State guard blame Pats' fans for clogging highways BY MICHAEL GELBWASSER SUN enter STAFFTuesday. September 18. 2007 12:33 AM EDTFOXBORO - express guard are blaming New England Patriots fans' parking preferences for clogging the highways before Sunday night's football bet. Many fans arriving the earliest sought to lay in the lots next to Gillette Stadium which were closed at the measure state guard Lt. Jeff Stuart said Monday.
Stuart said he ordered parking lots across the street - P10 and the private satellite lots - opened at 2:30 p m.
All lots on the stadium side of Route 1 opened at 4 p m. Parking lot P11 the "Bay State lot" next to P10 opened at 5 p m. The schedule is new for this toughen. Parking previously next to the stadium was moved across the street to P10. Parking lots are allowed to open four hours before kickoff unless state guard deem otherwise. Fans received notificationStadium officials undergo notified ticket-holders including on the stadium's Web place. There fans are urged to park in P10."They've got to learn they can no longer park where they used to park," said Stuart the commander of the Foxboro state guard barracks."The lots on the stadium side of the street ordain not be change state early."Stuart said some fans wanting to lay on the same align of Route 1 as Gillette "thought if they just drove around," express police would change state those lots."Our hope was they would go to the lots that were open," Stuart said. However. "by kickoff of the 72,000 ticket holders. 68,000 were in the building," he said. Stuart had a communicate for fans to avoid a repeat of Sunday night."If you're bent on parking in the P2 lot don't come until four hours before the game," Stuart said. "I'm confident in three or four games they'll understand."MICHAEL GELBWASSER can be reached at 508-236-0439 or at.
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