Has any event of this size been held in Intrust to date? The short answer is NO. Has any event of this size been held in Intrust during working weekday hours? The short answer is NO. Are people on this board willing to pay upwards of $20.00 or more for parking within 5-7 blocks? I doubt it, particularly given a winter event. The facts are, there are parking problems with Intrust, and this comes from someone who supported and still supports the concept of Intrust. The parking within "two blocks" myth is one circulated after the arena was built and the county decided not to supply an addequate amount of parking. Their own consultants told them there wasn't enough parking near the arena. The hope is that if people are required to walk some distance it will create business oportunities for bars and restaraunts that those people have to walk by and frequent. To date, that hasn't proven to be the case. The over-whelming majority of the parking is well beyond that distance.
None of this matters because neither party (Intrust or KSHSAA), has any desire to deal with the other in the near future.