i started going to games with my dad in the late 70's, it's always been like this.
Dad would stay to the end of every game (as a donor, too....gasp!).
and peoples want an "on campus arena". how do you think that will go for parking/exit out of Norman?
It would actually work a lot better on campus. The reason is simple: you would have people parked in multiple locations exiting onto different streets unlike LNC where everyone is in one big parking lot with a handful of exit/street options to get out. On campus, assuming the arena is built east of the stadium, you would have donor parking in the remaining Duck Pond surface lot to the east exiting onto Brooks, a new parking garage north for people exiting onto Jenkins, and another parking garage south for people exiting onto Lindsey in addition to the existing stadium parking garage for people exiting onto Asp as well people who park in the neighborhood around campus or on Campus Corner where they can eat/drink before or after the game. It would be so much better.
You rarely hear people complain about leaving Thunder games because parking there is scattered in numerous locations and they have 17,000+ for every game. A lot of people go to Bricktown a couple hours before to eat and then going there again after the game to drink. An on-campus arena's distance to Campus Corner would be the same distance as the Ford Center to Bricktown.
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