SILC Language Fair 2020 Unloading, Parking, and Loading Instructions

PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. (If lost, call Peter, 602-496-0644) 
PRINT OUT A COPY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO HAND TO YOUR BUS DRIVERS. 
BUSSES LOADING or UNLOADING IN AN UNAUTHORIZED BUS STOP (RED ZONE) MAY BE CITED.

Download the parking document here.

School Buses and School Vans will drop off and pick up Language Fair participants in the Gammage Auditorium Parking Lot, behind (east of) Gammage. Students will unload and load in a pedestrian-safe area. There is NO WAITING, PARKING, DROPPING OFF or PICKING UP of students on Forest Ave. or Gammage Parkway.

DROP OFF:

1. Approach GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM (GGMA) from APACHE BOULEVARD.
2. TURN NORTH onto FOREST AVENUE at light (across street from what used to be an IHOP Restaurant; it is now the Normal Diner)
3. At STOP sign at Forest and Lemon (East side of Gammage) turn LEFT to enter Gammage Lot, where an attendant will direct you to proceed around Gammage Auditorium to the RIGHT or to the LEFT, and pull up curbside. Pull as far forward as possible to allow other buses to pull up behind.
4. As soon as you have unloaded, EXIT the GAMMAGE LOT to the North and turn LEFT onto GAMMAGE PARKWAY. PROCEED to the STAGING/WAITING AREA on the EAST END of Tempe Marketplace, (NE of McClintock and Rio Salado Parkway) using the following recommended route:
5. From GAMMAGE PARKWAY, turn RIGHT(North) on MILL AVENUE and proceed about 1mile (through downtown Tempe) to RIO SALADO PARKWAY. DO NOT CROSS THE BRIDGE.
6. Turn RIGHT (East) on RIO SALADO PARKWAY, proceed about 2 miles, crossing RURAL RD. to McCLINTOCK DR. Continue ½ mile on RIO SALADO past the lights at PERRY LANE and SMITH ROAD.
7. Turn LEFT (North) on the drive by the Shell station/Car Wash and park in the North East corner highlighted on the map. NOWHERE ELSE.
8. FOOD COURT is at NORTHEAST end of mall.

CAR PARKING:
If you are in a small van or car, you should park in Visitor Parking, in the APACHE BLVD. Structure, SOUTHEAST of the MU. You are responsible for the cost, which is $15 for 4 hours or more. Cars and vans which park in the Gammage lot will be subject to ticketing.
PICK UP:
At the time you arrange with your students and teachers, return Gammage Auditorium where they were dropped off, using the following recommended route:

1. Exit the Tempe Marketplace lot on the same drive used to enter, onto RIO SALADO PARKWAY WESTBOUND toward McCLINTOCK; continue 1 mile to RURAL ROAD.
2. Turn LEFT (South) on RURAL ROAD.
3. Proceed south about 1 mile to APACHE BOULEVARD and turn RIGHT (West).
4. Proceed West on APACHE and turn RIGHT(North) onto FOREST at light (by IHOP).
5. Enter Gammage Lot from STOP sign on FOREST, proceed around Gammage to the LEFT or the RIGHT, as directed, and pull up curbside around the Gammage Circle. As space opens up in front of you, pull as far forward as possible, to allow other buses to pull up behind. As the Gammage Circle fills up with waiting buses, you will need to proceed to the outer drives, (Northwest Drive, toward Mill Ave; Southwest Drive, by the curve; or Southeast Drive, toward Apache Blvd.) We will come note your location, and inform your students via Twitter feed @silc_langfair.
6. As soon as you have loaded your students, EXIT the GAMMAGE Lot. If going NORTH or WEST, it is recommended you exit via Gammage Parkway to MILL AVENUE northbound. If going SOUTH or EAST, it is recommended you exit via FOREST to light at APACHE BLVD. NOWHERE ELSE.