Friday, November 21, 2008
Cody Daniels was so excited for last year’s Border Showdown against the Missouri Tigers that he and his friends jumped in their RV and headed to Arrowhead Stadium more than six hours before kickoff. But Daniels, Shawnee freshman, and his friends couldn’t get into the stadium’s parking lot for more than two hours as they sat in standstill traffic on Interstate 435.
“It was very frustrating,” Daniels said. “It was a big mess. We were real surprised, because we figured we were going to beat the crowd. It was a pain in the butt, because we had to park way in the back and it took probably 10 or 15 minutes to walk from where we were parked to get to the stadium.”
MAP COURTESY OF KU ATHLETICS
For the Nov. 29 Border Showdown game, Kansas fans will be directed to parking lots to the west of Arrowhead stadium (shown above in blue). Missouri fans will park to the east of the stadium (shown in yellow). Arrowhead officials expect this change to help fans get into the parking lots more efficiently than they did last year.
To help fix the problem, Arrowhead Stadium has formed a new parking procedure for this year’s game that they hope will alleviate last year’s parking lot mess. They have assigned all parking lots on the west side of Arrowhead Stadium for Kansas fans and parking lots to the east of the stadium to Missouri fans.
The new plan should help fans avoid the lines on both I-435 and I-70 that stretched as long as five miles and forced fans from both teams to wait as long as three hours to get into the parking lot last year.
“Arrowhead has worked with the schools to formulate a parking plan that should help Kansas fans and Missouri fans get into the parking lot quicker,” Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said. “It should also help get them into the stadium quicker and easier once they get there as well.”
Parking lots will open five hours prior to kickoff, meaning that those attending the 11:30 a.m. game can start tailgating at 6:30 a.m. Either way, the new lots should allow fans of each team to tailgate together and have a better time leading up to kickoff.
“It will probably help,” Daniels said. “But people from the opposite team will go and venture into the other parking lot and they are just going to get manhandled.”
Arrowhead officials recommend carpooling to the Nov. 29 game and arriving early to avoid missing any of the game, because police will pat down each person entering the stadium.
— — Edited by Becka Cremer
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New procedure should shorten tailgate wait at Arrowhead
As Coach, I'm asking all you to stay home. It would be in our best interest if you protected your virgin-eyes from the viciousness of our loss this Saturday.
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