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YSU Penguin Athletics => YSU Penguin Athletics => Topic started by: pen4life on September 05, 2023, 10:55:10 PM
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Handicap parking stinks. 3 blocks from stadium and they did away with shuttles.
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Handicap parking stinks. 3 blocks from stadium and they did away with shuttles.
One of the main reasons for me not going to the game since the shuttles were discontinued from the Wick parking deck to the stadium. I am not a handicap, but I am old.
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Simple. Ysu needs to bring back the shuttle bus. Attendance is not where it used to be and this is one of the many reasons Attendance has been piss poor. I am not old or handicapped but do take the elevator when I get to the stadium.
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Simple. Ysu needs to bring back the shuttle bus. Attendance is not where it used to be and this is one of the many reasons Attendance has been piss poor. I am not old or handicapped but do take the elevator when I get to the stadium.
YSU has the shuttle buses running between the parking lots during the school days. It can’t cost that much to run them during the game days. The revenues from the tickets and parking should be able to cover the cost of the shuttle. By not providing the shuttle bus, they now get neither from me. What a great business decision, Lol.
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When did they stop the shuttle?
Since they took down the deck I would have thought that the Wick deck would be used more, hence more of a need for the shuttle.
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When did they stop the shuttle?
Since they took down the deck I would have thought that the Wick deck would be used more, hence more of a need for the shuttle.
I believe it was 2020. They shut down the Wick deck shuttle and moved it to Handicap lot on 5 th Ave & Wood street. In order to catch the shuttle, one had to walk to that lot. I just parked at Wick deck and walked to the stadium. I could not park at the handicap lot since they required a handicap parking permit. I complained to the athletic department and received no response.
I stopped renewing my season tickets after that year and had not attended a game since.
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When did they stop the shuttle?
Since they took down the deck I would have thought that the Wick deck would be used more, hence more of a need for the shuttle.
I believe it was 2020. They shut down the Wick deck shuttle and moved it to Handicap lot on 5 th Ave & Wood street. In order to catch the shuttle, one had to walk to that lot. I just parked at Wick deck and walked to the stadium. I could not park at the handicap lot since they required a handicap parking permit. I complained to the athletic department and received no response.
I stopped renewing my season tickets after that year and had not attended a game since.
I haven’t been to campus in a couple years, but did they put more parking where the Lincoln deck was?
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YSU should have had signs for parking lots, that were open to student because of classes on Thursday but not open to football fans. The normal lot I park in was not open to fans on Thursday. YSU listed these lots on website for football parking but were not available. I also saw a group of Valpo fans complaining about this and signs to event parking that were confusing.
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Whoever is in charge really screwed up this year. If it doesn't improve count me out as a season tickets holder next year. I hope the university has the good sense to monitor this site.
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Whoever is in charge really screwed up this year. If it doesn't improve count me out as a season tickets holder next year. I hope the university has the good sense to monitor this site.
Before I retired as a faculty member, I had many run ins with the parking services in many university committee meetings. These guys were just not interested in improving the parking services.
I have given up, The same guy is still in charge.
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I have been a season ticket holder for football and basketball since 1982. My impression is that the university treats you like royalty if you rent a loge or give generously through the Penguin Club. If you buy season tickets but do not give any donations, the university ignores you. If you are a casual fan who might buy a single game ticket, the university treats you like dirt.
Double ET,
Is not the guy that still runs parking the son of the trustee who got drunk, stumbled into Fifth Avenue, got struck by a university vehicle, and then sued the university? If so, nepotism at its worst.
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Wick250, you nailed it. There were general discussions among the faculty members…..” how the hell could he hold the job?
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I have been a season ticket holder for football and basketball since 1982. My impression is that the university treats you like royalty if you rent a loge or give generously through the Penguin Club. If you buy season tickets but do not give any donations, the university ignores you. If you are a casual fan who might buy a single game ticket, the university treats you like dirt.
Double ET,
Is not the guy that still runs parking the son of the trustee who got drunk, stumbled into Fifth Avenue, got struck by a university vehicle, and then sued the university? If so, nepotism at its worst.
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I've been a season ticket holder since they played their final season at Fitch. Tressell send me a letter congratulating me on my 10 year anniversary as a season ticket holder. I thought that was a class act and showed appreciation. I got nothing since then. I have 6 tickets, I totally agree, they simply don't care.
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I remember when they gave the faculty the option to purchase their seats when they were building the stadium. It was Narduzzi's idea. Very smart guy. Much smarter than he appeared. My dad bought two of them. Then I bought 2 more in my dad's name. Mine were $600 each I believe (could have been $1200 each). I bought one for myself and one for my daughter. I paid for mine, but faculty had the cost deducted from their paycheck over several years. We still have to pay for our tickets, but we get first choice on anything that happens in the stadium. In the days where YSU was good, they always called and asked us if we were going to use our tickets in the play-off games. So if we were not going, they could resell them.
We always tailgated in the "cheap lot" and the handicapped busses parked there, so we always had a ride if we needed it. For years it was on the back side of Lincoln (toward town). Then the moved it next to the Taco Bell on the campus side of Lincoln. (Or is that Wick? I am forgetting the streets anymore, I have been living out of town for so long).
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IAAFAN, you are right. The Wick shuttle bus started in Wick deck. It then travelled to pickup people the handicap lot, the “the cheap tailgate lot,. Then everyone was dropped off by the north entrance of the stadium.
That shuttle was stopped as I mentioned.
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Just saw this pop up on the WFMJ Nightly 6pm News. Thanks to this forum, YSU has clarified the miscommunication over handicapped parking. The new lot by DeBartolo Hall is now used for handicapped parking. From there, YSU parking will use golf cart shuttles to transport fans to the stadium.
Link: https://www.wfmj.com/story/49638992/ysu-addresses-confusion-on-new-parking-situation-for-football-games
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Just saw this pop up on the WFMJ Nightly 6pm News. Thanks to this forum, YSU has clarified the miscommunication over handicapped parking. The new lot by DeBartolo Hall is now used for handicapped parking. From there, YSU parking will use golf cart shuttles to transport fans to the stadium.
Link: https://www.wfmj.com/story/49638992/ysu-addresses-confusion-on-new-parking-situation-for-football-games
Thank you for posting the link. Since I was quoted in the article, I didn’t really want to make any more comments on this topic.
Since golf cart was mentioned to be used for handicap transportation, I thought I would share this true story with this group.
One of my faculty colleagues whom I watched the game with told me what had happened to him after the previous game.
He and his wife were making the long walk back to the Wick parking deck after the game (since the shuttle bus was discontinued). Suddenly, a golf cart pull up behind them and the driver asked where they were going.
He told the driver that he was heading to the Wick deck. The driver told them to jump in since he was going that way.
Guess who the driver was?……President Jim Tressel.
That’s Jim.
I hope YSU has enough golf cart to take all the handicap/old people back to the handicap parking lots after the game.
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Congratulations to ET and others who once again forced the university to take action. As for the director of parking who admitted "information did not get out well enough," just whose job was it to inform the fans, you worthless (fill in the blank.)
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Just saw this pop up on the WFMJ Nightly 6pm News. Thanks to this forum, YSU has clarified the miscommunication over handicapped parking. The new lot by DeBartolo Hall is now used for handicapped parking. From there, YSU parking will use golf cart shuttles to transport fans to the stadium.
Link: https://www.wfmj.com/story/49638992/ysu-addresses-confusion-on-new-parking-situation-for-football-games
Nice find!
Not clear to me if YSU is watching this forum or WFMJ, thinking WFMJ in this case, but good to hear that they have a plan. YSU should have come up with a better way to get that info out to the public.
Is that lot where the old deck used to be?
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Today, Sept 16 2023, my husband and I attempted to park in the "handicap lot". He uses a wheelchair and needs accessible spaces. We were informed by Parking Services that the designated handicap lot is NOT to be used by disabled persons who are arriving to tailgate. They will not allow anyone to use the lot until 90 minutes prior to kickoff and it is solely for parking for the game. We were told to "find" another place to park for tailgating. There are no other lots with accessible spots for tailgating. We ended up 2 blocks away in a lot without any hcp spots and barely enough room to maneuver his wheelchair.
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Today, Sept 16 2023, my husband and I attempted to park in the "handicap lot". He uses a wheelchair and needs accessible spaces. We were informed by Parking Services that the designated handicap lot is NOT to be used by disabled persons who are arriving to tailgate. They will not allow anyone to use the lot until 90 minutes prior to kickoff and it is solely for parking for the game. We were told to "find" another place to park for tailgating. There are no other lots with accessible spots for tailgating. We ended up 2 blocks away in a lot without any hcp spots and barely enough room to maneuver his wheelchair.
Sorry to hear what happened to you, obviously some work needs to be done on planning for all situations and then informing folks. We need all fans to be happy and enjoy a good gameday experience.
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Today, Sept 16 2023, my husband and I attempted to park in the "handicap lot". He uses a wheelchair and needs accessible spaces. We were informed by Parking Services that the designated handicap lot is NOT to be used by disabled persons who are arriving to tailgate. They will not allow anyone to use the lot until 90 minutes prior to kickoff and it is solely for parking for the game. We were told to "find" another place to park for tailgating. There are no other lots with accessible spots for tailgating. We ended up 2 blocks away in a lot without any hcp spots and barely enough room to maneuver his wheelchair.
It looks like nothing has changed since 2 years ago. We had the similar problems. This time, you guys were not allowed to park there because you planned to tailgate ( although you were handicap).
Last time, we were not allowed to park there because we didn’t have a handicap pass.
That was the reason why the Wick deck shuttle was so important. That were enough parking spaces for those who were not very mobile or old (not necessarily handicap) to have access to the stadium.
It looks like they really didn’t address the core issue (to provide valuable services to the paying customers) … with the parking fee, one would think it could be budgeted in to provide the shuttle services. If not, for one, I am willing to pay couple of dollars for the ride. By the way, many shuttle buses had over 20 people on it by the time it reached the stadium. How many golf carts would be needed for that?
Now, they are not getting my $$ for the tickets and parking fees.
Does it sound like a good business practice to anyone???
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Yall b**** too much. Handicap parking is provided that's where the responsibility of the university ends. They charge 5.00 dollars and news flash you don't tell them you are tailgating you pull in pay the 5 and do what you want.
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I agree with Jp21 why would you mention tailgating to the attendant?
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You can be technically right yet morally wrong.
She does not state what time they arrived.
YSU is not a two-bit online school, I would expect that they could and should have foreseen such situations and planned accordingly.
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Jp21 has a very cavalier attitude about this handicap parking mess. Pushing a wheelchair 3 blocks away from the stadium , all uphill is not an easy task. I suggest jp21 make plans next game day to meet this family and help them out.