Category: Parking and Traffic

Lot 1 will be closing at 10 p.m. Thursday, May 11 for the Commencement Cruise on Friday, May 12. The route for the Commencement Cruise, from Lot 1 through Perimeter Road and Mike Oatman Drive to Lot 21N, will be closed down beginning at 2:30 p.m. until approximately 3:30 p.m.

Parking lot entrances/exits will not be accessible during the route during this time. Lot 10, the lot near Corbin Education Center, will be the only lot which does not have access off of the route.

The final Food for Fines will take place Tuesday, May 9 through Friday, May 12. Food for Fines is an initiative to support the Shocker Support Locker while providing a cheaper alternative to pay parking citations. Note that donations can only be accepted during the donation period.

All donations for Food for Fines must be dropped off at the Student Government Association’s office in 219 Rhatigan Student Center.

On June 1, Wichita State University begins its multi-year capital improvement plan to renovate Cessna Stadium into a state-of-the-art home for university, athletic and community events and the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championship.

Parking on the east side of Cessna Stadium will be affected beginning June 1. No classes are scheduled this summer in Devlin Hall.

Demolition of the east stands is the first step in the project. This phase of the project is scheduled to be completed before the fall semester.

A live stream of the construction is available.

• Lot 3N (student and visitors) will be closed for the summer and reconfigured as part of a future phase of the project. The lot is scheduled to be open before school starts in the fall.
• Lot 11 (faculty/staff and visitors) will be closed for the summer to non-construction traffic and used for contractor parking. It will be reconfigured as part of a future phase of the project. The lot is scheduled to be open before school starts in the fall.
• Lot 3S (faculty/staff and visitors) will be closed for the summer. Updates on the availability of the lot in the fall will be provided. The lot will be closed permanently as part of a future phase of the project.
• Entry on Yale Avenue will remain open. Expect truck traffic.

Marcus Welcome Center addition

Construction on the Marcus Welcome Center addition project will begin on May 15. The eastern-most part of Lot 19E, next to Mike Oatman Drive at Eck Stadium, will close until the summer of 2024. Expect construction traffic on Mike Oatman Drive.

Background on Cessna Stadium project

In September, the Wichita State University Board of Trustees approved funding for phases 1A and 1B for the capital improvement plan to replace Cessna Stadium.

Timing of all demolition and renovations will be scheduled to avoid interruption of the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championship in future years.

Demolition of the east stands of Cessna Stadium will begin immediately after the state track meet this year. Phase 1A begins in the fall with work scheduled to begin on improvements on the east side of the existing track (underground utility work, seating area for approximately 3,600 with a combination of bleacher seats and terraces designed for tents, free-standing field lights, fencing, ticket pavilion, restroom/storage buildings, and plaza).

Work is scheduled to be completed before the 2024 Kansas State High School Track and Field Championship.

Phase 1B begins after the 2024 Kansas State High School Track and Field Championship and includes widening the field and a 9-lane track. Bleacher seating on the north and south sides of the stadium is included.

Capacity of the stadium, when completed, is planned for approximately 13,500.

Parking will be enforced as usual during finals week, Saturday, May 6 to May 11.

Beginning Friday, May 12 green student lots will open for the summer and ePermits will not be required until Aug. 21. All other areas, including yellow faculty/staff lots, will still be enforced during the summer.

To celebrate Earth Day, Student Government Association and Green Group will host an Earth Day Festival Friday, April 21. A farmers market and a couple food trucks will be set up in the parking lot directly outside Corbin Education Center, lot 10.

Faculty and staff who usually park in this lot can park in the student lot east of Corbin, lot 5, on Friday.

The north half of the lot east of the Corbin Education Center, lot 5, will be blocked off for a firework display on Friday, April 14 after the softball game, which starts at 6 p.m. in Wilkins Stadium.

For safety reasons, all vehicles parked on the north side of the lot will need to be moved out of the area by the night of Thursday, April 13.

The north half of the lost east of the Corbin Education Center, lot 5, will be blocked off for a firework display on Friday, April 14 after the softball game, which starts at 6 p.m. in Wilkins Stadium.

For safety reasons, all vehicles parked on the north side of the lot will need to be moved out of the area by the night of Thursday, April 13.

Wichita State Parking Services is in the beginning stages of pre-selling fiscal year 2023-24 ePermits to Wichita State departments, corporations and partners. If you are the contact for your department’s ePermits and would like to renew for the fiscal year, email the WSU parking office at wsuparking@wichita.edu to start the process, otherwise, Parking Services will be in contact with you shortly.

Your department will not be billed until the beginning of the 2023-24 fiscal year. However, Parking Services would like to make sure your account is up to date so there is not a lapse in ePermit coverage. Most current departmental ePermits expire on Aug. 31.

Wichita State Parking Services is in the beginning stages of pre-selling fiscal year 2023-24 ePermits to Wichita State departments, corporations and partners. If you are the contact for your department’s ePermits and would like to renew for the fiscal year, email the WSU parking office at wsuparking@wichita.edu to start the process, otherwise, Parking Services will be in contact with you shortly.

Your department will not be billed until the beginning of the 2023-24 fiscal year. However, Parking Services would like to make sure your account is up to date so there is not a lapse in ePermit coverage. Most current departmental ePermits expire on Aug. 31.

On Thursday, April 13, Woolsey Hall’s parking lot, lot 41, will be blocked off all day for several events including the National Advisory Council (NAC) Reception at Woolsey.

And on Friday, April 14, there will be several lot reservations across campus:

• A portion of Woolsey’s lot, lot 41, will be blocked off for guests from the Kansas Board of Regents until 5 p.m.
• A portion of the lot east of Ablah Library, lot 13, will be blocked off for guests attending a Certified Commercial Investment Member class. The lot will reopen after 9:30 a.m.
• And the lots outside the Marcus Welcome Center, lots 21N and 21W, will be blocked off until 11 a.m. for the NAC business meeting.