parking lots

[factman]

It's interesting that the north section of the "new" parking lots look fine with not puddles etc but the further you go south over by Wooster it gets much more uneven and places for water to stand. It looks great, now we'll just have to wait and see if it is functional!

[FalconTurf]

The only point that I am making is that since this is brand new installation of the grass with drainage, that it shoud drain.

I understand that ground temperatures are at play, but I also did not see any water standing on the intramural fields.

Generally find that the better the grass has rooted in the better it absorbs water. This general idea can be upended when bedrock is too close to the surface, soil is compacted or large amounts of water is draining in from other areas - such as interstate exchanges.

The lot flooded when gravel as I remember. I imagine the grass will absorb water better than compacted gravel.

The bigger issue as I see it is the number of paved parking spots for the Stroh. Need pavement for proper winter maintenance. The current paved lot has about 16 rows of 33 spots. The area nearer the Stroh appears to have less. In theory that's 1,100 parking spots for 4,800 seats. Hosting a double-header HS tourney will require a lot of car pooling - about 8 per car or better sidewalks from other lots in the area.

Basketball season is a far worse time to walk in from the heating plant or from Meijer. Football season is bearable.

[brownnorangewokfu]

Doesn't this seem like the old adage of building the church for Easter Sunday? People might have to walk from the Ice Arena, but with the decision about the location, some things end up a trade off.

[Class of 61]

The only point that I am making is that since this is brand new installation of the grass with drainage, that it shoud drain.

I understand that ground temperatures are at play, but I also did not see any water standing on the intramural fields.

Generally find that the better the grass has rooted in the better it absorbs water. This general idea can be upended when bedrock is too close to the surface, soil is compacted or large amounts of water is draining in from other areas - such as interstate exchanges.

The lot flooded when gravel as I remember. I imagine the grass will absorb water better than compacted gravel.

The bigger issue as I see it is the number of paved parking spots for the Stroh. Need pavement for proper winter maintenance. The current paved lot has about 16 rows of 33 spots. The area nearer the Stroh appears to have less. In theory that's 1,100 parking spots for 4,800 seats. Hosting a double-header HS tourney will require a lot of car pooling - about 8 per car or better sidewalks from other lots in the area.

Basketball season is a far worse time to walk in from the heating plant or from Meijer. Football season is bearable.

I hate to give UT credit, but when my wife and I went to see the men play at UT a couple of years ago, they had shuttle buses running from their parking lots to the arena... never could figure out why BG couldn't do the same...that walk from the lots behind the music bldg. to AA could be brutal in the winter... of course, we all know that Falcons are tougher than Rockets, right?