A parking lot primer for Dawg day afternoons

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Thinking about saving time, space and money by merely meeting friends who may be tailgating in The Pit on West 3rd street this weekend? Well, if so, you better scratch off the “money” part of said goals as pedestrians will no longer get by unscathed. (more…)

Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Some tailgaters who party in Cleveland’s Municipal Parking Lot before Browns home games accuse the city of buzzkill for opening the lot three hours later this football season.

Tailgater Chuck Dean of North Royalton considers the delayed opening, from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m., even more onerous than the city’s 33 percent boost in the game-day parking fee — from $15 to $20.

“The wait to get in could get astronomical,” Dean said Friday.

As many as 1,400 vehicles and 7,000 tailgaters gather in the lot, located south of Burke Lakefront Airport, before Browns’ home games. The tailgaters first learned of the changes last Saturday, when the city circulated flyers before an exhibition game. (more…)