the Pride at Noon in Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Amherst. Tickets for the game, which will be televised on the Atlantic 10 Network (NESN throughout New England) may be purchased by calling the UMass Athletic Ticket Office at 1.866.UMass.Tix or at the gate.