UK Parking & Transportation Services and UK Athletics Offer Basketball Shuttle
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 7, 2011) – University of Kentucky Parking and Transportation Services and UK Athletics have a transportation solution for members of the UK community attending men’s home basketball games. The departments will once again team up to provide 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. 11, as the season starts with a match up against Marist University at 7 p.m.
“We are pleased to offer the Rupp Arena basketball shuttle to the campus community,” said Lance Broeking, director of Parking and Transportation Services. “Not only does the game day shuttle provide a safer and warmer alternative than the long walk from campus to Rupp Arena, it offers a break from the stress of event traffic and parking.”
Game day shuttles will begin from the Euclid Avenue side of the Student Center and the Greg Page Laundry one hour and 10 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. 11 Marist Jan. 31 Tennessee
Dec. 1 St. John's Feb. 7 Florida
Dec. 3 North Carolina Feb. 18 Ole Miss
Jan. 17 Arkansas Feb. 25 Vanderbilt
Jan. 21 Alabama March 1 Georgia
For more information, visit www.uky.edu/pts/buses-and-shuttles_seasonal-shuttles_basketball-shuttle.