UK Parking and Transportation Services Offers Basketball Shuttle

LEXINGTON, Ky.  (Nov. 13, 2012) – University of Kentucky Parking and Transportation Services has a transportation answer for members of the UK community attending men’s home basketball games. The department will offer shuttle service for students, employees, and guests between campus and Rupp Arena for all regular season men’s home basketball games while classes are in session. The Rupp Arena basketball shuttle will begin Friday, Nov. 16, with the season’s home opener against Lafayette College at 7 p.m.

Game day shuttles will begin from the Euclid Avenue side of the Student Center and the Greg Page Laundry one hour and ten minutes prior to the scheduled game time. Shuttles will then proceed to the Kirwan-Blanding Complex sidewalk, at the intersection of University and Huguelet Drives, one hour before tip-off. The shuttles will leave for Rupp Arena when full or no later than 45 minutes before the game.

Return trip shuttles will meet patrons at the Vine Street exit from Rupp Arena and return them to campus following the game. The round-trip cost for all patrons is $3 per person, per game. Exact change is preferred. 

Rupp Arena Shuttles will operate for the following games:

Nov. 16            Lafayette                      Feb. 5               South Carolina

Dec. 1              Baylor                           Feb. 9               Auburn

Dec. 4              Samford                       Feb. 20              Vanderbilt     

Dec. 8              Portland                        Feb. 23             Missouri                 

Jan. 12             Texas A&M                   Feb. 27             Mississippi State   

Jan. 15             Tennessee                    March 9            Florida

Jan. 26             LSU

For more information, visit www.uky.edu/pts/buses-and-shuttles_seasonal-shuttles_basketball-shuttle.