Parking shuttle available for WIAA tournament

Fans attending the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) high school girls basketball tournament on campus this week (March 11-13) can park at the Dane County Coliseum and ride a Madison Metro shuttle bus to the Field House.

Buses will run every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour, 6:30 a.m.-10:15 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 9 a.m.-10:15 p.m. Saturday. Passengers can board the bus near the fountain in front of the Coliseum.

The shuttle service will also be operating during the WIAA High School Boys Basketball Tournament March 18-20. Buses will take fans from the Coliseum to the front door of the Kohl Center and back. The hours of operation will be the same as for the girls tournament.

The cost of parking at the Coliseum will be $3.75 per day, and the round-trip ride to and from the tournament is only $1.

“Daytime parking, in particular, is very limited on campus, especially in the vicinity of the Kohl Center,” says Patti Lux-Weber, special events parking coordinator for the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Transportation Services. “The shuttle service offers spectators a hassle-free way to get to the games and it will help ease traffic congestion in the campus area during the tournaments.”

Lux-Weber advises fans to allow themselves plenty of time to locate parking so they can get to the games on time.