Football game Oct. 7 will limit parking

Photo by Andrew Shurtleff

By Dan Heuchert

When there’s a Thursday night college football game at home that brings 60,000 fans onto Grounds in late afternoon, some U.Va. parking lots must close early.

On Oct. 7, when the Cavaliers host Clemson in a nationally televised showdown, permit-holders from 17 parking lots around the football stadium must move their cars by 4 p.m. Those affected will be notified via e-mail, and fliers will be distributed in those areas before and on game day. Cars not removed on time will be towed. Those displaced by the lot closures may park at University Hall or the Emmet/Ivy garage all day Oct. 7.

University bus service between those areas, Central Grounds and the Health System will be increased all day.

The stadium’s gates will open at 5:30 p.m., two hours before kickoff.