RV lots torn asunder
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You don't need a pass to bring an RV. The general grass lots have plenty each game.
If this is really true, it's total BS, and Pollard should be ashamed IMO.
I totally understand if the demand is there, you tell the current RV pass holders that they have to up their donation if they still want to get in, but to not notify them at all and just say you're out and you don't get a chance to up your donation.... that is just wrong on every level.
This is the problem every program wants, however, you don't just throw out the ones that have been here all this time through good and bad and not at least allow them to give more to stay in their spot.
I totally understand if the demand is there, you tell the current RV pass holders that they have to up their donation if they still want to get in, but to not notify them at all and just say you're out and you don't get a chance to up your donation.... that is just wrong on every level.
This is the problem every program wants, however, you don't just throw out the ones that have been here all this time through good and bad and not at least allow them to give more to stay in their spot.
Pretty sure people have already said something was sent out last winter that mentioned it was a possibility of getting removed from that parking lot unless you upped your donation to $2500.
The difference between a 1k and 2.5k donor is not 1500 dollars if they have been donating for awhile. If they have both been donating for a decade or more the difference is at least 15,000 dollars.
Jamie giving the 1k donors a chance to up their donation to 2.5k to keep the pass wouldn't make up a five figure difference and is probably why he didn't even bother giving them the chance to keep it with a higher donation.
Jamie giving the 1k donors a chance to up their donation to 2.5k to keep the pass wouldn't make up a five figure difference and is probably why he didn't even bother giving them the chance to keep it with a higher donation.
We can't have it both ways, continued success on the field, and then low ticket and parking prices. ISU tickets and parking are some of the lowest in the conference. So are contributions and what you get from them.
Currently you can purchase a ticket in the Sokup South endzone for a donation of $1000, which allows you to purchase 4 tickets at $750 a piece. At Iowa that donation level would allow you to purchase one ticket. If you wanted four, the donation would be 4 grand, and then the price of the tickets.
We need more parking, the university needs to convert the intermural fields on the East side of University St. into paved parking lots. The city of Ames could also allow parking on the sidewalk and green space west of the stadium when the weather allows. You could park a lot of cars on the east side of the street west of the stadium.
The price of success is measured in $$$$, we have been lucky before, but we also sucked at football. Time to stop complaining and pony up. Go cyclones, I cannot wait for the season to arrive.
Currently you can purchase a ticket in the Sokup South endzone for a donation of $1000, which allows you to purchase 4 tickets at $750 a piece. At Iowa that donation level would allow you to purchase one ticket. If you wanted four, the donation would be 4 grand, and then the price of the tickets.
We need more parking, the university needs to convert the intermural fields on the East side of University St. into paved parking lots. The city of Ames could also allow parking on the sidewalk and green space west of the stadium when the weather allows. You could park a lot of cars on the east side of the street west of the stadium.
The price of success is measured in $$$$, we have been lucky before, but we also sucked at football. Time to stop complaining and pony up. Go cyclones, I cannot wait for the season to arrive.
I agree. One thing that we all have to weigh is that in general fewer people are attending major college football games. JTS is awesome, and I have been attending since the very first game in 1975, but HDTV and such do make it "easier" to stay home.
If that giant new paved lot ever becomes a reality, the folks who get to park there will probably be asked to pay a premium for that location.
Supply and demand will determine a lot.
I believe it was suppose to be for the RV parking. Electric hookups and permanent bathrooms over there. That would open up the D lots for car parking
None of these things are going to happen. Especially not point #1. The $10 million rec field renovation starts in a few weeks.
That's right.
So where else can additional parking be located? I know there are some practice fields south of G7. I can't imagine giving that area up for parking. I am surprised that the University has not made a deal with the owners of Kmart so that fees can be charged to park there in exchange for cleanup fees. Maybe a current public grass lot gets paved for more donor parking? Maybe more of the public will be encouraged to park in lots on the north side of campus. Migh kill some atmosphere, but open up more paved spots close to stadium for donors/RVs.
I have been an RV lot pass holder for a least the last 7-8 years. I only donate at the $1000 level and won't be upping my donation just to be in those lots. I understand money drives college sports, and understand the change. It was nice not having to deal with game day traffic and come in Friday and leave Sunday.
The RV people do a real good job of policing themselves and working with the parking attendants. For the most part, they work with their neighbors better than any lots I have been in. I will miss that.
But I can take a great vacation on the extra $1500 and still enjoy a great game day atmosphere tailgating in another lot. Also, not being tax deductable affected the choice.
I agree that we have it great for parking and ticket prices. Extremely below market value for season passes. But that is what helps keep people coming to games. A lot of places price half there fans out of the ability to attend more that one game a season.
I hope JP ( and the fans) keep this in mind as success continues. There is always ways to make it better, just don't forget the small people along the way. Without them, you lose the excitement and atmosphere.
The RV people do a real good job of policing themselves and working with the parking attendants. For the most part, they work with their neighbors better than any lots I have been in. I will miss that.
But I can take a great vacation on the extra $1500 and still enjoy a great game day atmosphere tailgating in another lot. Also, not being tax deductable affected the choice.
I agree that we have it great for parking and ticket prices. Extremely below market value for season passes. But that is what helps keep people coming to games. A lot of places price half there fans out of the ability to attend more that one game a season.
I hope JP ( and the fans) keep this in mind as success continues. There is always ways to make it better, just don't forget the small people along the way. Without them, you lose the excitement and atmosphere.
Few things:
1. I believe Iowa State has a green space requirement to meet as a land grant school. It isn't just as easy as paving some fields. There's politics BS.
2. I don't think people understand how expensive of a project that's going to be and that it will never pay for itself.
3. The parking on the renovated intramural fields COULD be made into a paved lot with RV hookups.
1. I believe Iowa State has a green space requirement to meet as a land grant school. It isn't just as easy as paving some fields. There's politics BS.
2. I don't think people understand how expensive of a project that's going to be and that it will never pay for itself.
3. The parking on the renovated intramural fields COULD be made into a paved lot with RV hookups.
That's what I have been saying. PRIME parking space just across from the stadium. Scrape off the grass and lay down some beautiful asphalt. Do it now.
This is what I think will happen if anything. They could hard surface 1/3 of what is there and leave the rest.
When I sent an email last year inquiring about this. They made it sound that the RV space wouldnt increase all that much which leads me to believe that the current RV lots would become regular parking.
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Did the Athletic Department have any say in the Reiman Gardens expansion that took away those prime parking spots?
There is the land grant issue but I feel like the school uses that as a crutch. There has to be ways to get around it for even just the school portion of that discussion.
This project will not only pay for itself directly but there will be a lot of indirect costs. As tv gets better we need to increase the quality of attendance to maintain our attendance levels.
If they turn the intramural fields into an RV lot they would want to make it more park like. They aren't going to just asphalt over the whole area so you might gain 25% more parking unless they took over the entire area. Here is the current RV parking laid over the fields. Spread that out with some green space and trees and you really don't gain much RV parking. You would gain quite a bit more car parking in the D lots.
