284 PLAN AHEAD: IT'S TIME FOR TSSAA TOURNEY TRAFFIC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 26, 2007
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385

PLAN AHEAD: IT'S TIME FOR TSSAA TOURNEY TRAFFIC
March 7-10 and March 14-17 Events Mean Single-Lane Routes Near MTSU

(MURFREESBORO)—The TSSAA girls' and boys' Division I high school basketball tournaments have been scheduled for March 7-10 and March 14-17, respectively, in Murphy Center, and that means temporary traffic and parking changes for motorists around the MTSU campus.
The girls' tournament occurs during spring break for the university, which should help reduce congestion that week, but officials say motorists still will need to use caution and make room when necessary for all tournament guests.
As in the past, tournament team buses will be parked along the east side of Middle Tennessee Boulevard, creating a single lane of traffic heading north on MT Boulevard between East Main Street and Greenland Drive for the duration of both events.
During the tournaments, MTSU’s Greenland Drive parking lots will be reserved for TSSAA game ticket holders, who will pay $5 per vehicle to park in those lots.
The Faulkinberry Drive entrance into the university from MT Boulevard will be closed Wednesday through Saturday during both tournaments.
Students, faculty and staff with current MTSU parking decals—as well as visitors with appropriate permits—will be allowed to park in the Woodfin, Maintenance, Horseshoe, Corral, Jones Field and S-Curve parking lots during the tournaments. Visitors attending the tournament games will be routed to outer lots on campus, including the Tennessee Livestock Center and Rutherford Boulevard lots.
For more information, please call MTSU Parking and Transportation Services at 615-898-2850 or visit its Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~parking.

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