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October 16, 2017

Update to the Stadium Advisory Group (SAG) for the CSU Multi-Purpose Stadium

Tonight’s Agenda

• 5:30 pm - Meeting called to order
• Public Comment (up to 30 minutes)
• Debrief of Game Day 1 (Aug. 26) and Game Day 2 (Sept. 9)
• IGA Project Updates
• Fred Haberecht, CSU Assistant Director of Facilities Management and Campus Planner
• Discussion
• 7:30 pm – Meeting Adjournment

Public Comments

Debrief of Game Days 1 and 2

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CSU Stadium Mid Season Community Check in

Moving from Assumptions to Reality

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Years of Planning and Collaboration

• Based on best practices
• Technical expertise /

analysis

• Local knowledge
• Community input

Moving from Assumptions to Reality

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Years of Planning and Collaboration Transportation Framework Infrastructure Improvements Game Day Operations

Moving from Assumptions to Reality

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Years of Planning and Collaboration Transportation Framework Infrastructure Improvements Game Day Operations

Moving from Assumptions to Reality

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Years of Planning and Collaboration Transportation Framework Infrastructure Improvements Game Day Operations

Inaugural Game

August 26 CSU held its first on campus football game since 1967

• Over 37,000 fans

and workers

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Games 2,3

September 9

• Approximately 27,000

attendees

• Implemented minor refinements

October 14

• Sell out game!
• Homecoming, first night game
• Additional refinements

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General Observations

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Successful first events

• Relatively few problems and

complaints

• Effective multi-modal

transportation plan

• Strong neighborhood protections
• Still a work in progress

Public Safety Off Campus

Fort Collins Police

• 30 Fort Collins officers working the

game (100+ total officers)

• Minimal calls for service

traffic, parking, complaints about people walking through neighborhoods

• Responding to a few crashes
• Numerous (100+) open liquor

container contacts

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Public Safety On Campus

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Colorado State University Police

• Secured Perimeter
• Arrival/departure emphasis to/from

north

• Emergency Medical Services:
• 1st game: responded to 100+

medical calls on campus (60 inside stadium)

Public Safety On Campus

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• Open containers
• Challenge for Game 1
• “Educational enforcement” for Game 2.
• Tailgating has generally been successful.

Some close to residence hall windows.

• Facilities received calls that some campus

buildings were unlocked by CSU employees and not re-secured (MRB, Aylesworth).

Traffic Overview

• Manageable congestion
• Significant bicycle and

pedestrian traffic

• Strong transit ridership
• Early and steady arrivals
• Significant Uber, Lyft,

party bus traffic (drop

• ff on arterials)

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Measuring Congestion on Arterials

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Travel Times Along NB Shields – Prospect to Mulberry

Game day travel times Typical Saturday travel times Game Time

Transportation By Mode

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Transfort

Strong Transit presence:

• Almost 8,000 game day riders
• Strong MAX usage: ~ 4,800
• Light W. Elizabeth ridership
• Long queues post-game but

moved well

• ADA and south campus

shuttle service

• PnR at capacity, especially

South End

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New Traffic Patterns

• Multi-modal concept proving to

be successful

• Uber/Lyft and Party Bus usage

much higher than anticipated.

• Almost 20% of attendees

utilized some type of transit (either to the game, or shuttles from parking lots)

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On Campus Traffic and Parking

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• Arrivals: Early!
• 9 am for 1:30 kickoff
• 3 pm for 8:15 kickoff
• Departures: Spread out (dispersed traffic)
• Due to hot weather
• Late night, cold
• General Access: refinements made
• Refinements made – game 1 to 2

(Prospect / Whitcomb)

On Campus Drop-off/Pick-up Zone

• Very heavy Uber/Lyft / Private Bus usage
• Game 1 – Remington too far away
• Game 2,3 - East Pitkin off of College
• Still a work in progress

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On Campus Bicycle Traffic

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• Mostly from north and west
• Significant usage of Pitkin (and new crossing)
• Bike Valet (capacity of 500) on Pitkin not yet at

capacity:

• Game 1 = 125 bikes, a few bike trailers,

strollers, and 1 trumpet.

• Game 2 = similar.
• May consider moving to the north and west

for future seasons.

• More than 2,400 bikes parked in vicinity of the

stadium (excluding Residence Hall racks)

On Campus - Security and Bicycles

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• Homeland Security requires a secure perimeter around the stadium
• No bikes are allowed inside secure perimeter –
• Bike racks normally in this area are moved before a game day
• 18 bikes were clipped on Game 1 for being in the security perimeter

(often parked to trees, temporary game day fencing, etc.)

On Campus Transit

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• MAX had heavy queues at MAX

Prospect station.

• Transfort staff directed

people to address post game flow

• Prospect Station seeing most

boardings for southbound

On Campus Traffic and Parking

• Many on campus parking lots not at capacity
• Non game related parking needs (staff)

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Neighborhood Impacts

Parking

• No citations issued around parking
• n yards for all 3 games
• 39 proactive contacts/corrections
• 49 vehicles towed in residential

areas; 69 citations issued

• Some confusion, miscommunication

in RP3 neighborhoods

• More education needed re: parking

restrictions

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Neighborhood Impacts

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Main contacts/questions around:

• Open containers
• Stadium event/RP3
• Clear bag policy
• Uber/Lyft/carpooling
• Appreciation of work in the neighborhoods

Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Staffing/Zones 25/10 21/8 14/5 Total Contacts 449 307 179

Neighborhood Services Ambassador Work

Neighborhood Impacts

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Noise

• Few noise complaints
• Noise levels readings near stadium and in nearby

neighborhoods were low to mid 60 dBA

• Stadium noise level readings were lower than

nearby background traffic, even with light traffic

Trash

• No liter issues reported/cited post game
• Trash bags were provided proactively by

Neighborhood Ambassadors

On Campus Impacts

Trash

• Game 1: Exterior trash cans at busiest pedestrian zones around the stadium

were overflowing prior to kick-off (Meridian and Pitkin St, West Gate entry, northeast and southeast corners across from the stadium).

• Game 2: Refined trash and operations plan to locate more trash containers in

these areas and more frequent trash cleanups by Facilities staff.

Recycling:

• Game 1: Minimal exterior recycling containers next to game day trash
• containers. Many fans requested recycling containers,
• Game 2: Many added .

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On Campus Stadium Entry “Zone”

• Original estimate was 80% of attendees would access the

stadium through the North Gates (others to use southeast and west entrances)

• Actual number is even higher.
• The queuing creates challenges with festivities, the

ticket fencing, and general pedestrian “bottleneck”

• In addition, bicyclists are walking their bikes through these

heavy pedestrian areas, especially from the north and the west of the stadium

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On Campus Accessibility to the Stadium

• Working on better communications about

accessible drop-off and parking on-campus. New “ADA and Accessibility” webpage on the Football Game Day website was added early October.

• Providing a new game day “courtesy cart”

from game day shuttle stop on southeast corner of stadium to the West Gate, Ram Town and Ram Zone area.

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On Campus Impacts

Student “Repark” on Campus

• 1,400 resident hall permits sold
• 55% of students typically leave campus on

weekends

• Approximately 450 students were required to

repark.

• Of that, 300 consolidated into north residence

hall lots and 125 relocated to the S. College Avenue Parking Garage

• Approximately 25 student vehicles were towed.

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Ongoing Refinements

ADA accessibility

• Ramps
• Communication
• ADA Shuttle for west entrance

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Pick up and Drop off

• Uber/Lyft at Pitkin
• Other attendees

Shields Street Underpass

• Signing, striping, mirrors
• Educational outreach
• Enforcement

Ongoing Refinements

Continued Education

• Pro active contacts re: open containers
• Game day parking restrictions, zones etc.
• Clear bag policy

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Communication (CSU / City Police)

• Continue to have Police Officer in

Operations Center

Refinement of Operations Plans

• Refining layouts and signal timing
• Adjusting cone crews

Looking Forward

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Upcoming Mid-Season Neighborhood Meeting

Monday, Oct. 23, 6-7:30 p.m.

Colorado State University, Bob Davis Hall (South Concourse of Moby Arena)

The meeting will begin promptly at 6 p.m. with a joint presentation by CSU and the City of Fort Collins. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. If you are unable to attend, you may email your feedback online: www.Source.ColoState.edu/GameDayFeedback

• r leave a voice mail for a return call at (970) 491-6777

Looking Forward

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Bottom Line:

• Strong collaboration
• Community excitement
• Respect for neighbors
• Everybody is learning

Still much to learn:

• Weather, night games
• Demand for transit and ride-share

services

• Education and proactive contacts

Thank You!

Discussion and Input

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IGA Project Update

IGA Project Update

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Underpass Hourly Counts Oct 14 - 15

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Elizabeth & Shields Underpass Prospect & Center Underpass 12 pm 6 am (Sat) 6 pm 12 am (Sun) 6 am 12 pm 6 pm

Discussion

Meeting Adjourned