Thursday Night Alters Parking Procedures For Texas Game

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team will face Texas under the lights on a Thursday night (Sept. 28) ESPN national broadcast.

Thursday night games are an excellent opportunity to showcase Iowa State to a national audience, but it also impacts normal home game parking protocol because of the mid-week time slot.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on Sept. 28, and fans will be allowed to begin parking in most lots, including all Cyclone Club donor lots, at 1 p.m.

Single Game Parking

Grass lots -- Single-game parking in lots G-2, G-3, G-4 and G-5 will be open at 1 p.m. on Sept. 28.

Veterinary Medicine -- Single-game parking, including campers and RVs, in parking lots adjacent to the College of Veterinary Medicine south of South 16^th Street will be allowed access to those lots beginning at 3 p.m. on Sept. 28.

Hilton Coliseum -- Single game parking in the lots adjacent to Hilton Coliseum will be extremely limited.

Iowa State Center Lots – Commuter Parking

Patrons, who normally park around the stadium (students, commuters) during the week, should follow the instructions below to help avoid hassles and find the best alternative spot to park.

Students who normally park in the Iowa State Center lots can park in either of these locations on Sept. 28:

Spaces around Hilton Coliseum (C1/C2/B1/B2)—both paved areas and grass
Grass area south of the Towers Residence Halls (Wallace/Wilson)
Parking areas at Brookside Park (near intersection of University Blvd. and 6^th Street)

Traffic staff will be on hand to assist in identifying locations to park.

Please note that roads and parking lots in and around Jack Trice Stadium may become congested after being opened to the public beginning at 1 p.m., Sept. 28.

CyRide Route Information- Alternative Parking for Commuters

Student Parking (Lot G8)- #4 Gray, #9 Plum and #23 Orange will all service that area.

Hilton Coliseum (Lots B1/B2/C1/C2) - #23 ISC Orange will follow the attached map from the start of service until 3:30pm. The #23 Vet Med and the #4 Gray will also be detouring.

Grassy Area South Of The Towers - #6 Brown Route runs from 7:00 a.m.-6:10 p.m. Passengers riding from Towers to campus should use the Wilson Hall time point listed in the Brown North schedule. After 6:00 p.m., passengers traveling from campus back to Towers will need to use the #6A Brown.

The maps for both Brown routes can be found here.

The schedule for all CyRide routes can be found here.

A map of all CyRide routes can be found here.

Jack Trice Stadium Lots – Student Parking

Students who usually park at Jack Trice Stadium (S lots) during the week will be asked to move their cars between Noon-11:59 p.m., on Wednesday (Sept. 27). They will be directed to:

Lot G8, south of South 16^th Street near Vet Med, with overflow parking in lots G4 and G5

Their cars are allowed to remain parked in the alternative lots until Monday morning, or they can return their cars to the stadium lots by 8 a.m. on Friday (Sept. 29).

University Campus Staff Lots

All University staff lots will be open on campus to the public and commuters after 3 p.m., on Sept. 28.

To view a Jack Trice Stadium parking map, click here.