re: WBRZ: LSU said what happened with traffic last Saturday will not happen again

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The cop blocking one of the roads leading to Nicholson on River Road was asleep leaning against his car

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Not surprising.

That said, it also must be taken into account there were a lot of local visitors driving to campus who don't usually come for an LSU game. Visitors who are not particularly well known for following rules well. Case in point, I've talked to more than a few people who told me some of the parking pass lots were full...despite people with passes in said lots being stuck in traffic trying to get to the game. It was opined that people without passes were just jumping curbs or otherwise getting into the lots even though they did not have a pass. People who many not have even been going to the game given the stadium was pretty full at kickoff despite there being a ton of people stuck in traffic trying to get onto campus.

I'm not saying the city police should ever be held as some sort of gold standard for traffic control. But it could be the unique situation this particular game created, essentially an invitation for any and everyone in the city to converge on campus, may be the cause for such a mess. A cause that, presumably won't be there this week with an out of state opponent in town. If so, then we know there are BIG TIME problems with the city, LSU, BRPD, or all three.

Maybe someone needs to tell Tate that all those idling cars are contributing to climate change. That might get their attention.

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Stanford was 100% open

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On way to LSU, there was a cop at Stanford and W Lakeshore with a barracade not allowing anyone to turn right on w lakeshore without a parking pass. I have not seen that ever in 20 years of being a season ticket holder.
As a result, traffic was bumper to bumper standstill on Stanford from W.Lakeshore all the way to the interstate, including the side streets. It was ridiculous.

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I certainly hope not. I have reserved parking at the Wesley Foundation, and I could not get there. I left Metairie at 12:30 and got off on Louisa at about 1:25. I only moved about three blocks on Highland in an hour. There were no police to control traffic. People were making Highland two lanes headed towards campus; it was totally ridiculous. The end for me came when a local female who was nude from the waist down (she had on a long black t-shirt) crossed in front of my truck. I do not care about the "historic" nature of the game. The traffic situation was an embarrassment. I turned and went home. If this happens again, I will no longer be a season ticket holder.

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Sounds almost identical to our experience. As if the traffic trying to get to the game was not bad enough, after several times of my wife having to divert our grandson’s attention away from trashy, somewhat dressed, females she said let’s go home!! That was a wrap.

They need to move that parking pass checkpoint back to Nicholson extension / highland. Not sure why they felt that needed to be done as it worked great. It allowed everyone in the paid lots to cut through

I’m hoping that was just a 1 time game thing that someone thought would help prevent traffic from people that don’t normally go to games aimlessly driving through campus

Always seemed like they could just leave everything alone. Let the traffic lights work.

There were plenty of BRPD out there. They were just implementing a stupid plan.

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There were hundreds of cars that didn’t move within the South Levee Lot for 2 hours. That is the farthest parking lot away from Tiger Stadium with a direct route and controflow leaving campus.

That should not happen no matter what. I’m fine sitting in traffic on a roadway for an hour. There is no reason I should sit in a parking lot for 2 hours without moving

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Sounds like you were in free parking. I'm with you on free parking but this is probably on purpose by LSU

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That said, it also must be taken into account there were a lot of local visitors driving to campus who don't usually come for an LSU game. Visitors who are not particularly well known for following rules well. Case in point, I've talked to more than a few people who told me some of the parking pass lots were full...despite people with passes in said lots being stuck in traffic trying to get to the game. It was opined that people without passes were just jumping curbs or otherwise getting into the lots even though they did not have a pass. People who many not have even been going to the game given the stadium was pretty full at kickoff despite there being a ton of people stuck in traffic trying to get onto campus.

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We parked in lot 404 and there were 4 people tailgating close to where we parked and each of their tents were taking up 2-3 parking spaces. None of the vehicles around the tents had parking passes. This was around 2pm.

Just camp out and have a few brews. Watch some games on the phone. Wait for it to all blow over. That’s what I do.