NATCHITOCHES – Construction on a new parking lot for nearby Prather Coliseum is altering  fan and team parking for the 2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament at the Lady Demon Diamond.
 
The softball facility is just west of the Prather parking lot. Fans will need to utilize nearby alternate parking locations and be prepared to walk for as much as 300 yards on Wednesday and Thursday to reach the gate and ticket booth, located next to the left field corner of the field.
 
The entirety of the parking lot, which encircles Prather Coliseum and also provides parking for tennis, track and field, baseball and softball home events, has been uprooted for needed improvements to the area, replacing a 50-year-old lot.
 
Here are some areas where fans may park Wednesday and Thursday, also shown online at the www.NSUDemons.com/parking link:

• In the parking lots at the southwest and west sides of Turpin Stadium (football field)
• In the parking lots past the right field fence and scoreboard for the Lady Demon Diamond softball complex, along Organizational Drive (Greek Row, across Caspari Street from the west side of Prather Coliseum)
• In the parking lots alongside Prather Coliseum on the east and west sides; access is available only at the southeast and southwest entrances

 
Signage indicates "no parking zones" for grassy areas alongside streets near the athletic complex, including in front of the Lady Demon Diamond softball complex, and those will be enforced as necessary by campus police, including potential towing of violators to assure safety for pedestrians.
 
Friday parking will be altered by NSU's spring commencement exercises at Prather Coliseum. Traffic to areas adjacent to the softball facility will be heavy around the 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ceremonies. Shuttle buses will deliver guests to Prather Coliseum, a short walk away from the softball complex. The parking lots flanking Prather will be reserved for handicapped guests on Friday only.

For a comprehensive look at all campus parking options Friday, and corresponding shuttle bus pickup points, visit www.nsula.edu or view this link:

http://www.nsula.edu/assets/Graduation2015Map/Map-Sp2015-GradParking-4-22-15.pdf