Lots 58 and 48 along Cuming Street serve Creighton University students with valid parking permits and are among the most frequently used student-designated parking areas on campus.
Creighton University students have been battling full parking lots since at least the 1940s, a topic that’s still relevant today. Over 300 new parking stalls were opened near the Morrison Stadium and the upcoming new sophomore residence hall this fall, according to University President the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, S.J., and another 56 stalls will open at the same time as the hall. Additionally, the university worked with the city of Omaha to reopen about 40 parking spaces on 21st Street.
Tracing the Creightonian archives on the Creighton Digital Repository, records show that parking has been mentioned more than 200 times in the Creightonian — dating back decades…