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I think the timing of your arrival is an issue as well,  but the main problem is that Denton should have redone Bonnie Brae when DATCU was being built.   
 

Can you imagine Arlington waiting to redo the roads around Jerry World or the Rangers’ Barn ten years after those facilities opened. I think the parking plan we have in place is adequate provided the infrastructure they have to work with. 

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12 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I think the timing of your arrival is an issue as well,  but the main problem is that Denton should have redone Bonnie Brae when DATCU was being built.   
 

Can you imagine Arlington waiting to redo the roads around Jerry World or the Rangers’ Barn ten years after those facilities opened. I think the parking plan we have in place is adequate provided the infrastructure they have to work with. 

An hour before kickoff isn’t early enough?  and I still missed the first quarter?

I’m not spending 6-7 hours at one events. With 2 hours of it parking. 

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I usually go to one home game a year, and went today.  I expected getting into the Orange parking lot to be slow, and it was, as usual.  But my biggest complaint today was just getting into the stadium!  We stood in line at Gate 2 (west side) for half an hour trying to get in.  We got there in plenty of time to get seated before the kickoff under normal circumstances, but the delay of just walking through a scanner (only two at Gate 2) and scanning the tickets slowed everyone down.  On game days where 25k+ attendance is likely, they need faster throughput than this.

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11 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

For a sellout/highly attended game?  Not enough time. 

Maybe not, but has the product unt  been putting out worth the extra hassle of parking and getting through the gate to the average fan? 

To me, the average fan will say no thanks and find something else to do in Dfw. 
 

Unt football is in entertainment business and there is a lot of competition in Dfw. 
 

No one has to like the comment but it is true. 

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One average fan's story: 

On Thursday, I talked my cousin and her husband into coming to the ARMY game. They came to games regularly for a couple of years when their daughter was accepted to NT and she was planning to attend, but with daughter deciding not to go to college (not a bad decision these days), they now come to our annual BBQ game only.

They are fantastic cooks and always bring excellent food for our tailgate when they attend.

I recommended they order their parking pass online ASAP when they made their Thursday commitment to attend.

I got a call from them at 1:00 pm. They had been trying to park for about an hour. While not handicapped, they do have some struggles walking. They got to the Blue lot and were turned away because the lot was sold out. As for every game the Blue lot is "sold out," there were at least 100 spots unused for this game. Interesting that the Blue lot attendants were not even able to take cash or card for this game because they were not going to sell a single space after the sell out was declared.

They got to the Orange lot, paid to get in and then realized they had no way to get the food and ice chest to our tailgate, which was close to a mile away from where we tailgate at the south end of the blue lot. We discussed options, including driving back to the blue lot using the Bonnie Brae entrance so the we could all come over to get their food and then go back to the orange lot but agreed the game would be started by the time they got back to the tailgate. 

They gave up, drove back to McKinney and had a good dinner with the food they had prepared for our tailgate. By they way, they acknowledged it was their fault for not ordering the Blue lot ticket Thursday. But most importantly at least in theory, NT policy lost at least $3000 in parking lot revenue and all the money some fans might have spent had they come to the game.

 

GMG

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7 minutes ago, untcampbell said:

One average fan's story: 

On Thursday, I talked my cousin and her husband into coming to the ARMY game. They came to games regularly for a couple of years when their daughter was accepted to NT and she was planning to attend, but with daughter deciding not to go to college (not a bad decision these days), they now come to our annual BBQ game only.

They are fantastic cooks and always bring excellent food for our tailgate when they attend.

I recommended they order their parking pass online ASAP when they made their Thursday commitment to attend.

I got a call from them at 1:00 pm. They had been trying to park for about an hour. While not handicapped, they do have some struggles walking. They got to the Blue lot and were turned away because the lot was sold out. As for every game the Blue lot is "sold out," there were at least 100 spots unused for this game. Interesting that the Blue lot attendants were not even able to take cash or card for this game because they were not going to sell a single space after the sell out was declared.

They got to the Orange lot, paid to get in and then realized they had no way to get the food and ice chest to our tailgate, which was close to a mile away from where we tailgate at the south end of the blue lot. We discussed options, including driving back to the blue lot using the Bonnie Brae entrance so the we could all come over to get their food and then go back to the orange lot but agreed the game would be started by the time they got back to the tailgate. 

They gave up, drove back to McKinney and had a good dinner with the food they had prepared for our tailgate. By they way, they acknowledged it was their fault for not ordering the Blue lot ticket Thursday. But most importantly at least in theory, NT policy lost at least $3000 in parking lot revenue and all the money some fans might have spent had they come to the game.

 

GMG

We swore off the blue lot after one try a couple seasons back.  The hour+ long wait we endured just put me off ever trying it again.  I hate that your friends missed out on the fun.  Except for the game’s results, what a fun atmosphere! 
 

We saw crazy lines to the blue lot walking over the bridge an hour prior to kickoff… curious if it is still a long wait to get in?  

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Anybody the tries to arrive at a football game an hour before kickoff, especially one where the crowd is expected to be bigger, is an unaware fan and will certainly experience delays.  UNT draws more than they used to.   
 

I go to college games all over the country, and UNT is not different.  The aware fan will arrive a couple of hours prior to kickoff for the better parking spots and ease of getting in.  Those who wait until later and try to squeeze in just prior to kickoff get what they will get….delays.   It doesn’t matter what stadium you go to. 

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3 hours ago, untcampbell said:

But most importantly at least in theory, NT policy lost at least $3000 in parking lot revenue and all the money some fans might have spent had they come to the game.

What do you expect them to do if every spot is claimed, either by donors or sales? They can’t make the passes get used, but can you imagine if they oversold that lot and people with valid passes showed up with no spot to park in?

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On 11/9/2024 at 5:13 PM, mgfan said:

An hour before kickoff isn’t early enough?  and I still missed the first quarter?

I’m not spending 6-7 hours at one events. With 2 hours of it parking. 

I was there at 730 to tailgate and still missed half of the first quarter.  shit ton of folks...long lines when I decided to tear down the tailgate.  be happy...so many people there.  you want old school north Texas and can walk in just before game time...cool....that ain't how it is now dude.  deal with it...and enjoy

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On 11/9/2024 at 2:15 PM, mgfan said:

Parking situation is ridiculous. I got here an hour before kickoff.UNT needs to figure this out. Makes me want to stay home.

 

that is all.
 

 

Where did you park and which way did you come from?

For anyone coming from Fort Worth on 35W, I highly recommend exiting at Exit 82 for Ponder, turning right, then turning left on Bonnie Brae (where it's already four lanes and really nice). I do this whether I'm parking in the blue lot or the neighborhood. I was a late arrival, probably parked in the blue lot right at kickoff (the flyover occured while I was waiting to get into the lot). Me and my son got a couple of waters and got to our seats to see our field goal.

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