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OSU offers free shuttle service to fans
 
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
Published: 9/6/2008  2:07 AM
Last Modified: 9/6/2008  2:56 AM

 STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University will offer a new, free parking service for the first home football game on Saturday.

Free shuttle bus rides are available from downtown Stillwater to Boone Pickens Stadium and back.

Mayor Roger McMillian said the service, which will provide about 500 free parking spaces downtown to fans, is an example of the university and the city entering a new relationship of cooperation.

"Football is such a large part of our community in Stillwater, such a vital role in our economy particularly in the fall months, that we want to do everything to make the visitors' experience to Stillwater as positive as possible," the mayor said.

The new parking service is a collaboration of the university's athletic department and the city's Business Improvement District to help alleviate parking problems since about 1,000 spaces were lost due to construction near the stadium, said Brandon Armstrong, event coordinator for the OSU Posse athletic booster group.

Signs in downtown Stillwater will indicate where to park — including a lot west of City Hall off Seventh Avenue and Lewis Street, a covered garage across the street, and the BancFirst lot at 808 S. Main St.

An OSU transit bus will begin running downtown at about 3 p.m. Saturday, three hours before kickoff against Houston. The bus will continue to run throughout the game, which is expected to end by 9:30 p.m., Armstrong said.

Before the game, the shuttle will run every 15 minutes, depending on traffic, to pick up riders at Seventh Avenue and Lewis Street and take them to Hall of Fame Avenue near Knoblock Street, about 100 feet from the stadium.

After the game, two or three shuttle buses will run every 25 to 30 minutes, depending on traffic, to pick up fans at the Hall of Fame Avenue site, where they were dropped off, and take them back downtown.

"If there is a heavy demand, we'll re-evaluate and look at expanding the parking service in the future," Armstrong said.

"Merchants and property owners are really excited to offer parking," to football fans, Stillwater Business Improvement District Coordinator Angela McLaughlin said.

"OSU needs spots — we have parking downtown available on weekends. And we want to get more people downtown," so it is a win-win situation, McLaughlin said.
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent

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touitsmrs, (9/7/2008 12:37:07 PM)
How many more kids would be able to go to school for free or reduced rates if this bus service wasnt running? I was just wondering because NOTHING is free... someone is paying for it! The cost of tuition is so high my daughter that is a 4.35 grade point average couldnt go to OSU this year but they are giving away free bus rides. Im sure coke, beer and sports is involved so it would be free.
 

 
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