The UH parking auction is expected to raise more than $500k for UH Athletics

HSA Note: "The University of Hawaii sold nearly 85 percent of its available parking passes for Aloha Stadium this fall in one week of an online reverse auction that is expected to produce more than $500,000. Of the 1,825 passes put up for bid on June 7, only about 300 remained yesterday."

Happy with the response from their fans about the parking auction, Vince Baldemor (President of Ahahui Koa Anuenue) said:
"We're very happy with the response. It was a 'win.'" (HSA)

HSA Note: "UH took in $325,000 in parking pass donations last year, but controversy over the process, which left more than 200 people without passes and ran into August, prompted UH to offer online bidding this year. Baldemor said when the supply of passes is exhausted UH will have received more than $500,000."

HSA Note: "Aloha Stadium has approximately 8,000 parking stalls, of which UH controls about 2,900. Fans purchasing Koa Anuenue packages were accommodated before UH put the balance, 1,825, on sale. The stadium holds onto approximately 5,000 stalls for game-day sales at $5 per game."

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