[333] TSSAA TOURNAMENT AT MTSU WILL ALTER TRAFFIC, PARKING PATTERNS

TSSAA TOURNAMENT AT MTSU WILL ALTER TRAFFIC, PARKING PATTERNS

Feb. 26, 2009
CONTACT: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919

MURFREESBORO—The TSSAA girls and boys basketball tournaments will be held at Middle Tennessee State University, March 11-14, and March 18-21, respectively. With the sudden increase in population at the university, the traffic and parking configuration changes somewhat on campus and has an impact on local traffic along Middle Tennessee Boulevard.
The first week of competition will take place during the university’s spring break, which will alleviate much of the congestion on and around campus.
As in the past, the team buses will be parked along the east side of Tennessee Boulevard from the president’s driveway north to Division Street. This will create single-lane traffic for a brief stretch heading north on Tennessee, and motorists and pedestrians are asked to be particularly cautious in that area.
The entrance of Faulkinberry Drive from Tennessee Boulevard will be closed March 11-14 and 18-21. Faulkinberry Drive at the corner of Normal Way also will be closed during the tournaments.
The Greenland Drive parking lots will be reserved for TSSAA ticket-holders, and there will be a charge of $5 to park in those lots. MTSU students and faculty are encouraged to find alternative parking during these times.
The following parking lots will be reserved for vehicles displaying the appropriate MTSU parking permits: Woodfin, Maintenance, Horseshow, Corral, and the S-Curve/Nursing lots. Visitors who have the appropriate permit will be permitted to park to these lots.
Other visitors who are attending the TSSAA games will be routed to the exterior lots surrounding the campus, including the Tennessee Livestock Center and Rutherford Boulevard lots. The Blue Raider Shuttles will be running on campus throughout the tournaments. However, shuttle service will be altered somewhat because it will not be running through the Greenland lots as usual.
Visitors to MTSU are reminded that parking is not permitted in yellow or red emergency zones or handicap (blue) parking spaces.
For any questions or information about TSSAA parking, please feel free to call MTSU Parking Services at 615-898-2850.
The TSSAA tournaments attract thousands of prospective students and their parents, alumni and other university supporters to MTSU and to Rutherford County.