Grass Lots Closed yet again for the Kansas Game
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I think it has reached the point now where Pollard is just trolling us to get the new paved lots approved and done quicker.
was just going to say this.
its a ploy to prove to the people in charge that we need that project.
There's no point in doing this for the last damn game. What are you saving them for? Next year when it rains every ******* day because that's our new reality?
I can't make the game, so this doesn't really effect me, but this is pointless unless Pollard is just trying to force the paving project.
I can't make the game, so this doesn't really effect me, but this is pointless unless Pollard is just trying to force the paving project.
I knew Pollard was pretty good but never knew he could control the weather.
To avoid a muddy mess with vehicles getting stuck, tearing up the grass and spending thousands of dollars to repair, when there is an alternative available. I don't like it but understand the why.
Would be different if the ground was frozen.
Was going to post a thread about this myself, but since we got around .5" of rain in Ames, I figured it was a foregone conclusion.
I feel like that part of the new P&L type project needs to be fast tracked. Where a lot of that project is going to be developer funded, the lots and the pedestrian bridge is likely going to be university funded. Obviously, that is the first part of the project anyway, as there would need to be a place to put all of the people displaced by the construction. ISU has lost a lot of money this year on parking fees. If I were Pollard, I would do everything possible to get those lots paved this summer and start capturing that money again. The pedestrian bridge and all of the development could start in spring 2021 or later, but they need to get that parking under control ASAP.
Exactly. They're not going to walk away from the revenue that paid parking generates if it weren't a huge PITA to deal with the mess.
Besides, having spent all that time in VetMed I've grown to like it. It's not quite as roomy but overall it's just fine.
Tailgating conditions have been worse than last year, and that's saying something.
They've had to have really been hurt this year. We've missed what ~ 5 days of parking. I'd estimate maybe 5,000 cars @ $20 each. So around a half million dollars. That would buy a decent parking lot or two.
They are already working on the ground east of the stadium, what is going in there?
Let's be honest here, the rain from last night had no bearing on if the lots would be open or not .
Yeah a number of people were getting stuck in G7 before the OSU game.
Don’t want that same issue with colder weather this go around
My understanding is they are upgrading the intramural fields. But that also has me confused by the new plans. Wouldn't those fields be included in the new parking lots/RV parking? If that is the case, why spend the money upgrading intramural fields just to have them torn out shortly afterwards?
I think the new parking will be east of those fields but I could be wrong. I bet they wish they had never started the intramural field upgrades now (assuming the new plan gets funded).
And in the same gameway message about parking is this:
DRINKING FOUNTAINS TURNED OFF
Due to the colder weather, the water fountains have been turned off inside Jack Trice Stadium. So fans wanting to bring in their reusable water bottle, will not be able to fill them up inside.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS TURNED OFF
Due to the colder weather, the water fountains have been turned off inside Jack Trice Stadium. So fans wanting to bring in their reusable water bottle, will not be able to fill them up inside.
Indeed. Just close them after October and let the alumni ensure there is a lot of wailing until the paving begins.
