Finals Electronic Tickets Are Coming. Here Is What You Need To Know

April 30, 2024 By Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu

The University of Virginia will distribute electronic tickets for Final Exercises on the Lawn to members of the Class of 2024 during the second week of May.

The Office of Major Events and External Relations will email each degree candidate instructions on how to claim their six tickets no later than May 9. If a student won the lottery to receive an extra ticket, it will be delivered at the same time. The lottery closed April 28.

Last week, the University tested the e-ticket software, which uses the Virginia Athletics ticketing system, Paciolan. 

Officials installed system access points to the three guest entrances at the foot of the Lawn, where e-tickets will be scanned for entry to one of the two Final Exercises ceremonies, May 18 or May 19.

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How To Get Your Ticket on Your Android or iPhone

The University has created step-by-step instructions that show people how to downloadtransfer and accept tickets.

Cecil Banks is the University’s executive director for major events and external relations. His biggest piece of advice is to make sure everyone has their ticket on their phone before Final Exercises.

He said the graduating student can keep the tickets on their phone and accompany their family to the ticket entry point to scan them in all at once.

Alternately, a single member of the family can download all the tickets to their phone and scan the whole group through at the same time.

Download Tickets

Step 1:
Log into your Virginia Athletics ticket account at VirginiaSports.com /MyAccount.

The login screen on a phone for the Virginia Sports My Account site

Step 2:
Scroll down to the ‘My Upcoming Events’ section and tap on the desired event.

Arrow pointing to My Upcoming Events in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 3:
Tap the ‘Add to...’ button to add your tickets to your mobile wallet.

Arrows pointing to Apple and Google Wallet icons in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 4:
In your mobile wallet, tap the ‘Add’ button to save your ticket.

Arrow pointing to Add button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone and a screenshot of an electronic ticket

Transfer Tickets

Step 1:
Log into your Virginia Athletics ticket account at VirginiaSports.com /MyAccount.

The login screen on a phone for the Virginia Sports My Account site

Step 2:
Tap ‘Transfer Tickets’ on the menu.

Arrow pointing to the Transfer Tickets button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 3:
Select the event, and then select the tickets you would like to transfer. Tap ‘Continue’ at the bottom of the screen.

Arrows pointing to the General Admission Checkbox and Continue Button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 4:
Enter the recipients information and select phone number or email. Tap ‘Review Transfer’ to continue.

Arrows pointing to where you fill out the name and number of who you are transfering your tickets to and the review button

Step 5:
Once you have confirmed the information is correct, tap ‘Transfer Ticket’.

Arrow pointing to the Transfer Tickets confirmation button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 6:
You will see a confirmation screen once the tickets have been sent. The recipient will receive the transfer invite via text or email.

The Transfer Invite confirmation screen in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Accept Transfer Tickets

Step 1:
Tap the link sent to your text messages or the ‘Accept Transfer’ button in your email.

Arrows pointing to a text message and the Accept Transfer button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 2:
Review the ticket information and tap the ‘Accept Transfer’ button to continue.

Arrow pointing to the Accept Transfer button in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Step 3:
Log in to your Virginia Athletics ticket account or create a new account if you do not have one.

The login screen on a phone for the Virginia Sports My Account site

Step 4:
You should now see the ticket in your account. Add the ticket to your mobile wallet by tapping the ‘Add to...’ button.

Arrow pointing to the Apple Wallet icon in the Virginia Sports My Account site on a phone

Selling or bartering of Final Exercise tickets is strictly prohibited and is considered an honor offense that will lead to voided tickets and the case being referred to the Honor Committee.

Finals Weekend

On May 18, students graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences walk the Lawn with graduates from the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the School of Education and Human Development.

On May 19, the Lawn procession will include graduates from the schools of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Architecture, and Continuing and Professional Studies, as well as the schools of Data Science, Engineering and Applied Science, the Darden School of Business and McIntire School of Commerce.

On each of those days, the three guest entrances at Garrett, Bryan and Rouss & Robertson halls will open at 7 a.m. The Academic Procession and Final Exercises will begin at 9 a.m.

Banks said the new e-ticket system will make it easier for students to transfer tickets to family members and allow professional students who may study remotely to get their tickets without coming to Grounds.

It also helps the University manage the event. “We will know how many people will be on the Grounds for each ceremony and that helps everything from the number of chairs we end up setting up, to concessions and facilities workers that are here, to police,” Banks said. “Ultimately, if we get data that says that we can give out more tickets for future years, then that's an option.”

The University is expecting between 15,000 and 20,000 people to attend each day of Final Exercises.

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Jane Kelly

University News Senior Associate Office of University Communications