11-2-98

PARKING INFORMATION FOR SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER EVENTS

	COLUMBUS -- With the long-awaited grand opening of the 
Jerome Schottenstein Center taking place this week, 
transportation and parking services officials at The Ohio State 
University are advising people who come to campus for events to 
come early and pay attention to traffic control officers.  There 
will be 28 events at the Schottenstein Center during this 
inaugural month.

	More than 2,200 parking spaces are in lots adjacent to the 
center, and other designated parking -- about 7,000 spaces -- is 
less than a five- to 10-minute walk from the facility, primarily 
on what is known as the university’s agriculture and veterinary 
campuses west of the Olentangy River.  For some events, a shuttle 
bus will be available from west campus parking lots at Lane 
Avenue and Kenny Road.  Other campus bus service to the 
Schottenstein Center is available every 15 minutes on the Buckeye 
Village route.

	Because of the academic mission on the agriculture and 
veterinary campuses, some parking will be set aside for faculty, 
staff and students during events.  The majority of events at the 
Jerome Schottenstein Center will take place in the evenings or on 
weekends, so the impact on university parking is expected to be 
minimal.

	For men’s basketball games, guests who are suite owners or 
who hold seat licenses will receive permits to park in the lots 
adjacent to the center.  Season ticket holders will receive 
permits for the lots at St. John Arena and French Field House and 
on Olentangy River Road.  Those permits are provided by the 
Athletic Department ticket office.  Other guests will be directed 
to nearby lots, where parking for the general public will be $5 
and free for faculty, staff and students with university permits.

	Similar guidelines are in effect for women’s basketball, 
hockey and other special events and concerts, although fewer 
spaces will be reserved in the center lots for permit holders.  
Parking for university permit holders will be free and general 
parking for the public will be $5.  Public parking for hockey 
fans will be $3, however.

	Guests will be able to drop off individuals in front of the 
center without having to pay to enter the parking lots.  They may 
access the traffic loop for drop-offs traveling south on 
Olentangy River Road only.  Parking for guests with permanent 
disabilities will be available in front rows of center parking 
lots.

	The parking lots at the Schottenstein Center will be 
available during the day for remote parking for university permit 
holders, but cars must be removed by 5:30 p.m. on event nights, 
when the lots will be cleared for event parking.

	People attending Schottenstein Center events who come from 
state Route 315 are advised to exit the freeway at Ackerman Road 
instead of Lane Avenue.  No other special traffic patterns will 
be in effect during events, although traffic may be halted for a 
few minutes on Lane Avenue between Olentangy River Road and Fred 
Taylor Drive to allow crowds to cross Lane following events.

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Contacts: Beth Kelley at 292-9944 or Jeff Wallace at 292-8371, 	
	  both of Transportation and Parking Services.

Written by Dave Bhaerman, University Communications, 
(614) 292-8422.

Contact Dave Bhaerman for a map of available parking sites.