New scoreboard, access points for The Hill in store for UVA Football fans this season

The massive oversized scoreboard won’t be the only thing that will be different for UVA Football fans when they visit Scott Stadium this year.

The Hill in the north endzone is going to be a bit less unruly, with access points being installed to help manage capacity and improve safety issues in the area.

This is per a news release from UVA Athletics that went out on Thursday.

The five entrances to The Hill will be located off the brickyard plaza.

The kicker: access to The Hill will be limited to UVA students, Virginia Athletics Foundation membership card holders, season-ticket holders, mini-plan ticket holders, Cavman’s Crew (eighth grade and under) and designated groups on a per-game basis.

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There had been speculation on the interwebs this week that access to The Hill was either being cut off entirely or limited to overflow.

Based on what UVA Athletics is saying in the news release, the only people in the stadium who won’t have access will be single-game ticket holders and the media.

Speaking as a member of the media, I won’t mind; last time I watched a game from The Hill, a student passed out at my feet in a puddle of his own vomit, and another broke her ankle trying to slide down to her friends.

I sent an email to Craig Littlepage, who was the AD then, to say, basically, seriously, this is what we do here?

Yeah, no response.

I’m wondering how the new scoreboard, which is 54 feet high, 125 feet wide, in the range of three times the size of the old scoreboard, will play to people inside the stadium.

I still remember when the old one debuted in 1998. The first game was with Maryland, and after years of no giant scoreboard, it was hard to keep your eyes on the game, in favor of watching the video on the 2,500-square-foot TV looking down over the stadium.

Now that large TV is 6,750 square feet.

Depending on how the season plays out, we might want them, on select Saturdays, to change the channel to a better game.