Vanderbilt evacuates stadium ahead of Week 0 matchup with Hawaii

Vanderbilt’s Week 0 matchup against Hawaii will be played under the careful watch of a few excavator cranes.

And despite a storm system entering the area causing the stadium to be evacuated, the scoreboard is currently being held up by a few of those cranes. As for the storm, no announcement has been made on the game’s kickoff time of 7:30 p.m. ET.

Lightning has been detected within an 8-mile radius of FirstBank Stadium. The stadium has currently been evacuated.

We encourage fans to exercise safety and seek shelter. We will provide updates as they become available.

— Vanderbilt Athletics (@vucommodores) August 26, 2023

It’s probably been lowered by now, but this seems incredibly safe and not at all sketchy seemingly minutes away from some high winds. Even when the game eventually starts, this is certainly a look:

Looks like Vanderbilt just made an adjustment to the scoreboard, was blowing in the wind a little bit but was brought down and isn’t moving as much now.

Also some intimidating storm clouds in the distance. pic.twitter.com/h2BWZrOvWL

— Joey Dwyer (@joey_dwy) August 26, 2023

Wind moving the temporary scoreboard and speakers at Vanderbilt: pic.twitter.com/I1g6fmOGii

— Teresa Walker ? (@TeresaMWalker) August 26, 2023

The Commodores are looking to sweep their home-and-home series against Hawaii after a dominant win over the Rainbow Warriors to kick off the 2022 season.

SEC football is back very soon.

Ethan Stone

Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.