[crackpot]

was anyone else surprised that the dirt lot (lot #2) behind maples rear parking (lot #1, past the aquatic center) was blocked off for this game.

i sure was. galvez parking wasn't open. i asked the 2 officers i saw in track field parking (also full) and they said lot 2 was closed for an event next weekend. they suggested parking on palm drive. i ended up parking by bing concert hall. 

i wrote mike stryker, head of tickets and asked him to pass on to the parking folks that maybe they could open galvez parking &/or warn us in advance. mike forwarded me the reply from the head of parking:   lot 2 was not closed, galvez lot is open only if we request it for busy games (he didn't specify who "we" might be) and i should have parked in the gsb structure.

i was surprised and disappointed the parking folks were so defensive and unhelpful.

I got there early and parked in the Track Lot, due to seeing the signs before the Louisville game announcing Feb 1-7 prohibiting parking in the Varsity Lot. I decided to head back to my car via the Varsity Lot on Sunday, and it looked like many people had parked there.

In any case, communication for both games was terrible. Since public parking is not free until 4 p.m., having a 5 p.m. tip-off doesn't give you a ton of wiggle room. I had expected some sort of either leniency on Thursday, or at the very least a reminder re: Thursday's game and some sort of notification about Sundays.

And don't even get me started on the post-game mess trying to get out of the parking lots. There aren't enough people attending the games to explain why it takes nearly 30 minutes to get off campus. Am I misremembering that this used to be easier pre-COVID?

9 times out of 10, the exit to ECR from the Varsity Lot is closed, forcing everyone there to Galvez.

[crackpot]

was anyone else surprised that the dirt lot (lot #2) behind maples rear parking (lot #1, past the aquatic center) was blocked off for this game.

i sure was. galvez parking wasn't open. i asked the 2 officers i saw in track field parking (also full) and they said lot 2 was closed for an event next weekend. they suggested parking on palm drive. i ended up parking by bing concert hall. 

i wrote mike stryker, head of tickets and asked him to pass on to the parking folks that maybe they could open galvez parking &/or warn us in advance. mike forwarded me the reply from the head of parking:   lot 2 was not closed, galvez lot is open only if we request it for busy games (he didn't specify who "we" might be) and i should have parked in the gsb structure.

i was surprised and disappointed the parking folks were so defensive and unhelpful.

I got there early and parked in the Track Lot, due to seeing the signs before the Louisville game announcing Feb 1-7 prohibiting parking in the Varsity Lot. I decided to head back to my car via the Varsity Lot on Sunday, and it looked like many people had parked there.

In any case, communication for both games was terrible. Since public parking is not free until 4 p.m., having a 5 p.m. tip-off doesn't give you a ton of wiggle room. I had expected some sort of either leniency on Thursday, or at the very least a reminder re: Thursday's game and some sort of notification about Sundays.

And don't even get me started on the post-game mess trying to get out of the parking lots. There aren't enough people attending the games to explain why it takes nearly 30 minutes to get off campus. Am I misremembering that this used to be easier pre-COVID?

9 times out of 10, the exit to ECR from the Varsity Lot is closed, forcing everyone there to Galvez.