Tickets

Guest Tickets

Guest admission at Viejas Arena will be available through mobile ticketing. Candidates who graduated in Fall 2022 or applied for Spring/Summer 2023 graduation by the January 31, 2023 filing deadline may claim guest admission tickets. Graduates will claim their initial allotment of guest tickets online, free of charge. SDSU does not authorize the sale of complimentary tickets. 

All guests who are 1 year of age and older are required to have their own ticket to attend commencement. The only exception to this rule are babies under the age of 1 who must be seated on an adult’s lap. 

Guest seating for the majority of commencement ceremonies at Viejas Arena is reserved seating and guests must sit in the seat locations listed on their tickets. If guests have tickets with a seat location listed as “GENADM,” the ceremony is general admission and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in most sections of the arena.  

The commencement ceremony ticket allotment, which varies by the number of graduates eligible in each college, is included below:

Graduates and guests can contact the Viejas Arena Ticket Office at [email protected] with questions regarding commencement guest tickets. 

TICKETS FOR GUESTS WITH DISABILITIES

Viejas Arena is a top-loading venue (bottom-level and mid-level entry is not permitted). All guests will be at the top of each section upon entering the venue. Graduates who need seats for their guests with disabilities (e.g., guests that have difficulty navigating stairs, guests who use a wheelchair, etc.) will be able to claim two (2) tickets in the accessible row (row 36) of the arena and then claim their remaining tickets near the tickets in the accessible row. When claiming tickets online, the wheelchair accessible rows are located directly above the bench seating and are labeled with the letter of each section followed by a “WC.” For example, the wheelchair row in section T is labeled “TWC.” Accessible reserved seating is limited and will be available for graduates to claim on a first-come, first-served basis.

Graduates who are participating in a ceremony with general admission guest seating will not need to select seats in row 36, but they should ensure they are including their guests with disabilities in the total number of tickets claimed online. Guests who require accessible seating may sit in any open seat in row 36 of any section and remaining guests can sit in nearby seats. 

Graduates and guests can contact the Viejas Arena Ticket Office at [email protected] with questions regarding tickets for guests with disabilities.

On Monday, March 13, graduates will receive an email to their SDSU.edu email address with a link to the GoAztecs site. From there, graduates will be able to claim their initial allotment of tickets online at a specific date and time designated for their college starting Tuesday, March 21 through Thursday, March 23. Distribution dates/times by college and the deadline to claim initial guest ticket allotment are provided below. The deadline to claim the initial allotment of guest tickets is Friday, April 28 at 10 p.m.

ADDITIONAL GUEST TICKET DISTRIBUTION

Starting Monday, May 1, at 9 a.m. graduates will have the opportunity to claim a limited number of additional guest tickets based on availability on the GoAztecs ticket site. The additional tickets available by college are provided below. These numbers are determined by the total number of graduates registered for the ceremony and the maximum seating capacity at Viejas Arena, and cannot be adjusted.

Please note, if the graduate is participating in a ceremony with reserved guest seating, additional guest tickets are not guaranteed to be located together or near the initial allotment of guest tickets the graduate claimed. In some instances, there may only be reserved, scattered single seats available. For ceremonies with general admission, seating is first-come, first-served in most sections of the arena.

On the day of commencement, guests are welcome to visit the Viejas Arena Box Office to see if any additional tickets are available. There is no guarantee that additional tickets will be available, however.

Accessing Guest tickets

Graduates will be able to transfer their guest tickets beginning Monday, May 8, at 3 p.m. Tickets can be transferred to one guest or individual guests. Guests will be prompted to create a GoAztecs account to receive tickets transferred to them. Once guests have received their tickets, tickets should be uploaded and saved onto the guests’ smartphone wallet. 

Please review these step-by-step instructions on transferring and accepting guest tickets:

• Transferring Mobile Tickets
• Accepting Transferred Tickets

Graduates and guests can contact the Viejas Arena Ticket Office at [email protected] with questions regarding guest tickets.