A limited number of tickets for President Obama’s speech on campus Wednesday will be available for U-M students at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Michigan Union Ticket Office.
No tickets will be available for faculty, staff or the general public for the 2:30 p.m. Wednesday event, at which the president will deliver remarks on his proposal to raise the national minimum wage.
Students need to show their U-M student identification, MCard, to receive one ticket to the event. The Union will be closed from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The speech will take place in the gymnasium of the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. at the IM building for students with tickets.
These items will be prohibited from the event:
• All bags (including purses)
• All bottles (including all types of water bottles)
• Containers of any kind (including coolers, thermoses, cups, cans, flasks)
• Aerosol and spray cans
• Umbrellas
• Flags and flagpoles
• Alcoholic beverages
• Food of any kind
• Apparel or signage displaying profane or abusive language
• Video cameras and tripods
• Projectile toys (including footballs, Frisbees and beach balls)
• Weapons
