The Rogers Cup 2013 women’s tennis tournament will take place at the Rexall Centre, York University, from Saturday, Aug. 3 to Sunday, Aug. 11, and will affect parking on the Keele campus as follows:
Reserved tennis parking
The following parking lots/garage will be used for tennis pass holders:
- Founders Road East Visitors Lot
- Founders Road West Lot
- Shoreham Drive Lot
- Northwest Gate Lot
- Arboretum Lane Parking Garage
- York Boulevard Lot
Tennis patrons and participants are required to display valid Tennis Parking Passes to use these lots/garage. With the exception of the Shoreham Drive Lot, these lots will be occupied for this event on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 7am until Sunday, Aug. 11 at midnight.
The Shoreham Drive Lot will be closed for this event from Friday, Aug. 2 at 7 am until Monday, Aug. 12 at midnight.
Please note that Valet parking for the tournament will be off campus at the Pioneer Village parking lot.
York parking permit holders
York will minimize the effects to the community by preserving a predetermined quantity of parking spaces for permit holders and by upgrading and/or redirecting permit holders who are displaced during the tournament.
If you are a permit holder in any of the above-listed lots, please refer below for parking during this period. Upgrades to these lots are provided at no additional charge.
- Permit holders in the Shoreham Drive Lot will be relocated to the Arboretum Lane Parking Garage.
- Permit holders for the Arboretum Lane Parking Garage, Founders Road East Lot, Founders Road West Lot, York Boulevard Lot, Student Services Garage, Pond Road East Lot and Sentinel Road East Lot are unaffected by the tournament arrangements.
Pay-on-entry (cash only) tournament parking
During the tennis event, lots designated for Tennis Canada event cash parking will charge a flat fee of $12 daily for each day of the tournament period.
The lots designated for Tennis Canada event cash parking are as follows:
- Student Services Parking Garage
- Pond Road East Lot
- Sentinel Road East Lot
York visitor/short-term parking
During the tennis tournament period, visitor and short-term parking will be available in the following lots/garage/roadways for the York community at the current York rates:
- Vanier Lot
- Calumet Lot
- York Lanes Parking Garage
- Atkinson Lot
- Passey Road
- Assiniboine Road
- Fine Arts Road
- Physical Resources Building Lot South
- Thompson Road Lot
- Kinsmen Lot
There will be no short-term parking available in the following lots/garages:
- Arboretum Lane Parking Garage
- Northwest Gate Lot
- Founders Road East Visitors Lot
- Student Services Parking Garage
For more information or if any special parking arrangements are required, contact Parking Services at ext. 55335.
Traffic restriction on campus
For the duration of the tennis tournament, the following road restriction will be in place from 9am to midnight from Saturday, Aug. 3 to Sunday, Aug. 11, inclusive:
- Shoreham Drive will be closed between Murray Ross Parkway and Ian Macdonald Boulevard/Pond Road, both east and westbound.
The Parking Services regrets any inconvenience and thanks all for their cooperation.