Tickets
The University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics will hold a virtual sellout for the 2020 Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootouts, set to take place on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 (men’s) and Thursday, Dec. 10 (women’s) at Fifth Third Arena.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, general fans are currently not allowed in the arena on game day, but they have the opportunity to cheer their team on virtually with a fan cutout in the stands!
Custom fan cutout packages are available for $75 for fans and $40 for students and all proceeds will support UC Athletics. Make your purchase by Sunday, Nov. 29 to ensure your cutout is in the stands for the shootout! Packages will be sold beyond Nov. 30, but cutouts will not be in the stands until after the Crosstown Shootout.
Cutouts will remain in the stands for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball games which take place during the 2020-21 campaign. In the event fans are permitted to attend games, UC will sell tickets on a single-game basis and tickets will be made available only to season ticket holders.
STUDENT CUTOUT – $40
• Includes custom fan cutout, Crosstown Shootout T-Shirt and Skyline Chili coupon
• Students need to log into their ticket account to purchase, maximum of one (1) per student account.
FAN CUTOUT – $75
• Includes custom fan cutout, Crosstown Shootout T-Shirt and Skyline Chili coupon.
• Fans who purchase a cutout will also be eligible to win great prizes:
• Vouchers to Cincinnati Zoo (5 winners, 2 vouchers each)
• Game ball signed by Coach Brannen and Coach Clark-Heard (3 winners)
• Two lower bowl tickets to a select MBB game during the 2021-22 season (5 winners)
• Pregame Tour (five groups, no more than 10 per group),
• Two premium seats for the 2021-2022 MBB Crosstown Shootout, depending on availability (one winner)
• Custom UC basketball jersey (one winner)
Submissions made by November 29 are guaranteed for the Dec. 6 Crosstown Shooutout game. After being placed, cutouts will remain in Fifth Third Arena for the duration of the season. If you have any questions, please contact stromwm@ucmail.uc.edu.
Securing Your Fan Cutout
Securing your fan cutout is simple, quick, and easy. Follow the button below to visit the ordering page. After placing your order you’ll receive a email withing 36 hours with instructions on how to upload your photo. Before securing your cutout and uploading your photo, familiarize yourself with the photo upload guidelines below.
IMPORTANT - In order to finalize your order, your Bearcats Ticket Office account number will be required.
Guidelines For The Perfect Photo
CHOOSING YOUR BEARCATS ATTIRE:
- A shirt color on the same color background will make you look like a floating head.
- Wearing a hat too low will cast a shadow on your eyes and conceal your face.
- If you want to wear a hat, make sure there is a good source of light in front of your face.
- Team colors and jerseys are encouraged!
- If you wear glasses, try tilting or angling your face to avoid glare on your glasses. Avoid using the flash, as well.
SELECTING A BACKGROUND:
- For best results use a solid-color background -- use a sheet or blanket if you don’t have a wall that will work.
- Avoid backlighting -- don’t stand in front of a window or a door with your back to them.
- Keep personal or private information off of the walls or objects behind you. While photos will be cropped, we can’t guarantee that all backgrounds will be removed from these photos.
SNAPPING THE PICTURE:
- Have someone else take your picture. Selfies don’t crop well.
- Photos taken by smartphones should work. When submitting the photo, make sure it is as large as possible. Don’t compress the file. Preferred file size can be found below.
- Include some space around your head and shoulders so that your body is not chopped off.
- Stand 3-4 feet away from the camera/phone, and have the photo taken at your eye level.
- Photo should be taken in vertical (portrait) format.
- Holding up a foam finger or keys in preparation for a key play won’t show up if it’s beyond your shoulders.
FILE SPECIFICATIONS:
- Preferred file size is 2448px x 3264px or (24” wide by 32” tall) at a 72 DPI. The cutout at full size is roughly 2 ft by 3 ft. Smaller files may appear blurry and not as crisp.
- To check the file size, right click the photo in your finder window.
- For photos with multiple people, please crop out the fan so that the base of the neck is at the center of the frame.
PHOTO SUBMISSION TERMS & CONDITIONS:
- No commercial advertising, including company names, apparel brands, hashtags, social media handles, phone numbers, logos, slogans or other branding.
- Team-branded attire only. No third-party branding, including on apparel and in photo backgrounds. No attire or other branding of NCAA schools or sports teams.
- No political statements, logos, slogans or other political content.
- No offensive or negative comments about the institution or other NCAA schools or sports teams.
- No lewd, inappropriate or offensive photos.
- No arms raised in photos.
- No names, images, or likenesses of any NCAA players.
University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics reserves the right to reject any photo that it determines, in its sole discretion, violates these guidelines or is otherwise offensive, lewd, derogatory, infringing, discriminatory or otherwise inappropriate. If your photo is rejected, an athletics staff member will contact you about obtaining a new photo.
