Jacksonville welcomes Florida-Georgia fans ahead of Saturday’s matchup

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Fewer seats astatine this year's Florida-Georgia game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kick-off for the Florida-Georgia crippled isn’t until Saturday but hard-core fans are already lining up astir the stadium getting, acceptable for the parking batch known arsenic RV City to unfastened connected Tuesday.

Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams talked Monday astir the city’s plans to big the fans and the crippled -- and support everyone safe. In summation to football, they’ll beryllium a concert, a shot game.

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Fans told News4Jax they’re expecting it to beryllium somewhat antithetic this year, aft the lawsuit was scaled backmost past twelvemonth during the pandemic. Parking spaces for RV City had been sold retired for months.

“It’s wholly antithetic than successful the past. A antithetic feeling altogether,” Georgia instrumentality Eddie Freeman said. “I’m disappointed that they chopped RV metropolis successful half, truthful it volition beryllium antithetic this year. We are going to person a bully clip regardless.”

Fans arriving successful 2 to headlines of aggregate shootings implicit the play said they weren’t concerned.

“We effort to support our noses successful the close spot and we are not worried,” 1 said.

The large things that metropolis wants you to cognize astir regarding Saturday’s game: Get determination aboriginal for the game. Parking tons to unfastened astatine 8 a.m. for a 3 p.m. kickoff, but determination are each types of peculiar events going connected each day.