FAU on the verge of getting a $70M stadium

[Dave Gray]

^ She's right.  It's pretty bad.

When I went there, my Mom was still a teacher, so I had a teacher's decal and I was still late for class all the time.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I don't think the bus idea works so great.  I think that you need to make the game an impulse decision, too. 

My only experience and antidocial evidence with this suggests otherwise.

A friend of mine was part of the group who organized the bus rides to the home hockey games (20 mins away).  They would advertise the bus (what time, where to meet). They had a hard time predicting if they needed 1 or 2 buses.  If they ordered one bus -- 50 people would show up, if they order 2, 15 people. So they changed the policy to you must buy a ticket  in advance for $2 and you got the money back when you got on the bus.   So it was still free.  It only cost money if you signed up and didn't go. Within 2 games of the new policy.they were needing 7-8 buses per game.  With less than 5% no shows.  Once someone dropped the $2 folks were committed to going and went, instead of..."I will see that night."  Games had better attendance than any other sport on campus and all the rest you could walk to.  

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

you get there at 7:45 and the spot you get is a 20 minute walk to the building and you're late for class.

Then get there at 7:40.  My point being is odds are parking is probably the lightest for the first class of the day and then just gets worse all day long.  So might as well sign up for the first class of the day instead of the second or third being you still need to get to school in time for the first class anyhow. 

[SportsChick]

Problem with that, for me, is my major. TONS of people take the early business classes and then head to work. It's probably the most crowded time of day. Night classes are actually easier to find parking for

[Dave Gray]

I've heard that this is a done deal.  ...the papers were signed today.  Ground breaking is in October.

[Phishfan]

Parking has been a mess to begin with, they need more spaces not less. I'm not looking forward to being back there in the spring where you need to be there almost 2 hours prior to class to find parking

Welcome to college life. I don't think you will find a campus in America where there isn't a parking issue.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Welcome to college life. I don't think you will find a campus in America where there isn't a parking issue.

Thats not true.  You won't find a campus located inside a city where parking isn't an issue.  You will find plenty of colleges that were built in the middle of nowhere, in which parking is not an issue at all (other than maybe needing to walk).

I have attended or lived near about a dozen schools.  Some had horrible parking, some it wasn't an issue at all.

Case in point UMass-Amherst where I attended grad school for a while.  I never had a hard time finding a parking space, in fact the lot I parked in was never more than 3/4th full.  Not once.  Being I had an 8 am class at got to school around 7:30 it was typically less than 5% full.  Granted I did have to walk 15 mins to get to class.  But that was by choice.  I parked in the red lot ($10 per semester parking fee).  To get to class I walked thru the blue lot ($20 per semester) never once was that more than 3/4 full, then thru the green lot ($50 per semester) also never more than 3/4 full and then finally the gold lot ($100 per semester) which surrounded my classroom building and each parking space was numbered and assigned. Keep in mind the 3/4th full was at the height of the day (going home) when I walked thru them in the morning they were practically empty.

CCRI - Parking was easier than at the grocery store.

[Phishfan]

Thats not true.  You won't find a campus located inside a city where parking isn't an issue.  You will find plenty of colleges that were built in the middle of nowhere, in which parking is not an issue at all (other than maybe needing to walk).

Isn't that an issue? I don't know anyone who thinks finding a parking spot that involves a 15 minute hike is a non-issue.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Isn't that an issue? I don't know anyone who thinks finding a parking spot that involves a 15 minute hike is a non-issue.

For a healthy person in his 20s that had a 2 mile walk to high school only a few years prior a 15 min walk is a non-issue.  Particularly when it is the first time in his life had regular access to a car so was use to transporting himself by foot or bike.  And I could have hopped on the campus shuttle instead if I was a fat lazy ass.   I had further walks from one classroom to another or from the dorm to a classroom on other campuses, granted there too I could have hopped on the campus shuttle if I was fat lazy ass.  And in fact I had further walks in my life from parking at work in a city than I did at UMass. 

And I have been on campus with much closer parking.  Plus I could have parked at UMASS next to the building if I wanted to.  I just didn't think it was worth the money.

In my opinion if you are in your 20s and consider a 15 min walk an issue, you are a fat lazy ass.

[Phishfan]

Mass also isn't in the mid-90's with 65% humidity either. I'm not sure how much different it is around the FAU campus, but in my area of sunny FL you break a sweat while standing in the shower.

Anyway, as I said welcome to college life. I don't think walking is a major problem either. I did my share. It is expected. That was the gist of my point.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Mass also isn't in the mid-90's with 65% hunidity either. I'm not sure how much different it is around the FAU campus, but in my area of sunny FL you break a sweat while standing in the shower.

No, but it can get down to the negative teens with wind chill down to the negative 30s in which you have to slow down to avoid slipping on the ice and needing to climb over snow banks.   Believe me you try to get inside in a hurry on days like that. 

[jtex316]

FAU is building more dorms and parking lots, next to Palm Beach State - Boca college. They are really pouring money into the university and it's slowly but surely going away from a "commuter" school to an actual traditional university. It also got approved for an M.D. program earlier this year, so that should bring in another level of student diversity next school year.

If the stadium is on campus, I will go to games and support my university of choice next season! Go Owls! Hoot Hoot Hoot!

[Dave Gray]

I'd also like to go see some games on campus.  I'll be fun.

[SportsChick]

they're taking away parking for what they're building there Joe, unless it changed since the end of summer term