Alright, listen up, y’all. We gotta talk about this University of Iowa football parking pass thing, ya hear? It ain’t as simple as just showin’ up and parkin’ your car wherever you please. Nope, it’s a whole ‘nother story.
First things first, if you’re one of them fancy folks with season tickets, you gotta activate your account online. They say you need a customer number and a PIN, whatever that is. The ticket office folks, they shoulda given it to ya. If you can’t find it, well, you gotta go holler at them. Don’t ask me how, I ain’t never done it myself. I just park where my son tells me to.
Now, that Kinnick Stadium, that’s a big ol’ place. My boy told me it’s got somethin’ like 20 miles of bleacher seats and it’s higher than a corn stalk in July, 79 rows they say. They did some fixin’ up, made the seats nicer I guess, but now it holds fewer folks, only ’bout 69,250. Still a whole lotta people if you ask me.
- Complimentary Parking: If you’re lucky, you might get some free parkin’. They got this North Campus Ramp thingy, and the IMU Ramp, and somethin’ called the Library Parking Lot. But they only let you park there for eight hours, so you better watch the time. Don’t wanna get your car towed, that’d be a real pickle.
- Public Parking Lots: Now, for the rest of us regular folks, there’s the public parkin’ lots. They open up six hours before the game starts, but not earlier than 6 in the mornin’. So, if it’s a night game, you can’t just go parkin’ the day before. They don’t like that, no sir.
- Parking Fee: And nothin’ in this world is free, is it? You gotta pay to park. Last I heard, it was $30 on game day. Thirty dollars! That’s enough to buy a whole mess of groceries, but I guess that’s the price you pay to see them Hawkeyes play.
You gotta plan ahead, ya know? Don’t just show up five minutes before kickoff expectin’ to find a good spot. You’ll be walkin’ for miles, and you might miss the whole first quarter. And nobody wants that.
My boy, he always tells me, “Ma, we gotta get there early.” He’s got his spot all picked out, and he don’t like nobody takin’ it. He says it’s all about tailgatin’, eatin’ good food, and seein’ all the folks before the game. I don’t get it much, all that fuss, but he seems to like it.
So, if you’re comin’ to an Iowa Hawkeyes game, remember what I told ya. Activate your account if you got season tickets, figure out where you’re gonna park, and get there early. And don’t forget your thirty dollars, unless you wanna be walkin’ a country mile.
They got different places to park, see? Like that North Campus Ramp, and the IMU Ramp, and that Library place. But like I said, that free parkin’ only lasts eight hours. So if you’re plannin’ on stayin’ longer, you better find another spot, or you’ll be in a heap of trouble.
And these public lots, they ain’t cheap. Thirty bucks is thirty bucks. But that’s what it costs to park near the stadium on game day. It’s a whole lot of money, but I guess folks are willin’ to pay it to see their Hawkeyes play. My boy sure is, that’s for certain.
They open them lots six hours before the game, but not before 6 AM. You gotta remember that. Don’t go showin’ up at the crack of dawn thinkin’ you’ll get the best spot. They’ll just tell ya to turn around and come back later. And ain’t nobody got time for that.
So, that’s about all I know about University of Iowa football parking passes. It ain’t rocket science, but it ain’t exactly a walk in the park either. Just plan ahead, bring your money, and get there early. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll find a good spot and get to enjoy the game without too much fuss.
They should make it easier, if you ask me. All this fuss just to park a car. But what do I know? I’m just an old woman tryin’ to make sense of it all. But I do know one thing: if you don’t wanna miss the kickoff, you better have your parkin’ situation figured out. And that’s the gospel truth.
