Gopher Gamedays

If you are not scheduled for work or participating with Gameday activities, help us reduce campus congestion by avoiding the area.

• On football Saturdays, most faculty and staff with East Bank parking contracts in ramps and garages are able to park in their regularly assigned parking location.
• Most faculty, staff and commuter students with 24-hour East Bank hangtag parking contracts will be able to use their regular contract location on game days. Three hangtag lots (Discovery Lot, Lot 2 and 56) must re-locate to East River Road Garage.
• Those with West Bank and St. Paul contracts will park in their regularly assigned facility.

Contracts required to move

• Contract holders who are required to relocate to East River Road Garage are: 
  • 2221 University Avenue Garage
  • Discovery Lot
  • Gateway Lot
  • Gold Lot
  • Gopher Lot
  • Minnesota Lot
  • Ski-U-Mah Lot
  • Lots 2, 33, 55, 56, 58 

Access to assigned contract parking and reciprocal parking privileges will be restored one hour after the start of the game. Both will be on a space-available basis.

Students with a residential hall parking contract will be able to park in their assigned facility (regardless of where the parking contract is located).

Parking readers should be operational on football game days. In general, the alternate location becomes effective six hours before game time.

For students who are taking Saturday classes, we offer a discounted $6 parking rate in three locations:

• East River Road Garage - East Bank
• 19th & 21st Avenue Ramps - West Bank
• Gortner Avenue Ramp - St. Paul

You must show the parking attendant two things to receive the reduced rate:

• Your U Card (University ID)
• A copy of your registration into that Saturday class. 
  • You can print your registration on your MyU Portal (under "My Courses & Teaching" and " Active" tabs) or from OneStop (under the Quick Link "Registration" on the right column and "Enrollment Summary" for Fall semester).

• Official vehicle/vendor spaces can be used on game days; however the vehicle must have a state license plate.
  • Absolutely no private or personal vehicles allowed on gamedays.
• No contracts are valid at meters on game days.
• If you have a day-of emergency, please contact us as soon as possible (prior to parking) via phone.

• Most loading zone spaces are available during game days.
  • Vehicle must have a state license plate.
  • Absolutely no private or personal vehicles allowed on game days.
• Spaces near Huntington Bank Stadium will not be available on game days.
• If you have a day-of emergency, please contact us as soon as possible (prior to parking) via phone.

Requests for exceptions must be submitted to and approved by appropriate collegiate dean or vice president. All approved exceptions must be sent to us at least five business days prior to the requested date. We will respond to the request based on facility space availability.