Huskers Set to Play in $1 Million Spikes Under the Lights Exhibition at AT&T Stadium
Sports Illustrated • • sports
Key Points:
- Nebraska will participate in the inaugural Spikes Under the Lights volleyball event on August 27 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, competing alongside SMU, Florida, and Penn State for a $1 million prize pool distributed via NIL.
- The event features two semifinal matches and a championship final, all best-of-three sets, with each school guaranteed $200,000 and the winner receiving an additional $200,000.
- The exhibition match aims to showcase the growth of women's volleyball and could draw one of the largest crowds ever for a college volleyball match, with AT&T Stadium's capacity expandable to 100,000.
- Nebraska’s volleyball season will also include a Red-White exhibition on August 15 at the renovated John Cook Arena and a busy early schedule with matches against Texas, South Dakota State, DePaul, Missouri, Baylor, New Mexico, and Creighton.
- The three-hour event will be broadcast in primetime on a major national network, with ticket sales starting May 4 for suite holders and May 8 for the public.
