BATON ROUGE – Southern University fans packed A.W. Mumford Stadium for the Jaguars’ home opener Saturday, but many said parking remains one of the biggest challenges on gameday.

“For a university of this magnitude, parking for games will always be an issue,” Southern Alumnus Zan Jones said.

The university does not have a parking garage, and general admission lots are limited. That leaves many fans paying to park on private property near campus.

“It’s not like there’s a parking garage. So I think over the years, we’ve just made the best of a bad situation,” Jones said.

Along Harding Boulevard, property owners set up to charge for parking on gameday.

“We try to be here for all the home games, and we park right here,” Jones said “My husband knows the owner of this property, so we just t

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