Details announced for ceremony honoring Pat Summitt


              Workers replace a banner honoring the late Pat Summitt, former women's basketball coach at Tennessee, on Monday, July 11, 2016, in Knoxville, Tenn. The original banner was damaged during a recent storm. A celebration of life program honoring Summitt is scheduled to be held at the university's basketball arena Thursday, July 14. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Workers replace a banner honoring the late Pat Summitt, former women's basketball coach at Tennessee, on Monday, July 11, 2016, in Knoxville, Tenn. The original banner was damaged during a recent storm. A celebration of life program honoring Summitt is scheduled to be held at the university's basketball arena Thursday, July 14. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Anyone planning to attend the Pat Summitt "Celebration of Life" ceremony Thursday at Thompson-Boling Arena should arrive well ahead of time.

Although the ceremony honoring Tennessee's former women's basketball coach won't start until 7 p.m., doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Fans should be seated with cellphones silenced by 6:30 p.m.

Flash photography of any kind is prohibited. The use of professional-type cameras or live video streaming by spectators also is prohibited.

If there are more spectators than the arena can hold, fans will be seated first come, first served. The overflow will go to the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building.

The event will be streamed live on http://www.utsports.com and http://www.patsummitt.org . Additional information is available on http://www.utsports.com/summittcelebration .

Summitt died June 28 at the age of 64.

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