Hunter
02/23/24
While the University of Iowa is constructing a 985-stall parking ramp just north of Kinnick Stadium, they’re now asking permission to build a second structure across the street from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, west of the College of Dentistry.
The Gazette reports the Board of Regents will consider the request by the University to spend up to $60 million on the second parking ramp, which would have between 1000 and 1200 stalls.
They say the ramps are necessary to have adequate parking as the west campus continues to expand. A $1 billion inpatient tower for the UIHC, a Health Sciences Academic Building are among the renovation and expansion projects as part of the UI’s master plan.
The newspaper also reports the parking plan for UI’s west side would be to designate UIHC parking ramps 2, 3, and 4 for patients only and move parking for athletics events, dentistry services and the Veterans Affairs hospital to the north of nearby Newton Road.