CSUS is ready to
repeat its record-setting success by hosting the 2004 U.S. Olympic Track and
Field Trials for a second consecutive time July 9 to 18, making Sacramento the
first city to host back-to-back Trials in 24 years.
The 2000 trials
at the University were the best attended U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
in history, bringing 187,104 people to campus over an eight-day run. Daily attendance
averaged 23,338.
Olympic
Trials will bring parking changes
The
campus will once again host the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. This
year’s event will be July 9 to 18.
When the campus hosted the Trials in 2000 the average daily crowd was
more than 23,000. As a result, though the campus will continue to operate
in its summer mode while hosting the Trials, some parking restrictions
will be in place:
Beginning
July 9 employees are advised to park on the north end of campus. With
the exception of about 500 parking spaces, the parking lots south of
Sinclair Road will be used to accommodate Trials parking. The lots north
of Sinclair Road will be reserved for campus use.
During
the Trials, use of daily parking permits will be modified. Daily permits
will only be sold in parking lot 2 and daily parking will be restricted
to about 350 spaces in that lot. Once the designated area in Lot 2 is
full, no other daily permit parking will be available. One-week temporary
permits and summer permits are available at the Student Financial Services
Center in Lassen Hall and at the UTAPS office in Foley Hall.
On the
eight days of actual competition – July 9 -12 and July 15 - 18,
the south half of State University Drive West will be closed to through
traffic. State University Drive West will be blocked from Sinclair Road
south to Stadium Way. Traffic traveling north and south on the campus
will need to use State University Drive East.
A campus map with detailed Trials information is available on the University
transportation and parking website at www.csus.edu/utaps.
For more information, contact Nancy Fox at 278-5241 or Ron Grant at
278-6014.
Three American
records were set at the 2000 Trials as well as one world record – set
by Stacy Dragila, a graduate of Placer High School in Auburn, who pole vaulted
15 feet 2 ¼ inches and went on to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
More than 10,000 eight-day passes costing from $600 to $360 have already been
sold for the 2004 Trials, and eight seating sections of Hornet Stadium are sold
out. Four-day passes are also available now for either the first four days (July
9 to 12) or the second four days (July 15 to18) of competition, and are priced
from $140 to $80. A limited number of single-day tickets go on sale May 15.
Single-day tickets are priced from $35 to $20.
Multiple-day passes and a complete schedule of the trials are available from
The Sacramento Sports Commission at www.sacsports.com/2004trials
or at 566-6560.
Individual tickets are available from the CSUS Ticket Office at 278-4323 or
at Tickets.com starting Saturday, May 15. The CSUS Ticket Office will be open
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15.
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California State University, Sacramento • Public Affairs
6000 J Street • Sacramento, CA 95819-6026 • (916) 278-6156 • infodesk@csus.edu
