Madness tickets to be distributed Oct. 5

Tickets to Kentucky basketball's annual Big Blue Madness will be distributed on Oct. 5, the university announced on Friday, and fans who want to camp out in line can begin on Oct. 2.

Tickets will be available Oct. 5 beginning at 7 a.m. at the Memorial Coliseum ticket windows on Euclid Avenue and online at UKAthletics.com and Ticketmaster.com.

Madness is scheduled for Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Television information will be released at a later date.

Tickets are free, and there will be a limit of four tickets per person at Memorial Coliseum. Online orders will have a service fee attached and there will be a limit of four tickets per household. Online ticket ordering information will be available at a later date.

fans wishing to line up ahead of time at Memorial Coliseum are asked to do so no earlier than 5 a.m. ET, Wednesday, Oct. 2. Fans are urged to be courteous and use caution when crossing Avenue of Champions to the Coliseum block to secure a spot in line.

Public safety officials will be on site to aid and assist in a safe move-in. Campers displaying unsafe/disorderly conduct risk being removed from line. The Athletics Department will provide portable restroom facilities, but the use of permanent, wooden-type structures; portable generators; and propane tanks or other open flames used in cooking is prohibited due to safety concerns. Alcoholic beverages or tobacco products are not permitted. Additionally, selling sports tickets in excess of face value is illegal in Kentucky.

A maximum of four (4) control cards per tent will be issued to those camped out on Friday, Oct. 4, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Fans will receive a maximum of four (4) tickets per control card on Saturday morning. Fans are encouraged to start lining up for Saturday morning's ticket distribution between 5-6 a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 5. All fans must be present to obtain their control cards and only one control card per person will be accepted at distribution. Control cards will not be distributed after 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 and all persons with control cards must be in line by 7 a.m.

After unloading, campers must relocate their vehicles to the E/K overflow parking lot, located across from Commonwealth Stadium off Alumni Drive. Parking in the E/K overflow parking lot will be free. Bus service will be available to transport fans back to Memorial Coliseum. Lextran buses serve this parking lot from 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. ET. From 6 p.m. to midnight ET, the CATS Yellow Night Route will be in service. From midnight to 5 a.m. ET, the CATS Bus On-Demand Service may be utilized by calling (859) 221-RIDE (7233). For more information, please visit this link.

Beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, the gates of Parking Structure No. 5 next to Kennedy's Bookstore will be open and the structure will be available for free parking. The structure will remain open overnight; however no camping or sleeping in vehicles is permitted. Cars must be removed by 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5.

With ongoing construction on the Lexington Avenue side of the Joe Craft Center, campers are asked to be mindful of construction vehicles entering and leaving the construction site during daytime hours.