Finally opened my football ticket binder.

[Bucky Dog]

And I noticed the parking pass is not A pass but it is 7 different ticket style passes with bar codes and such. Not sure what prompted this and I’m no smart guy but now it seems we will have to take away all the hole punches from the parking lot monitors and give them those portable scanners.

Is this some security thing ir something? Has to be an increased cost. Maybe it’s just technology and **** taking over!

 

[RocketDawg]

They never punched my pass a single time ... just waved us through. It must vary by parking lot.

Don't know why they changed to individual parking passes, but it'll make it easier if you want to sell or give away tickets and parking for a single game. Might even make selling the ticket easier.

 

[The Fatboy]

Probably helps to prevent fakes.

 

[archdog]

Probably helps to prevent fakes.

I would imagine it's so you can lend them to a friend that is using your football tickets. Before you would have to let them have you pass and get it back before the following week.

I am sure this has been done to make that easier.

 

[The Peeper]

There's been problems reported of people that paid for parking passes but couldn't get into their lot when they got there because the parking attendants were accepting cash from people without passes to park in reserved lots. With the scanners they can track exactly how many cars with legitimate passes get into an assigned lot and will know when they get reports from irate fans which attendants are pocketing cash or at least can gather info to help figure out the problem. When they were punching the passes they really couldn't verify anything.
I reported an attendant last year in the public lot I park in. The university knows how many passes they give each attendant, so when they tally their take, they count passes given to them minus passes returned, multiply by $20 and know how many cars theoretically parked in that lot. This guy would point blank tell you it was $20 if he gave you a pass for your window or $10 if he didn't. He would take your $10 and put it in his pocket and the university doesn't know the difference because they aren't patrolling looking for passes in windows. He was making $10 for each car he did that to and university was losing $20.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

This is exactly why. In fact, uniy changed contractors to handle parking

There's been problems reported of people that paid for parking passes but couldn't get into their lot when they got there because the parking attendants were accepting cash from people without passes to park in reserved lots. With the scanners they can track exactly how many cars with legitimate passes get into an assigned lot and will know when they get reports from irate fans which attendants are pocketing cash or at least can gather info to help figure out the problem. When they were punching the passes they really couldn't verify anything.
I reported an attendant last year in the public lot I park in. The university knows how many passes they give each attendant, so when they tally their take, they count passes given to them minus passes returned, multiply by $20 and know how many cars theoretically parked in that lot. This guy would point blank tell you it was $20 if he gave you a pass for your window or $10 if he didn't. He would take your $10 and put it in his pocket and the university doesn't know the difference because they aren't patrolling looking for passes in windows. He was making $10 for each car he did that to and university was losing $20.

new company will also accept credit/debit card at the pay lots instead of cash only

 

[Bucky Dog]

There's been problems reported of people that paid for parking passes but couldn't get into their lot when they got there because the parking attendants were accepting cash from people without passes to park in reserved lots. With the scanners they can track exactly how many cars with legitimate passes get into an assigned lot and will know when they get reports from irate fans which attendants are pocketing cash or at least can gather info to help figure out the problem. When they were punching the passes they really couldn't verify anything.
I reported an attendant last year in the public lot I park in. The university knows how many passes they give each attendant, so when they tally their take, they count passes given to them minus passes returned, multiply by $20 and know how many cars theoretically parked in that lot. This guy would point blank tell you it was $20 if he gave you a pass for your window or $10 if he didn't. He would take your $10 and put it in his pocket and the university doesn't know the difference because they aren't patrolling looking for passes in windows. He was making $10 for each car he did that to and university was losing $20.

So that’s it?! We have cheaters taking cash to park close and those of us who pay thousand a year just have to deal with it.

 

[MSU124]

Deal with it?? Put them in your glove compartment and move on. Jesus.

 

[CuzDawg]

Exactly. Glad they are taking some measures. I hope they do it for basketball because that was a disaster last year.

3,500 ppl at the game, I get there for a week night game right at game time and the lot was full. I also saw attendants take cash.

 

[patdog]

Deal with it?? Put them in your glove compartment and move on. Jesus.

You'd think someone who paid for parking passes in a lot would be glad the University is taking steps to stop fraud. After all, they're the ones who run the risk of not being able to use a spot they paid for.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Exactly. Glad they are taking some measures. I hope they do it for basketball because that was a disaster last year.

3,500 ppl at the game, I get there for a week night game right at game time and the lot was full. I also saw attendants take cash.

Parking at the Hump is a joke. It was almost like everyone in the stands brought their own car and no one rode together

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

So that’s it?! We have cheaters taking cash to park close and those of us who pay thousand a year just have to deal with it.

This is like the guy who gets mad when the teller asks for an ID before doing a withrdrawl at the bank. So sorry to be protecting you and your money from fraud sir.

 

[kired]

I noticed it a lot 5-6 years ago, cars being let in without passes. Hasn’t seemed to be as bad here recently. I like the passes for each game - I’m always worried about losing the single pass, somehow misplacing it when we have a long stretch of no home games. This way I can just keep each one stashed away with my tickets.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

And I noticed the parking pass is not A pass but it is 7 different ticket style passes with bar codes... Maybe it’s just technology and **** taking over!

Yes. Welcome to 1986, where barcode scanning is "technology"...

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[CuzDawg]

Ha. I thought the same thing.

 

[TorchingTime]

It looks like my parking passes have a parking space number on them as well. It’s just above the lot number. Maybe it’s not but the same number is on every pass.

***EDIT*** Nevermind. Back of the pass still says “First come first serve”