May 15, 2007 -- Some 30,000 people are expected at the University of Virginia for Final Exercises this weekend, May 19 and 20.  Listed below is information on parking and bus schedules.

WEEKEND PARKING
Free parking will be available at the Emmet/Ivy parking garage (near the Cavalier Inn) beginning on Friday morning, May 18, and continuing throughout the weekend. The Central Grounds parking garage, on Emmet Street below the U.Va. Bookstore, will offer limited spaces available for a $5 fee, payable upon entering the garage. Bus service will be unavailable at these two locations.

SATURDAY, MAY 19
To accommodate graduates and guests attending valedictory ceremonies, bus service will run from University Hall and Scott Stadium to Central Grounds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 20
Public parking on Central Grounds will be suspended on Sunday, May 20. Graduates and guests attending Sunday's ceremonies are urged to park at Scott Stadium and University Hall and to take the free shuttle to the Lawn area. Bus service will begin at 7 a.m. and run continuously throughout the day. Prior to the Lawn ceremony, buses will stop on McCormick Road near the University Chapel. After Final Exercises, buses will run from the Chapel to University Hall and Scott Stadium.

For guests attending diploma ceremonies near the Chemistry Building, Gilmer Hall, Kent House Lawn, Thornton Hall and other buildings in that vicinity, bus service will be available from McCormick Road near the McCormick Road residence area to University Hall and Scott Stadium beginning at noon.

For people attending diploma ceremonies on North Grounds — the Darden School, Law School and North Grounds Recreation Center — buses will run from University Hall until the diploma ceremonies conclude at approximately 5:30 p.m.