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Message: [QUOTE="Syracusian, post: 1478437, member: 684"] I agree with this. I think some people find it easier to pay the money to park their car. They may like the atmosphere of the lot and can potentially tailgate. They also may feel that their car is safer to park in a specific spot rather than on a main street or some random side street. Everyone spends their money differently though and I'm relatively frugal. However, if I can help save someone $20-$25 and maybe have them attend more games than they normally would, then I'm all for it. What we used to do was park on a side street next to Manley. The side streets are Harriette, Ruth, or Lorraine ave. They always had readily available parking, and we would either walk to Manley and take the shuttle, or just simply walk to the dome. If you cut through the cemetery, it's even faster. One downside to this is that it's odd/evening parking. So, if you go to a 7:00 pm basketball game, and you park your car at say, 5:00 pm, you might get a little concerned about getting a ticket. 3:30 football games are also a difficult one. We were ESF students, and we had a Standart lot pass. Often times we would park up there early for class and keep our car in Standart for free. They close the lot and make people pay to park ~2 hours before game time. They make you pay even if you're a student and having a parking pass for the lot. I actually found this to be ridiculous when trying to exit the lot. We spent ~40 minutes trying to get out of the Standart lot on a few occasions. Another option is to just go to ESF. If you're a student (even non-matriculated), you can park on on-campus after 5 pm for free. You need a parking pass for this, but the pass is free. The only exception is that you aren't allowed to park up there during football games (at least this is what I've heard). But, for all basketball games, you're good to go. You can literally park right next to the dome. There's also a cheap lot, which is actually MLK's school parking lot. They charge $5 I believe, but that's only for bigger games. I actually don't even know if it's a legal operation, because I've seen a very sketchy set up there before charging $5. [/QUOTE]

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