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Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:41 am
Posted by Fred's a tiger
Mamou
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:41 am
The wife and I are alumni (1974) but haven't been on campus in the last 10 years or so. Are non-student vehicles allowed on campus? Are there parking areas for non-student vehicles?
We'll be in Baton Rouge this week and she wants to visit the student union and book store (memories and all that you know).
Posted by FAP SAM
Member since Sep 2014
3100 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:42 am to
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5045 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:44 am to
quote:

student union and book store (memories and all that you know).


There won't be much to jog your memory. The union is completely redone, and the bookstore is across the street.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
153617 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:44 am to
I think there is parking around the Union and you can get to it without having to cross into the campus gates. But I imagine it’s pretty limited. In the past you could get visitor parking access at the corner of Dalrymple and Highland, but I’m not sure if that’s still correct or not.

You could always park in student lots and walk pretty far. And if you get a ticket you can dispute it as a visitor and get it removed, but you have to go through the hassle of doing that I guess.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171553 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:44 am to
Just visit after 4:30 and they don’t care where anyone parks. School is out too so they doubly won’t care.

Just don’t blame me if they ticket you.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
13238 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:50 am to
You can also go to the parking office and get a 1 day parking pass for a few bucks.

go to the gate on South Stadium by Nicholson tell the traffic guy at the gate you are going to parking. building is directly across from the chemical engineering building.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Lone Star State
Member since May 2020
10975 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:12 am to
As another poster mentioned, visit after 4:30 if it’s a week day. If it’s a weekend you can visit whatever time you want. There’s signs all over that list what’s fair game.

I recommend parking at the Tower circle. That’s right smack dab in the middle of campus. Plenty of spots along the parade grounds there. If that’s not available then I recommend parking next to Barnes and Noble.

Have fun and Geaux Tigers
Posted by Glock17
Member since Oct 2007
22785 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:15 am to
Their should be the visitors lot right there at Highland and Dalrymple.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
37658 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:16 am to
quote:

she wants to visit the student union and book store (memories and all that you know).


That is significantly different than when I was there in 1980. A lot has changed. There is no more bookstore in the Union, now there is a Barnes and Noble across the Highland.

Graduation is coming up this week as well, so parking may be a bit more difficult than typical after classes have ended. But the parking Garage behind Barnes and Noble is always a good choice. It is paid parking at a Kiosk during the week but I think the kiosks will not accept payment if it is during a time when parking is open to the public in all the lots.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82629 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:18 am to
quote:

bookstore


are they still getting away with that scam?
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
9503 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:18 am to
quote:

book store


We've just parked in the bookstore parking garage the last few times we've gone.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51447 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:21 am to
quote:

are they still getting away with that scam?

We aren't using this book again next semester. We can offer you $3 for it
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82629 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:22 am to
quote:

We aren't using this book again next semester. We can offer you $3 for it


still pisses me off
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
20315 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:30 am to
you gonna have sex in all the favorite spots?
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
58879 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:35 am to
quote:

We aren't using this book again next semester. We can offer you $3 for it
Exactly why I still have half a dozen or so old textbooks.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82629 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:38 am to
quote:

Exactly why I still have half a dozen or so old textbooks.



I kept my old calculus book, it may as well have been written in Latin when I look at it now
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
5609 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:48 am to
I've found visitor parking spots near the book store/law school during the week. If not, just park in the stadium parking lot and throw the ticket in the trash. You haven't been to campus in a decade and may not be for another decade.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
10569 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:01 am to
quote:

We aren't using this book again next semester. We can offer you $3 for it

still pisses me off


I showed them. My 2.31 GPA arse didn't buy no fricking books.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50292 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:04 am to
bookstore has a parking garage paid parking you can use
I would park in law school lot - school is out and will plenty of spots
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:24 am to
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