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Helpful Tips

Dear Ticket Holder,

We hope you are looking forward to your upcoming visit to Wharton Center to see The Bodyguard. Here are some tips to make your visit more enjoyable:

Parking Fee and Traffic Alert

Due to the 3:30pm MSU football game, plan for minor detours and increased traffic and congestion on campus and around East Lansing. Shaw Lane and Service Road will be the best cross campus routes to Wharton Center. Suggested travel routes to Wharton Center is:

  • Grand River Avenue to south bound Bogue Street to east bound Shaw lane. Wharton Parking will be the first right on east Shaw Lane.
  • Trowbridge Road exit, right onto south bound Harrison Road, left onto east bound Service Road, left onto north bound Bogue Street, right onto east bound Wilson Road. Wharton Parking is on your left.

Parking will be available at the Wharton Center Ramp (MSU Ramp #3). Parking fee is $20.00 CASH ONLY. The MSU Police Department will begin to collect $20 at the Wharton Ramp for 3:30pm, 7:30pm and 8pm Home Football game days. All campus parking areas will be subject to this $20.00 parking fee.


Event Details

The Bodyguard

  • Check your tickets or email confirmation to make sure you are arriving on the correct date and time.
  • Doors to the theater will open 30 minutes prior to the performance.
  • Run time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes, including intermission.
  • Contains adult language and subject matter; recommended for ages 13+.
  • Preview the program
  • If you are picking tickets up at Will Call please allow extra time.
  • If you arrive early please visit Wharton Gifts or our refreshment stands, which open one hour prior to the performance.
  • Deborah Cox is not scheduled to perform at the Saturday matinee and Sunday evening performances.

The use of cell phones inside the Cobb Great Hall is strictly prohibited. We welcome photos in our lobby areas only.

Please contact us at (517) 432-2000 with any questions about this event. We look forward to seeing you at Wharton Center for Performing Arts.

Please contact the MSU Police Department with any questions about event parking at (517) 355-2221.

MSU is a tobacco free campus.

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