Game Day Procedures
Seating for Orange Krush members includes approximately 650 floor seats, and approximately 600 Upper Deck seats. All seats are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, with All-American members being admitted first, then followed by Varsity and Scout members. To gain entry to a game, a member must wait in line outside Assembly Hall prior to doors opening. Because of the desire to gain front row seats, the first All-American members often arrive several hours early. The first All-American members arrived in line outside Assembly Hall 40 hours prior to tip-off for the Fighting Illini's meeting with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on December 5, 2004 as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. After everyone is seated, then the theme song of Orange Krush, which changes year to year, is played. However, Kernkraft 400 has become a tradition with the Orange Krush and is played before every home game.
| Year | Song Artist | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 | Zombie Nation | Kernkraft 400 |
| 2005–2006 | Nelly | Heart of a Champion |
| 2006–2007 | Young Joc | It's Goin' Down |
| 2007–2008 | DJ Khaled feat. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne | We Takin' Over |
| 2008–2009 | Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne/Zombie Nation | Let It Rock/Kernkraft 400 (custom mix) |
| 2009–2010 | Fabolous feat. Jeremih/Zombie Nation | My Time (Fabolous song)/Kernkraft 400 (custom mix) |
| 2010–2011 | DJ Khaled feat. Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, & T-Pain/Zombie Nation | All I Do is Win/Kernkraft 400 (custom mix) |
To ensure that members are staying in line during these long waits, a series of "line-checks" are performed randomly by the Orange Krush administration. Each member, upon entering the line, is issued a numbered card indicating their place in line, and if they are absent for a line check, that member is considered out of line, and must go to the end of the line.
For the 2005-06 season, with Orange Krush membership swelling to more than 1,200 students (more than double the membership from the 2003-04 season), the Orange Krush Board instituted a new line, known as the VIP line. Each member of the Orange Krush is assigned one game a season in which they are a "VIP." This system was adopted to ensure that every member be given an opportunity to have floor seats for at least one home game. The VIP line enters after a certain number of All-Americans have entered, so the VIPs fill the last remaining floor seats. That is, if there are 100 people in the VIP line, the first 550 All-Americans will be admitted first, followed by the VIP line to fill the 650 total floor seats.
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