UNM Football Crowd Surge and Parking Chaos | Santa Fe News

UNM’s football game is set to draw a massive crowd—up from 24K to nearly 30K fans—and police are bracing for chaos, especially with parking. To ease the strain, they’re heavily promoting park-and-ride shuttles and optimizing lot layouts, even squeezing in 400 extra cars last week. Traffic control is a joint effort involving APD and Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, with drones monitoring flow and officers communicating constantly. As crowds grow, state Senator Antonio Maestas says it’s time to treat Division I football as a state priority—calling for more funding for stadiums and athletes. With construction s...