Category: Parking and Traffic

Facilities Services will begin repainting crosswalks Monday, June 12. The painting will require lane closures across campus from approximately 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and is expected to last until Friday, June 16, weather permitting.

With the closures of parking lots around Cessna Stadium, Lot 34, north of 21st Street and Yale Avenue, has reopened for faculty, staff and student use.

There will be road and lot closures for 5A state baseball and softball and state track Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27.

Perimeter Road will be closed between Yale and Alumni Drive for the two days due to increased pedestrian traffic. The following parking lots will also be closed for state track:

• Lot 3N
• Lot 3S
• Lot 11
• Lot 22
• Western half of Lot 5

Also expect a significant increase in traffic and parked cars on campus during thee two days.

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.