Prior to the Illinois State mens basketball team taking the floor for the first regular season game at Redbird Arena, Friday night, against Weber State, the Illinois State Athletics Department will begin its maiden voyage of offering a free shuttle bus service to Redbird fans.
The bus service, which will be implemented for all Redbird home games, will shuttle fans between the Motorcycle Instruction Range located on Gregory Street, west of the Illinois State Golf Course, and the South entrance of Redbird Arena. At the completion of the game, the shuttle bus will pick up fans at the South entrance on College Avenue.
In addition to the free shuttle service, there are also $3 parking lots located at the soccer and baseball complex on Adelaide Street and by University High School. There will signs indicating the locations of the $3 parking lots and the shuttle bus parking lot.
Illinois State fans will also notice a change in traffic patterns at the completion of the game. All patrons in parking lot G-53, which is located at the west corner of Main Street and College Avenue, will exit right onto College, while the patrons in the Turner lot, F-62, will be able to only turn left onto College.
Any westbound traffic west of Main Street on College Avenue will be diverted south onto Old Dry Grove to Kingsley Street. It is recommended that traffic waiting at the east corner of Main Street and College Avenue turn either north or south on to Main Street, as opposed to continuing west through the intersection. All traffic at Old Dry Grove and Dry Grove will be required to travel south onto Kingsley Street.
These traffic patterns will be in effect immediately following each home game and will remain in effect until game traffic subsides.
A map, laying out the new parking policies and procedures, is available on the department website at www.redbirds.org. Tip-off for Fridays game against Weber State is slated for 7:05 p.m.
