Campus News

Parking Restrictions Placed on Streets Near Campus During UK Basketball Game Thursday

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 26, 2015) ― As the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team heads into the NCAA Sweet 16, the UK Police Department is making the campus community aware of parking restrictions placed by the Lexington Division of Police on streets near the UK campus for a time period before and after UK's game against West Virginia.

Lexington Division of Police will prohibit parking from 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, to 6 a.m. Friday, March 27, on the following streets:

  • Limestone – Avenue of Champions to Maxwell (Both Sides)
  • Pine Street – Upper to Limestone (Both Sides)
  • Jersey Street – Euclid to Maxwell
  • Maxwell – Upper to Limestone
  • Transcript Avenue (Both Sides)
  • Journal Avenue (Both Sides)
  • Conn Terrace (South Side of the Street)
  • State Street (South Side of the Street)
  • University Avenue (South Side of the Street)
  • Elizabeth Street (Both sides) – should already be marked but check
  • Crescent Avenue (West Side of the Street)
  • Westwood Drive
  • Scott Street (meters in front of Fire Department Station 6)

"No Parking" notices have been issued in these areas, and vehicles in violation will be towed at the owners' expense beginning 7 p.m. Thursday. 

Also, beginning 6 p.m. Thursday, March 26, UK Police Department will be occupying Level H of the Good Samaritan parking garage and the top level of the Chandler Hospital parking garage (Parking Structure #8) to park their vehicles and stage other equipment. Other vehicles should be moved prior to that time.