Monday, August 13, 2007
The football complex construction is causing parking changes for both students and football fans this fall.
A free shuttle for students now will run from the stadium and the Student Recreation Fitness Center to Jayhawk Boulevard because parking is being shifted west of the stadium, farther away from campus. There are three new parking lots in this area, and 1,500 parking spaces have been added to the Park & Ride lot.
Construction on the football complex is causing parking changes for students. Parking is being shifted west of the football stadium. Because parking is being shifted farther from campus a free shuttle for students will run from the stadium and the Student Recreation and Fitness Center to Jayhawk Boulevard.
“Our goal is to replace the parking spaces one for one, and we don’t know if we will make that goal yet,” said Warren Corman, University architect. “But as long as there is enough parking for students, I don’t see a problem.”
The University has allotted $2.5 million to spend on parking and utility during construction of the $30 million complex, and it has already spent $1.5 million to add 300 stalls on the southwest side of the stadium.
“People right now are going to be stressed out, and I’m sure as students start coming back to school we will be receiving more calls,” said Donna Hultine, director of parking and transit. “We will get a much better picture of it all as time goes by.”
Hultine said there were still spaces available in the Mississippi Street garage and in Park and Ride.
As more students begin parking on the west side of the stadium, it is causing problems for the houses and buildings along West Campus Road.
“Normally the sorority girls use the parking lots that are high on the hill, but when those closed we had to walk even farther home,” said Allison Owens, Leawood junior and Gamma Phi Beta member. “We don’t take up too many spots, so I think it will be OK for this year. However, if it is crowded, then we will have nowhere else to park.”
Construction on the football complex won’t be complete until 2008. According to associate athletics director, Jim Marchiony, construction won't take place during football games.
Another change will be during football games, which begin Sept. 1. Hultine said the University has dedicated more parking lots to game day parking, even as far away as the Allen Fieldhouse parking garage, where they will provide a shuttle to bring fans to games.
Corman said things had to move to make improvements.
“When all of this is through, it’s going to be a lot nicer than before, and the practice fields will look much prettier than what was there,” Corman said.
Although construction will not be completed until July 2008, it won’t take place during games, and fences will block the dust, said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director.
“The construction won’t be a distraction during games. It should be motivation for fans to see the progress and emphasis being made on the football team,” Marchiony said.
Ticket holders who have been moved during football games are mainly the Williams Fund Donors who tailgated in the large parking lot on the east side of the stadium. The new tailgating lots being built will be 60 feet wide with only two rows of cars.
“When they are finished, there will be smaller lots with shade and grass, which will be nicer for tailgating than being out in the middle of a huge asphalt jungle,” Corman said.
Hultine said the construction will make for an interesting year.
“It will be challenging, but hopefully people will get used to where they can park, and we are trying to educate people about the available spaces,” Hultine said.
— Edited by Dianne Smith
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