Football Parking Selection
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My turn is tomorrow morning at 10:15. Anyone recently (today, Thursday afternoon) select? What did you have to choose from?
The net gain did not result from adding Vet Med to donor sections in the plan from what I read/saw. I believe they added Vet med because of the sections being under construction. Whether those remain donor or not after construction, I guess is yet to be seen. It wasnt a net gain of donor spots, but of total spots, so Vet med etc were always included in the number, before and after, just not as donor spots.
That being said all the D lots were reserved for RVs in years past and those add a huge number of car parking in that general area. Everything that will be lost down the center was more than replaced in the D lots. Keeping in mind half the area under construction will return to parking spots, because the buildings wont take up that entire footprint. Just while construction is happening.
The area around Hilton etc were always there, just were not donor lots, and probably not filled to the level they are now being paved.
I am not happy that several lots are going to be closed for the season, as I thought originally they expected to not have as much closed during the season, which is possibly why Vet med was added as a donor lot. I also dont like how they renumbered the lots to combine the small lots along Center drive with the large lots next to them.
Overall, we are going to have to put up with some growing pains, and when it is all said and done it will be a huge benefit for the AD. And most of us will continue to be able to park and tailgate just like we always have. We are extremely spoiled by our available parking close to the stadium, and the tailgating it provides, VERY FEW schools around the country have that luxury. And overall everyone will be close to their old location, I have yet to see anyone say they had to move a long way, even with some lots closed and when those open back up it will be even less of an impact.
I ran numbers a year ago and recall that it came out around 60/hour for 7 hours.
There are currently about 800 slots south of Hilton, so those will likely run out by Tuesday if the pace is the same.
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One business day later, there are 462 spots south of hilton plus all the G6 slots were picked too. So about 400 slots were picked on Friday. South of Hilton will likely be gone early Tuesday and C1/C2 by Wednesday afternoon. Anyone picking Friday or later will likely be getting vetmed
This remains to be seen and I'm going to need to see it to believe it. The drive lanes are going to have to be enforced this year because of the lack of every aisle having an entrance from the main feeders. Tailgating is going to be significantly different from what it has been in the past.
My guess is they maintained parking by squeezing more vehicles into the same amount of space and getting rid of tent, table, etc. space but we won't know that until the parking layout actually gets painted.
And for what it's worth those people will have every reason to be mad as hell.
It's long overdue to enforce driving lanes. I get spreading out and all but sheesh.
100% agree. We'll see what athletics thought of it. I dont have the measurements but if they threw together a Target parking lot designed to maximize parking spots people are rightly going to be angry. If they took a Target parking lot and added a 10' driving lane down the middle of each row that's a different story.
Yes. We need more than a standard spot. Give room for a truck and a tent behind it.
My understanding the donor level and points control the pick time not the location for football. So when your turn comes pick whatever you consider is best available. RV lots and S lots are exempt. For basketball you are limited to location based on donor level.
I’m #309 out of 1250 in Cardinal and my time is tomorrow at noon so I’m guessing they will start today.
The initial CYTown phase renderings show all parking going to perpendicular vs. the current angled spots. Similar to Target parking. And looking at the dimensions on the phase renderings compared to a quick Google Earth measurement of the Target parking lot in Ames show the new CYTown parking will most likely be almost identical to Target parking.
There are 450 3s left. So add in a little over 500 c1/2s and you need to be at the end of cardinal to miss out if it starts this morning.
They haven't done any work to C3 and C4 except cut off the East entrances. The two lots are still separate, but put together for selection. I doubt much else will change (lack of time) before football season. This was as of yesterday when I stopped.