Restrooms for Stadium Game Days and Tailgates in Louisville

Counting from the gate and the lot

The count comes from the gate and from the tailgate crowd, which can be large and arrives hours early, so the lots need their own count rather than a share of the gate figure.

A game with a large gate can draw a tailgate crowd that is a large share of it, and that crowd arrives in the morning. A block sized only to the gate will run short in the lots by early afternoon, when the grills are going and the queue is forming.

The plan records both the gate and the lot figures on the drawing, and the count is set to the busier of the two. Where the figures disagree, the higher one is used and the difference is noted.

Lot layout and the vehicle lanes

Units belong on the firm part of a lot, away from the vehicle lanes, the grills and the exits, and the layout is drawn on the lot's own plan.

A lot is busy with cars, coolers and people carrying food, and a unit in a lane is a collision waiting to happen. The technician picks the firm, flat part of each lot, keeps a clear strip beside every lane and turns each door away from the grills.

The exit is the hard part at the end of the game. A block beside the lane out of the lot will be queued for as the cars leave, so blocks are set in the quieter corners off the exit route.

• Firm, flat ground away from vehicle lanes
• A clear strip beside each lane
• Doors turned away from the grills
• Blocks set off the main exit route

Servicing from kick-off to the final whistle

Servicing runs in three visits, before the lots fill, in the middle of the game and after the final whistle, with the truck kept off the lanes at the busiest time.

A pump-out in a crowded lot is slow and unpleasant for everyone, so the main visit comes before the lots fill, while the lanes are open. A second visit once the early crowd has settled keeps the units usable through the afternoon.

The route is agreed with the lot operator and the organiser. A route that crosses a main walk at the busiest hour will not be used, so the truck is planned around the crowd.

The Metro file and the walk from the lots

Where the tailgate or the walk from lots to gates uses Metro property, the restroom layout is part of the Metro file and is drawn to the same plan as the lots.

The Metro handbook says an application is needed for an event on Metro property or one that uses two or more city services. A game-day walk that carries a large crowd on Metro ground can be part of that file.

We prepare the layout as one drawing covering the lots and the walk, so the office can see each unit and each route in the same place.

Keeping the lot crew and the venue crew apart

The lot crew and the venue's own staff keep to their own areas, so a unit serviced by one crew is not moved by the other.

The venue has its own staff for its own facilities, and the lot crew has its own units. A clear line between the two avoids a unit being moved or left unserviced because each side assumed the other had it.

The supervisor carries a plan that marks the lot units and the venue units in different colors, and the handover is agreed the week before the game.