
Convocation
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DateAug 22, 2025
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Event Starts1:00 PM
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VenueExtraMile Arena
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Doors Open12:00 PM
- Fri, Aug 22, 2025 1:00 PM
Event Details
Convocation formally welcomes new Boise State students and signifies the beginning of their academic endeavors. Come celebrate and participate in forming the “B” on the Blue Turf together.
ADA/Accessibility
Please visit ExtraMile Arena's ADA/Accessibility web page for more information including sensory rooms, lactation areas, sensory kits, etc.
Bag Policy
- Clear bags 12" X 12" X 8" or smaller are allowed.
- No opaque purses, fanny-sacks, or backpacks allowed, regardless of size (exceptions may be made, but are not guaranteed, for medical or children's needs).
Entry
Entrances 2 and 3 open at 12:00pm, 60 minutes before the event start time of 1:00pm. In order to ensure efficient entry into the building, we encourage you to arrive early and come prepared for the security screening process.
Facility Entrance Diagram
Elevator Access
An elevator is available in lobby 2.
Screening & Prohibited Items
For your safety, all guests entering the Arena are subject to a metal-detector screening, visual inspection, and bag inspection conducted by Arena security personnel. Refusal to agree to the search may result in non-admittance. Prohibited items include anything that can be deemed a threat to public safety regardless of permit. In the event that prohibited items are revealed during a search, guests may either return the item to their vehicle or the item will be surrendered. Surrendered items will be disposed of and not returned.
In order to keep guests safe and reduce unnecessary touchpoints, the following items are prohibited:
- Weapons of any kind or items that could be used as a weapon (Leatherman, knives, brass knuckles, metal chains, sharp metal objects, pepper sprays, bullets, etc.)
- Bags larger than 12" X 12" X 8". Non-clear bags, opaque purses, fanny-sacks, or backpacks allowed, regardless of size (exceptions may be made, but are not guaranteed, for medical or children's needs).
- Fireworks / Pyrotechnics of any kind
- Laser pointers, glow sticks, or flashbulbs
- iPads, Google Glass, Selfie-sticks, Laptops, Drones, Video/Audio Recorders
- Outside food & beverage including empty water bottles (cans, bottles, coolers, alcohol, etc.)
- Artificial noise-makers (such as air horns, cowbells, etc.)
- Wrapped packages
- Objects that can be used as projectiles
- Unapproved pamphlets, handouts, signs, banners, etc.
- Animals (Exception: recognized service animals under titles II and III of the ADA)
- Unauthorized chemicals
- Beach Balls, Skateboards, roller blades, roller shoes
- Any and all items/controlled substances that are illegal at the city, county, State, and/or Federal level or deemed suspicious due to quantity or uniqueness
- Any other item deemed by security to be inappropriate for the event or a threat to public safety
*These items will not be checked or allowed into the building so please leave them home or in your car.
Assumption of Risk
- Event organizers do not assume liability. By entering the Arena, you agree to adhere to all Boise State University policies and assume full liability and risk incurred before, during, and after the event.
Tickets
This is a general admission, non-ticketed event.