{"id":141040,"date":"2026-02-02T20:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141040\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:08:06","slug":"weather-conditions-cancel-first-universal-knights-ticket-distribution-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141040\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather conditions cancel first Universal Knights ticket distribution | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Weather conditions cancel the first Universal Knights ticket distribution\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1197\" height=\"1195\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>UCF Student Government canceled the first date of ticket distribution for Universal Knights on Sunday, due to the weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    Courtesy of UCF Student Government <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">UCF Student Government announced in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUOc7FkEWsn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday that it would cancel the first of four ticket distribution dates for the annual \u201cUniversal Knights\u201d event due to &#8220;weather conditions and student safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The distribution was scheduled to start at 9 p.m. on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Central Florida was issued an extreme cold and freeze warning by the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ045&amp;warncounty=FLC095&amp;firewxzone=FLZ045&amp;local_place1=Orlando%20FL&amp;product1=Extreme+Cold+Warning&amp;lat=28.5047&amp;lon=-81.3742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Weather Service in Melbourne<\/a>, which lasted from 7 p.m. on Feb. 1 to 10 a.m. on Feb.\u00a02. Temperatures as low as 22 to 27 degrees were expected, along with wind chill temperatures as low as 14 to 20 degrees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com\/news\/student-government-announces-universal-knights-set-for-second-consecutive-february\/article_bdfde31c-8522-4ab4-b739-88f26387f1d7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Universal Knights<\/a> is an annual event held every spring semester by the Student Government, where Universal Orlando Resort\u2019s Islands of Adventure is reserved exclusively for UCF students. This year&#8217;s event is scheduled to take place from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The post said that there would be a different distribution date. Student Government announced earlier for this year\u2019s event that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT_ryB2DD2L\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">four ticket distribution times<\/a> were being offered, rather than five, as it offered in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The three other distribution dates \u2014\u00a0Feb. 3 at 9 a.m., Feb. 9 at 9 p.m. and Feb 11. at 9 a.m.\u00a0\u2014 are still scheduled to occur on-time. The distributions will take place at the Addition Financial Arena. Tickets are handed out on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If students are unable to make any of the distribution dates or times, UCF Student Government is providing a lottery from Feb. 9 to Feb. 11, with more details on lottery entry to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF Student Government canceled the first date of ticket distribution for Universal Knights on Sunday, due to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,141,140,22849],"class_list":{"0":"post-141040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news","12":"tag-student_government"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}