parking tips for providence college friars womens basketball vs. uconn huskies womens basketball at alumni hall (providence ri 01/31)

hey everyone, figured i'd share some parking tips for the friars vs uconn game on wednesday, 01/31. a 1:00 pm tip-off on a weekday is honestly a total nightmare for traffic and parking, especially with students, commuters, and a huge rivalry crowd all trying to get on campus at once, so you gotta have a solid plan to avoid the headaches.

first, and honestly the secret weapon for any pc game, is Prked. this is the app for renting people's private driveways or garages right next to the providence college campus. for a big game like this, you can usually snag a spot super close to alumni hall, walk just a couple minutes, skip all the main campus traffic on huxley avenue, and it's typically way cheaper than paying for anything official or getting a ticket. check it out before you even leave home.

for official, on-campus parking, it is great because parking is generally free for women's basketball games in the designated lots. the main spot everyone knows is the raymond visitors lot, which you enter through the huxley avenue gate (gps for that is 212 huxley ave). it's right next to the development center. a lot of people miss that the anderson garage and the lennon garage are also options for free parking on campus, also accessible from the huxley entrance. you might also find space in the hickey/sowa, ruane center, or smith center lots.

the huge catch is that since it's free and a massive rivalry game during the day, these spots will fill up *fast*. you should absolutely plan to be pulling into the huxley gate by 11:00 am at the absolute latest if you want a guaranteed free spot on campus. also, since the game falls in the monday-friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm window, general visitors are technically supposed to get a temporary pass from the office of public safety upon entering the huxley gate. it's always best to be prepared for that possibility. the admiral street entrance is also usually unlocked about two hours before tip-off, so right around 11:00 am.

once the free lots are full, they'll direct you to side streets near the college, but you need to be extremely careful. providence meters are enforced from 8 am to 9 pm monday through saturday, which covers the whole game. since the game starts at 1:00 pm, and a lot of those metered spots have a two-hour limit, you risk a huge ticket because you can't just re-feed the meter to extend your time without moving the car, and the game will definitely run past 3:00 pm. if you must park on the street, hunt for non-metered side streets farther from the immediate campus action, and be absolutely obsessive about checking for "no parking" signs, fire lanes, and curbs to avoid a costly campus or city ticket.

hope this helps and go friars