Parking Lot 3, Library Lot is dedicated to football parking. Permit holders can use Recreation Center Lot - Lot 11, Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) Ramp, or North Campus Ramp as the closest alternative to park on game day. Faculty and staff permit holders are reminded they may use their Night and Weekend (NW) privileges to park in these alternate lots. Permit holders must use their parking access card to both enter and exit parking facilities to use their NW privileges.  

Employees scheduled or called into work should use Parking Ramp 1, Parking Ramp 2, Parking Ramp 4, or Newton Road Ramp during home football games. 

Faculty and staff permit holders are reminded they may use their Night and Weekend (NW) privileges to park in these alternate lots. To use NW privileges, permit holders must use their parking access card to both enter and exit the parking facility. 

Permit holders directly impacted by game day operations will receive direct communication from Parking and Transportation via email the week of each game. 

Beginning at 6 p.m. Fridays before home games, Krause Family Plaza (KFP) in Parking Lot 43 south of Kinnick Stadium is closed to all vehicles. In most cases, this will be 6 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Sunday. All permit holders must remove their vehicle from Krause Family Plaza during the closure. 

Other parking lots around Kinnick Stadium including Parking Lot 43 N and south Parking Lot 75 are cleared to allow large vehicles to enter overnight. Signs are posted several days in advance to alert affected permit holders to remove their vehicles by the time posted, typically 6 p.m. the night before home games.  

Beginning at 6 p.m. the night before home games, no vehicles will be allowed to enter Parking Lot 43 and all faculty and staff arriving for work should instead use Hospital Parking Ramps 1, 2, and 4.  

Beginning at 6 a.m. the day of home games, Evashevski Drive will be closed at Hawkins Drive and no vehicles will be allowed to enter the following parking facilities: Parking lots 33, 40, 43, 46/47, 65, 75, and 80 (Parking Ramp 3). 

On home game days, motorists are advised to arrive at UI Health Care from the north via Hawkins Drive due to temporary road closures around the stadium. Road closures:

• Hawkeye Wave Way and Hawkins Drive between Melrose Avenue and Evashevski Drive are closed to traffic beginning 2.5 hours before kickoff until two hours after the game has ended.
• Melrose Avenue between Olive Court and Hawkins Drive is closed 1 hours before kickoff.