A highly anticipated college football season opener between North Carolina State and Virginia has been relocated from its planned international venue back to the United States.
The two Atlantic Coast Conference universities revealed Wednesday that their matchup will now take place August 29 in Charlottesville, Va., instead of the originally planned location in Brazil.
The game had been promoted as the inaugural college football contest to be staged in South America and was initially set for Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Officials made the venue change following what they described as an “extensive review with the operational partners and international stakeholders” connected to the event, according to their announcement.
“This change follows communication from Athlete Advantage, which informed the ACC and participating schools that the event could not be conducted,” the statement explained.
Those who bought tickets or travel arrangements for the Brazil game will be issued full refunds.
