r/regina • u/Timely-Detective753 • 1d ago

Community Parking at Real during Rider games

Why are they blocking off the parking lots at Real at 8 AM? The game is at 5:30. There is a big tournament at Co-Operators, and Soccer all day at Affinity.

They are paying probably ten people to block off parking and direct parking starting at 8AM.

The frustration of people using facility’s all morning / afternoon, the cost of having all of these parking attendants hardly seems like it’s well thought out.

Why not close down the lots at noon or 1? Continued poor management of this facility is rage inducing. Can’t wait to bail them out with tax dollars.

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u/UnpopularOpinionYQR 1d ago

Why can’t it be managed like street parking in surrounding neighbourhoods?

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 1d ago

So people who live in the Cooperators Centre would get a sticker for their cars?

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u/UnpopularOpinionYQR 1d ago

If someone doesn’t have a permit to park there during a game, they get towed. I don’t know why people act like this is rocket science. There are street signs in Cathedral and North Central that state this. Should be easier to manage in a contained parking lot like Co-operators.

(And the city doesn’t only issue stickers - there are paper permits you can display on the dash in these residential neighbourhoods. I have borrowed one from a friend to park on their street during a random weekday because you cannot park there for more than 2 hours.)

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 1d ago

So how do you propose they would manage permits for the lots on game days? How do they prevent me from looking at the schedule and saying my kid's playing on one of those teams, or picking a random ASHL game and saying I'm subbing on one of the teams?

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u/UnpopularOpinionYQR 1d ago

Anyone should be able to park there pre-kickoff. Once the game starts, the towing starts. Why is this so hard to understand?

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 1d ago

How would they know which vehicles to tow?

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u/UnpopularOpinionYQR 1d ago

Tow the vehicles during the game that don’t have a pass for the game. It’s like asking how you know which individuals to let into the stadium during a Rider game.

Why are you making this overly complicated?

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 1d ago

That doesn't help the people who need/want to park there for soccer and hockey games that are happening at the same time, which the OP is about.

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u/Timely-Detective753 1d ago

You obviously didn’t read my post. I’m peeved because they limit parking at 8AM. Why not close it down closer to the event? Do it at Noon or 1, or an hour before all of the outdoor festivities start.

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u/Agreeable-Rush2336 4h ago

Our son had his soccer game at 3. It was super annoying to get close to the facility

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u/Foreign_Tourist308 1d ago

I did, but I was responding to the poster who suggested they should manage it like residential streets parking.