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Florida State University vs. Clemson, Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m.

If you plan to attend the game, or will be on campus this weekend, here is some helpful parking and game day information.

Bookmark the links for easy access today and throughout the season.

Game day information: Click here for information from Clemson Athletics about Memorial Stadium information, parking and tailgating policies.

Clemson also has a GPS map through the my.Clemson site that can show you the nearest portable or permanent restroom to your location! Click here, add “gameday restrooms” as a layer on the top right menu. Then click on the nearest restroom and directions will pull open to show you how to get there!

Tiger Band Kidz Klub

Tiger kids will once again have the chance to get an up-close look at the talents and instruments of Tiger Band.

Tiger Band Kidz Klub is open to all children aged 1 to 13 and their parents. Meetings are held the Friday before each home football game at 5 pm on the band practice field. This season, meetings will be held on Friday, Sept. 11; Fridays, Oct. 2, 9, and 16; and Fridays, Nov. 6 and 20. The Kidz Klub provides an in-depth look at the instruments Tiger Band musicians play and participation in band activities. Kids can even help the band practice the “most exciting 25 seconds in college football” by playing the role of the Clemson football players.

The band practice field is located at Perimeter and Cherry roads next to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts parking lot. Please be aware that the Tiger Band Kidz Club cannot be responsible for unsupervised children.

90 minutes before kickoff

Tiger Band will hold its “90 Minutes Before Kickoff” concerts this football season on home football Saturdays. The concert, which is also a pep rally, will take place at the outdoor amphitheater near the reflection pond at the center of campus.

One and a half hours before kickoff, Tiger Band will perform classics from their repertoire, such as “Tiger Rag” and “Eye of the Tiger,” as well as contemporary songs and half-time show highlights before making its traditional march down Fort Hill Street to Memorial Stadium.

The concerts will begin one and a half hours before kickoff on Sept. 5, 12, Oct. 3, 10, and 17, and Nov. 7 and 21. Check local listings for kickoff times.

Parking information: If you have a car parked on campus or plan to drive a car on campus this weekend, keep the following points in mind:
-Reserved lots will be cleared 12 hours before kickoff.
-Parking regulations for home football games supersede all other regulations and will be enforced 12 hours before the start of each game.
-Parking lots open at 8 a.m.
-The S.C. Highway Patrol controls entrance into IPTAY parking areas on game days-only vehicles with a valid IPTAY parking permit will be allowed to enter, drive through or park in IPTAY parking areas.

Click here for game day parking information, including parking restrictions, student-, fan-, employee- and reserved-parking and transit service. For the latest information about Clemson Area Transit (CAT) bus deviations, maps and other information, visit CAT’s Facebook page.

New parking areas reserved for IPTAY spaces: With the success of Clemson’s football team, increased season ticket sales, and ongoing construction, additional parking spaces have been reserved across campus for IPTAY donors.

– Additional aisle in E-6 parking lot (Sikes/Long parking lot)
– All green spaces on Cherry Rd.
– The gravel lot in the Pecan Grove near Calhoun Courts
– E-13 parking lot (Sheep Barn parking lot)
– All green, orange, and metered spaces on Sherman Street and Daniel Drive near Clemson House. There is no general parking in this area this season.
– Aisles 1 – 3 of C-1 parking lot (The Pit)

All faculty, staff, student, and service vehicles must be relocated out of these spaces. If you have a service or departmental vehicle parked in one of these areas, please relocate it off campus. Parking and Transportation Services has limited space at the remote impound lot on Hugo Drive. For directions, please call Marvin Dixon at 864-722-3625. If any vehicles are left in one of these areas, it will be towed.

Employee parking on game day: Due to the reallocation of IPTAY spaces within the Sikes/Long parking lot to increase safety with ADA shuttle route diversion, employee parking has been reduced within the lot. A limited number of employee spaces remain in the aisle adjacent to Long Hall only. These spaces are reserved for those faculty and staff which must work on game days and is not meant as an alternative tailgating area. If this area is full, working employees are encouraged to park in green spaces along McMillan Rd and within the E-15 parking lot on the east side of Cooper Library.

C-1 parking lot now a $20 paid general admission lot: C-1 parking lot, accessible from Perimeter Rd., has been converted to a general admission football parking paid lot. Aisles 1 – 3 of the lot are reserved for IPTAY parking only with Aisles 4 – 12 available for general admission paid parking. All Non-IPTAY vehicles entering the lot will be charged $20 for parking in the lot.

Cash, Credit or Debit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), and pre-paid permits are accepted. Pre-payment guarantees your space on game day! Click here for complete information and to purchase a permit.

Lot 2A – Temporary Commuter Parking – Closed Friday: To prepare for game day, lot 2A, (across from Fike Recreation Center) which has been designated for temporary commuter parking, is closed today. The lot will reopen for general use when game day parking items have been cleared. People should park in the white spaces in P-3 parking lot behind the stadium instead of lot 2A. This lot will be closed each Friday before home football games.

By Jackie Todd, Office of Media Relations

Parking permit fees for faculty, staff and students on Clemson’s main campus will rise effective Aug. 16.

Parking permit fees are tied to a salary tier system. Employees with higher salaries pay more for parking permits. The Aug. 16 fee increase follows the same tier system and ranges from a 33-cent increase per paycheck to a $2.08 increase per paycheck for those on the highest tier. Another tier has also been added for top wage earners. Those who earn more than $90,000 annually will see the highest increase.

But not everyone will pay more for parking.

“Those whose annual salaries are $30,000 or less will see no fee increase,” said Dan Hofmann, director of Parking and Transportation Services.

The increase is the first for faculty and staff in more than a decade and the first for students since 2009 according to Hofmann.

“The last time faculty and staff saw parking permit prices go up was 2003,” he said. “We’ve invested in new parking technologies and made major improvements to improve our parking infrastructure since then.”

Some of the most recent improvements cited include the addition of “visitor-friendly” solar powered multi-space parking meters that provide dedicated visitor spaces. In the past, visitors were permitted to park in employee spaces for free, but are now required to use the dedicated visitor spots.

Other improvements include the addition of the new E-21 employee parking lot, an eco-friendly 200-space lot near the Cherry and Perimeter roads intersection. The heavily used Sikes and Sirrine employee parking lots were renovated and the Brooks Center parking lot was redesigned, adding 50 spaces. A number of main campus parking lots now boast LED lighting, which Hofmann said supports the sustainability goals of the university, saves money and enhances safety. Parking lot “loops” have also been installed in 10 student commuter lots allowing students to access parking space availability for more than 4,200 spaces through their smartphones using the my.Clemson app. Hofmann hopes to expand this to employee lots in the future.

Hofmann is adding more employee parking spaces to the main campus.

“We’re about to sign a lease with Holy Trinity Church, which will give us up to 40 additional employee spaces in the church’s lot, right across the street from Mell Hall. And the temporary gravel area right outside of Clemson House is currently being repaved, so that will open up additional employee spaces,” he said.

Future plans include the creation of over 1,000 parking spaces for the Douthit Hills project as well as the creation of two satellite parking lots. Hofmann said that a 650-space lot on the east side of campus and a 188-space lot on the west side is still in the beginning stages, but once completed, will be accessible to faculty, staff and students.

The increase was approved by Clemson’s Administrative Council and presented to the faculty and staff senates as well and the university’s undergraduate and graduate student governments.

“We know that increases are not popular, but most employees will pay an additional average of 50 cents per paycheck,” he said. “It’s a small price to pay for the magnitude of improvements that we are implementing on campus.“

See permit rates here.