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Good afternoon everyone and thank you once again for putting us on your screens with
the Live Wire on Inside UNC Charlotte.
Our topic today is one of the key elements of preparation for football here at UNC Charlotte.
We are going to be talking about parking and traffic on game days and you might ask yourself
well why are we doing this now it is still springtime and football is coming in the fall.
Actually football is coming in just a few short weeks with what will be the first of
an annual tradition a spring game, scrimmage if you are familiar with college football,
you know that's what teams do they have a big game in the spring where the team divides
up, plays amongst itself and invites a crowd to come and watch.
It is going to be an exciting day on April 20th, another important aspect of that day
is the University will be operating as if it is a full-fledged football game day.
Now is the time to start talking about the details that will affect us as the university
community because it is something that we haven't experienced before obviously a lot
of details that we need to pay attention to as we all know details matter.
Joining us for this session of the Live Wire are Keith Wassum, Keith is the Associate Vice
Chancellor for Business Services and Gary Caton, who is the Director of Parking and
Transportation Services.
Guys thanks for being with us and we want to encourage you who are watching us to let
us know your questions at any point.
We are going to walk through the guidelines and we are going to take a look at the aerial
map really try to through the resources of Google Earth bring this down for us and get
a better understanding of what we are talking about and what the impacts are going to be
on campus but if you have any questions related specifically to football, traffic and parking
that is our general topic.
Send them into us by email or by Twitter.
Guys maybe to get warmed up let me just throughout a question to both of you.
How long have we been planning the various aspects this is aside from athletics and we
are going to talk more with them as we go along because they have a great obviously
a great program lined up for division one football at UNC Charlotte, there is an awful
lot more that goes into it to get the campus ready, how long have we been planning this?
It has been at least two years we started talking about all the logistical aspects,
in terms of parking we have been talking about parking for two years.
We spent probably six to eight months, we spent enough time on it at some point Steve
we said we need to get some help and we kind of put together the skeleton of what we thought
made sense for a plan and he said we wait a second, Gary's team identified Game Day
who's a consultant and they came in and spent a better part of a year really off and on
helping us to refine and develop a very very specific event parking plan for the stadium.
We think it will service not only the stadium but for any other event there but we will
probably use it in other locations.
We have major athletics, successful athletics in a number of other sports obviously we do
big events on campus like concerts and commencement. From the traffic and parking standpoint, is
this that different in terms of the things that we are preparing for?
Being that it is larger than anything we have had, the football will bring a lot more traffic
on campus than basketball or any of the larger events we have had so we need to be a little
more prepared to deal with that traffic not only on campus but in the surrounding community
to make sure that we're not disrupting our neighbors at the same time.
I suppose in a few minutes when we look at the aerial view of campus to orient ourselves
better to this discussion.
The location of the football stadium comes into play too.
I think there are a couple differences first of all we have more seats in this venue that
we have anyplace else on campus, fifteen thousand, so we anticipate because of that we will have
more vehicles that will be coming onto campus.
The location will make it difficult because of where it's located and so we want to deal
with both the ingress and egress for that location and the third thing is tailgating,
we are exciting about tailgating but it basically means that people will come in earlier and
they're going to leave later and they're going to be in the parking lots doing things more
than just parking so we had to take that into the account.
So I'd say there's like three things that would make a lot of difference when handling
a concert or being at a basketball game.
We want to get started today with this edition of the Live Wire is a process of getting even
more input from the people who are part of the university community.
More in the direction of maybe some questions that maybe our guests today haven't considered
although there aren't any you guys have covered all the bases but you never know.
We can start to gauge what really might be on the minds of people who are part of the
university community, curious or maybe going to be surprised when we start talking about
what is involved in game day and what you can do and can't do that you are used to doing.
I think every time we have presented the parking plan five or six times at least two different
groups on campus, every time we do that there is at least one or two questions that we haven't
considered so.
We think we have a good plan but if you have questions let us know because we don't have
all the answers; we have a lot but we don't have them all.
You can send in your questions now if you have them and we go along for this next half
hour or so you can send them in by email or Twitter.
We're going to start looking at the guidelines that come under game day parking information,
we are going to talk through those right now in chunks and now I will tell you that later
this afternoon on the Inside UNC Charlotte website we will post these and then in about
a week we are going to be developing a special website related to game day information.
This will be part of it, you mentioned tailgating, I think tailgating warrants probably it's
own discussion here on the Live Wire we would need an half an hour to go into that what
are the policies, what is the alcohol policy and how does that work then we want to get
you back to talk specifically at some point about concessions sure what on the menu because
I have seen that and it is bonanza.
We won't tell Dr.Oz or anybody else, pretty impressive food that we are going to have
the option of eating.
Let's take a look then at our first chunk of information from our game day parking information
(showing a slide from PP presentation).
Let's just go through some of the details on that, the starting point that we want to
be aware of is the fact that on game day you're going to be closing the entrances to campus
five hours prior to kick off except for the main entrance and the entrance off John Kirk.
Now in case there is anybody who is aware the main entrance is the big thing out on
49 with the columns.
With the columns out on 49 that will allow people that are coming to campus for non-event
related purposes to enter the campus in that location or the entrance off John Kirk, either
one.
We will talk more about the lots that will be available that is the one entrance that
will be open, all the other entrances will be closed and you will only gain entry if
you have the correct event parking pass and that will become clear as we talk about it
but you would need a pass.
The parking plan itself to design to bring people in through various entrances and thereby
distribute the traffic that is coming onto campus to various points to get people on
as quickly as possible.
The five hours prior to game time that we do close those entrances people will be allowed
in but the football venues will be closed to be allowed into the general parking areas
only.
Remind us again game time is at this point going to be noon, is that right?
I think it's one o'clock.
The April 20th game is set for one o'clock.
April 20th dry run, when you do the math five hours we are talking about 8:00 in the morning.
People will need to underway at the crack of dawn for most of us.
I am glad you mentioned dry run because the April 20th game although we don't anticipate
the stadium will be filled we are going to treat it like it would be a sellout.
So we will be doing our full parking plan, our full food service plan, we are going to
simulate a game that day as we would expect it will be in August.
So faculty/staff maybe surprised when they hear that the entrance is going to be closed
but that's why we are doing this so we can kind of work it out and see where it kinks
and what we experience and make corrections before August.
We will be posted these details on Inside UNC Charlotte the website late this afternoon
but one more, one other item related to game day parking that we want to discuss is you
will have to have a parking permit, FSL holders will have preprinted parking permits, daily
permits will be available online and cash parking is allowed in the Cone Deck only and
game day entrances will be open 4 hours prior to kick off only to the designated permit
holders.
What are we talking about here if I get a football ticket to the game you're also going
to send me something about parking or how do I figure that out?
When you get a ticket and we want to urge people to get tickets in advance because it
will make it easier for you and for us you will be directed to get to a site which will
allow you to get your parking and you will be better suited to get that advance when
you get that permit you will get directions that will tell you what entrance to come into
and will give you directions to your parking lot.
If you are an FSL holder as you said previously you already have that information you will
also be coming in at a specific location related to the lot that has been designated for you
to park in.
But wait a minute I work at this University if I get a ticket to go to the game why can't
I just come in park where I park every day?
Basically the preperations the setup the game plan for the game day on football's extremely
expensive it some things costs a lot of money we have to bring in port-a-johns, we have
to bring in ash barrels for the people that are tailgating, we have to bring in trash
receptacles we have to have staff standing at all parking lots to accept the permits
as they come in, we have to have staff at all the entrances to make sure people are
only coming into the appropriate entrance for their permit.
All of that costs a lot more than if it would for a normal sporting event.
I think what is really important is that we want to make that a good experience for the
people that are coming to the game as well as some people may be coming to campus for
other reasons and so the plan is designed to bring you in to the location and to get
you onto campus is quickly and safely as possible and to get you to the lot.
If we had people that were just starting to drive in on their own and coming into whatever
it would be very very confusing and we would have a lot of cross traffic that would be
difficult for vehicles but also be difficult for pedestrians.
I suppose I would be naturally inclined to think I have a ticket for the football game
and I kind of know where the stadium is so I am going to drive to campus and head for
the stadium and that would probably be a mistake.
It would definitely be a mistake.
In fact, as we'll show you shortly there will be a few rows that will be closed off entirely
two vehicles filled road as one of those, if you came in one side of the campus thinking
you were going to get to the other side of campus that won't happen.
You will get redirected, now it's gonna be better for everyone to use the plan to come
in the entrance that you are instructed.
If you try to get in an entrance if you have a permit and you try to get into an entrance
that was not where you were to enter you will be instructed to move to the correct entrance
and were trying to work with all of our patrons for taking the first couple games try to help
them understand that because that will be difficult.
Will it be University police and public safety at those points?
Yes.
It will be.
Gary mentioned staff, we'll have about 30 to 35 staff that will attend parking all the
parking lots and deck areas.
We have about 25 traffic control points and those will be staffed primarily by our police
department and with the help of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
So, Jeff Baker, our police chief, will be coordinating all of that, but we'll have traffic
control officers at every ingress point on campus and we'll have signage which will hopefully
help.
It's all color coded so that will also help.
You'll see that in a second here so people will hopefully be looking for a color permit
and that will let us know, hey you're at the right place or you're at the wrong place you
need to move on to the next entrance.
The out of line ticket purchase for the single game day, when you purchase your permit, you'll
print up a permit and the permit will have all of the directions you need to get to the
lot that you have to go to.
It'll tell you what entrance to come in, what roads to go down, how to get to your parking
lot and then when you enter that parking lot we'll be taking that permit because there
is no re-entry.
Once you're in, you're in and once you leave, you're out.
So it's just really important for us to read this stuff.
Yeah it is.
Yes for sure.
And just to kind of clarify we're going to be also going out on a Friday afternoon putting
up signage letting people know what's coming on Saturday before the game so you have an
idea ahead of time what's being closed, what time you have to be out of a parking lot and
so on so that we can get prepared for the game day traffic on Saturday morning.
This is one of the first attempts at starting a campus-wide discussion and there will be
plenty of time to also have conversations about tailgating and the many other aspects
here and I don't know from my own experience, I've been to college football games at major
universities and what you experience there is appearance of a well-oiled machine and
do things as if they've been doing them for years and you kind of don't think twice about
being directed where to park and yep I'm going to pay a little extra to park there even if
I happen to work there as well.
I suspect though that here at UNC Charlotte, like so many other things, we're breaking
ground, we're doing things for the first time and it's going to take some getting used to.
It will and I do we may talk about this further but faculty and staff, people that have permits
that are coming here on game day for other than event purposes, you come in the main
entrance, you get directed, there are locations for you to park if you have a permit so that's
not an issue, I just want to say that upfront that there are places for you to park if you're
coming for other reasons but use the main entrance or use the John Kirk entrance because
it will make it a lot easier because you will not be able to use the other ones.
Basically what is going to happen is the East Decks two and three are open for permitted
parking and East Deck one, visitor deck, will be accepting visitor parking but the gates
will be down.
It's not like a normal Saturday where you can just park anywhere.
They will be charging for visitor parking on game day.
And those details are going to be in the information that we will have posted on Inside UNC Charlotte
this afternoon, inside.uncc.edu, which is probably the website where most of you are
watching or you're there right now, but keep that in mind we'll have that there and then
in the coming week we're going to be developing a special website related to game day information
and we'll keep moving forward that way but I think for the sake of moving forward now,
let's switch over if we can.
We'll take a look at an aerial view of campus.
We'll get that pulled up in just a second and let's see.
So, let's take a look at what we're look through the courtesy or what we're seeing through
the courtesy of Google Earth and maybe if you could start, Gary, by reminding us exactly
what we're looking at because sometimes we look at this map and we're confused by what
the main roads are on campus.
What is this?
This is 29, Tryon going up and down.
This is the stadium at CRI Campus.
This would be Harris Boulevard.
This would be 49 or University City Boulevard.
John Kirk comes up this way.
And this is Mallard Creek Church.
Mary Alexander is down here.
So that's kind of the orientation.
This is the campus core in here.
The various parking decks we will get to in a minute.
But again, this is the stadium.
The red lines you see, Keith had mentioned that we're going to have roads closed.
Phillips Road will be closed to all vehicular traffic it will be a pedestrian route or service
vehicles only and service vehicles will also need to have a permit to get near the stadium.
I think they're seeing numbers up there, Stephen.
Those numbers represent the approximate number of vehicles that we hope to bring in to the
various entrances on campus and you can see the idea is to spread it out as much as possible
so each one of those numbers represents a number for that particular point of ingress.
And it's based on their permit.
Just as a reminder as you're watching this, you can send us your questions by email or
by Twitter and one question that we have now is as we're looking at this map, why can't
I just go park at Kohl's?
Or why can't I try those parking lots on Tryon and 49?
I would not advise it, but I don't know what the business owners at those venues are going
to do.
They may already have plans for that.
They know there are games coming.
You'll talk to some people the next couple of weeks.
We've had dialogue with the people that own those facilities.
I'm not sure if they've determined yet what they will do in August, but those areas are
generally pretty well used on weekends so there wouldn't be a lot of parking to start
out with there.
Plus there's also the issue of getting across the main Highway 29 in terms of egress.
People are always welcome to park wherever and walk but we encourage you to look at the
It would be a lot safer.
We have a plan for moving pedestrians to and from the stadium so that's what we would encourage.
And again, another question is how much time?
What kind of a time proposition are we talking about if I'm coming and I'm parking in one
of the likeliest places where I would park?
How much time should I allow to get on to campus, to get to my parking space and to
get to either tailgating or get to the game.
That's a good question.
That's a really good question.
I think we're going to know more about that after April 20th but we think that you should
plan at least 30 minutes 30 to 45 minutes, if you're not tailgating, at least 30 to 45
minutes ahead of time to be at your entrance point on campus so you can get in to your
parking lot, get parked, and walk to the stadium.
From any of the parking lots, it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes or 15 minutes to
walk to the stadium.
I know people look at it and they go wow, I park pretty far away from the stadium, but
if you do the numbers, no one is going to be really far away.
Now, if you choose to come and park as a Faculty, Staff person with a permit in East deck, you
have a little bit further to walk, but leave time.
We encourage people to come and tailgate, enjoy the tailgate because when you do that,
you have plenty of time and you can tailgate four hours before the start of the game so
you can come in after nine o'clock and probably have a lot less traffic.
Okay, I just want to clarify; there will not be any public transportation available on
campus on game day.
We're not providing any transportation to the stadium and that's basically just because
of the amount of traffic coming on campus and the infrastructure of the roads.
I don't believe it would get you there any faster.
Yeah, that's a very good point.
We'll talk later about accessible parking but we won't have the shuttle service and
that's not atypical.
We think that the parking is going to be very convenient.
We want to get you on quickly and get you parked and then you can enjoy the game.
I know you study and analyze parking year-round all of the time so typically what kind of
traffic and parking is there on a Saturday anyway in the fall?
On a Saturday in the fall traffic is very low, very limited.
So, there's not a lot of traffic on campus.
It's mostly resident students coming in and going and commuter students are coming in
to use the library and go to class or a lab and it's very low.
There are very few classes on Saturday.
One of the key points behind developing football is to continue to transform this campus into
a 24/7 year-round place and so this is our big test because obviously the infrastructure
has been developed to support that.
It is.
I think we do need to recognize however when you do bring 15,000 people on to campus in
a shorter time frame it begins to look like what it may look like in the morning or at
eight o'clock or at five o'clock when we have all of the cars coming and going.
If we had people just coming and going, we would have lots of traffic congestion.
So the plan is set up so that that doesn't occur that's the idea.
We'll obviously be testing it on April 20th but we think it's about the best it can be
at this point to see how that works.
East Deck is the place if you're coming to campus and not going to the game?
That's correct.
Other places too? Or are we talking East Deck?
For April, it will be East Deck one and two.
When we get into the fall games it will be a little different but we'll discuss that
when we get there.
The concern that we haven't talked about is egress.
When people are coming in, they're coming in between nine and one or twelve or whatever.
They're all coming in.
When the game is over everybody wants to go at one time.
So it creates a little different traffic flow problem.
We're trying to direct people out the same way they came in.
So, if you came in a particular entrance, we're asking you to go out the same way so
we can control the numbers of people going out in to the main traffic and the Chief of
Police has devised a traffic plan and I'll let him talk about that because I'm not an
expert on it but we're going to move traffic off campus as quickly as we possibly can so
the disruption only lasts a short period of time.
I think, Gary, you made a very important point, is that we want to direct people out in the
same manner that they came in and I know sometimes people want to go certain directions and they
aren't going to want to go necessarily the way they are being directed but for everyone,
it would be a lot more efficient if we do that because if everyone doesn't do that then
we'll have cross traffic and it will be very very congested so that's a really good point.
The way the plan is set up, if they go out the same way they came in we can move them
quickly and get them out to where they need to be.
They know how they came into campus so they know how to go home.
Yes.
So even if you don't want to go out to John Kirk or Mallard Creek or whatever your method
of egress is, if that's not what you desire, follow the plan because when you get out there,
you'll get out there a lot quicker and everyone will get off campus quicker.
And I suppose we expect that, as people get in the flow of coming to games whether they're
FSL holders or not they're probably going to end up having the same kind of ticket and
the same parking areas so it's just going to become oh well I park over there because
that's where I park.
Yeah it looks like we're going to have a lot of signage on campus directing people exactly
where they need to go.
We're going to have the multiple message boards out on 29 and 49 telling people what lanes
to get into and how to get into campus.
The consultant did a good job of laying all of that out for us where we need to have these
signs, what they need to say, how they need to be placed.
So that will help people as they come on to campus if they're a little confused they'll
have those arrows directing them to their parking lot, gold go this way, green go this
way along with the officers.
We've had a number, I don't know the exact number, of committees that have formed over
the last two years to plan for football but a number of folks from across campus have
been involved and in just about each aspect there has been a certain amount of study and
consulting even visiting some of the other schools that we kind of look to for either
as models or direct guidance and advice.
Where have we looked for parking and traffic?
Well, we've looked at not only schools that were visited but other schools.
But I less also say and Gary can respond after this, every school is unique and it depends
on the location of the stadium and where your parking is.
So, every plan has to be a little bit different, but I know Gary's staff visited a number of
locations.
Old Dominion, NC State I believe we went to.
I can't think of them all right off the top of my head but there were several locations
that were visited by athletics, parking, different administrators, different committees to look
at the way that they handled all of the venues parking, food services, and the traffic control.
We're using CMPD to help us because of our relationship with them.
Other universities use state police or other law enforcement agencies to help them bring
people in and out.
I know we've talked with NCDOT and Char Meck DOT as to how they want us to handle the outer
roads and the signage and they've even offered to change the traffic lights, time the traffic
lights differently for the games so we can get people in and out.
So it's been a cooperation not only with other colleges but with the community.
One of the particular advantages of having the game day group come in and help is that
they do this professionally they do everything from the Dodger Stadium to smaller events.
They've done the Olympics and so they're really a lot more familiar than we are with the larger
venues and so they're bringing that experience to us from multiple venues across the nation
which has been really really very helpful.
Well, there' s so much that goes on behind the scenes at a university and I know that
for those of us who work here and have our specific jobs that we come to do each day,
there's a lot that we don't think about but the fact that preparation for football has
been underway for a couple of years with so many details I mean it's a remarkable task
really and I suppose we want to go ahead and encourage people to come to that scrimmage,
the game day on April 20th because the bigger the turnout the better sense you're going
to have of what we're going to be working with in the fall.
Absolutely.
First of all, we encourage you to come out to the game and have a good time.
If you don't already have a FSL, you might want to think about that but certainly we
encourage you if you just want to do a single day ticket, this would be a good opportunity
to come out and see what's going on.
Have we got enough time to just give an idea what the different lots are?
Yeah, absolutely.
It's been broken down by donor level through Athletics.
The gold level, if you look at the map is this level coming in here.
It comes in from two different directions and comes in to the CRI entrance of campus
and it's the ellipse around the stadium.
So, gold level, I will know I am gold level if I've purchased a certain kind of ticket?
That's an FSL holder.
The initial ones that he will run there are FSL holders for the most part and so you will
know you will have a gold permit.
And you'll be given, I understand they'll be handing out a booklet that will have all
of your parking permits as part of that booklet so it will all be there.
Then you've got your green level which is your next donor level and again you're coming
in the same entrances but now you're parking in CRI two and three the flat lots that are
just above Duke and Grigg by Bioinformatics.
Then you're looking at your black lots which are your next donor level and this is over
here at lot 18 and 19.
Those are the service lots directly in front of the Student Union by the Union Deck.
Then we've got the Yellow lots.
These are the single game day purchases.
West Deck, well West Deck is actually going to be purple and I will change it to avoid
confusion but the Union Deck and the West Deck will be single game purchases.
You'll go online, you'll purchase your parking permit, print it up.
You'll come in the entrances shown here either from Mary Alexander or from Cameron or Toby
Creek.
So single game day, those don't have anything to do with whether they paid more.
No FSL necessary.
And we can't tell you how they're going to handle single game day tickets at this point,
but when they do, when you do purchase it, you'll be able to go online and purchase a
parking permit we would encourage you to do that because it will put you in one of these
lots which would be convenient not only to the stadium but convenient for getting in
and off campus.
To see it that and be reminded of where those lots are for folks who want to purchase them.
That's pre-purchase single game day.
But that's not bad, that's a nice stroll.
That's a nice location.
Now, if you don't pre-purchase, Gary you might want to flip forward, if you don't pre-purchase,
the cash lot is Cone Center.
All of Cone deck, both Cone deck one and Cone deck two will be game day cash only.
So, if you didn't go online and purchase and you just want to come and watch a game, you
can pull in there and you can pay cash and park.
But, like any place where they're taking cash, you're going to pull in, there will be a line,
someone is going to have to take cash, they're going to have to give change and so that's
not going to be nearly as efficient.
If you bought your permit in advance you're going to, you'll come in to that Union lot
and they're going to look and see, oh, you've got the gold permit?
They will flag you right in.
Actually, they will be taking the permit; you'll drive in and park.
Sure.
But, you'll be able to go right in and you won't have to wait.
At the cash decks it depends on whether you give me a twenty dollar bill or a fifty dollar
bill, how long it's going to take me to process you through.
So, giving you a fifty isn't going to make it quicker?
The next level of course, is the Red Level.
That's over by the Alumni Center, that's off of Toby Creek, that's down in there.
That's a nice lot, because you can actually get to the stadium by going down the Greenway,
it's right off the Greenway, you can walk right down the Greenway right to the stadium.
Although, not a huge lot.
No.
Not a huge lot, it's being sold, I believe.
Yes.
And then of course, the Blue Lots again by donor level.
Those are the lots 7 and 7A, the two small lots, one by Memorial Hall, one directly behind
Cone Deck.
Again, you'll be coming in Toby Creek and Cameron Boulevard.
The sliver lots are the least expensive tailgating lots.
That's only lot 25 and we anticipate if we have any RVs or anything like that, that's
where they'll be and for that you'll come in Mary Alexander coming from Mallard Creek
Church and up Mary Alexander and then just up in to lot 25 and this is the only lot that
we're asking residents to move from.
We're going to ask them to park in North Deck on Friday night so that we have that lot available
on Saturday morning for game day.
That's a good point in terms of resident students.
That is the only lot that they'll be asked to move from and we've got plenty of parking
right now in the North Deck so that should really be a major problem.
In the orange, there's the ADA parking and there's tickets available for FSL holders,
I believe the team's parents and so on and coaches, parents, they'll be parking in there,
but that is our main ADA parking deck.
It has an ADA accessible pathway from the lower level of the deck past the EPIC Building
right up to the front of the stadium, gate three.
It's best if you purchase that in advance if at all possible because then you'll have
that pass, you'll be able to come in right away.
If not, if you don't have a parking permit, again you'll probably be directed to go to
Cone, pay cash, and you'll get redirected over to that lot.
There's not really an easy way to deal with that.
So, for accessibility purposes, it really would be better to purchase your permit in
advance and make everything easier.
And for the ADA permits, if you go online, you say you've got an ADA permit, you can
purchase the Orange Deck permit.
It's just that when you get to the deck, if you don't have your ADA placard, you're not
going to be allowed in.
Yeah.
You'll need to have the permit for that lot, and you'll need to have the placard.
So, we're going to trust people to do it right, but if they don't we would just redirect them
from there back to the cash deck and that's where they would have to park.
Alright, well.
And that's pretty much the plan.
And that's good and I will point out again that this afternoon on inside.uncc.edu, the
Inside UNC Charlotte website, we will post this plan.
We have a bulleted list of all of the football parking designations.
Maybe we can figure out a way to do a screen grab of this Google Earth map as well to put
with that, but that information will be on Inside UNC Charlotte and then in the next
week or so, we're going to have this special website developed where we'll start to collect
all of this detail and we'll try to build out an FAQ section as we go along and if any
of you who are watching have questions that are still somewhere in your mind and you want
to send those to us at Inside UNC Charlotte as well, please do that as well.
We should also note that yes, the Spring Game is April 20th, and the start of an annual
tradition, but in advance of that we're going to have a town hall meeting about football
for campus and I believe Athletics is coordinating that and why would we do that you say, is
it just because of the April 20th game? Well, not exactly, we're coming to the end
of the academic year and there's this gap called summer that's between roughly in the
next few weeks and then the start of football, so we want to catch people before summer takes
us over to really get everybody's mind around what this means and how, frankly, folks can
help us with the questions they have, come to that April 20th game, help us get a real
good simulation going of what we're going to be working with and continue to know that
Keith and Gary are going to be open to suggestions and questions and ideas along the way.
Absolutely and the town meeting is a good opportunity.
We'll be presenting in general so it's a good chance to see all aspects of the plan at one
time but also be able to ask questions so we think we have done our homework but there
are always things that you miss so you know we welcome feedback and questions.
All right.
Well thanks for being with us on this installment of The LIVE Wire on Inside UNC Charlotte and
thank you for putting us on your screens and get back to lunch and we'll be back with you
next Thursday at noon, right here, thanks.
Thanks.