2016 CONNY TOURNAMENT- PARKING AND VENUE INFORMATION

PARKING

Parking is at the Yale Bowl lots. There is NO dropoff area this year. Central Ave will be closed to ALL traffic (except tournament vendors and CONNY workers) Please drive directly to the parking areas to keep traffic flowing. To park, proceed along Route 34 to Yale Ave., where you will be directed to turn right/left onto Yale Ave. to enter the back of the Yale Bowl. Access to parking will only be from Yale Ave. Please note there is a $5 parking fee at the time of entry

NO Parking on Derby Avenue (Rt.34) and on Central Ave beyond Cleveland Avenue, or ANY side street. Parking on those streets is strictly forbidden. Cars will be ticketed and towed if parked in these areas. Yale and the City of New Haven have informed us that police will be enforcing this enthusiastically during our tournament.

Updates/Changes
Check the CONNY website for any updates or changes. If there are last minute changes, delays or cancellations, we will be communicating with people via the home page of the CONNY website (www.connylacrosse.org). The most up to date schedules are posted in the Documents section of the website (in the 2016 CONNY Tournament folder). In the event of thunderstorms, please go to a safe indoor area or your vehicles. As per policy, games will begin 30 minutes after the last evidence of the storm has passed. Updates will be posted to the CONNY site.

VENUE INFORMATION

CONNY Tournament Headquarters Tent

Located in the Vendor Village, next to Johnson Field(lacrosse/field hockey turf field) located just past the Armory. Field maps will be available at the Main CONNY tent.

Championship pins will be awarded at the CONNY Tournament Headquarters tent immediately following each bracket’s championship game. We ask that bracket winners report here directly following your final game.

Field 6-Johnson Field
Field 6/Johnson Field is a field hockey field with an artificial turf surface that is more akin to the old-school astro turf than current artificial surfaces used for lacrosse.Field 14 (Reese Stadium) is the normal field turf style turf and cleats are fine on this field. Cleats are not allowed on Field 6. If your team is scheduled to play on this field, you must bring sneakers, or you will not play, and your team risks forfeiting the game if they don't have enough players with sneakers or turf shoes. Since we cannot predict the weather, and it might be possible that we would have to move games to the two turf fields if we lose the grass fields, all teams should be prepared to play on Field 6 if required.

Food & Beverage:

There is a full assortment of food choices located in the Vendor Village all weekend!-Leave the coolers at home!!!

·  Breakfast service includes pastries as well as egg sandwiches and fresh brewed coffee.

·  Fried dough truck providing sweet and savory styles of fried dough

·  Fry truck with hand cut French Fries with chili dogs.

·  “Best in Connecticut” lemonade-- fresh lemons squeezed into large cold cups you can watch it being constructed before your eyes.

·  Hot dogs and hamburgers and chicken sandwiches along with Barbeque

·  Italian ice.

Shopping & Souvenirs

The EXPANDED Vendor Village will be located next to Johnson Field (look for the large tents). A variety of vendors will offer everything from gear to apparel to camps.

DON’T FORGET to purchase your OFFICAL CONNY Tournament T-Shirts located at the Tee Shirt tent.

TEAM TENTS

Tents are restricted to the grass field behind the Vendor Village, next to the Yale Softball Complex. There are NO GRILLS ALLOWED on YALE properties.

Each program is responsible for its own garbage clean-up. Team picnic areas must be entirely cleaned prior to moving onto the next game. Team sidelines must be cleaned entirely before leaving a game. We ask that parents and players respect CONNY’s youth staff members who will be policing the fields throughout the day.

NO DOGS!!!!!!- Yale has a strict rule against dogs on any fields or anywhere on Yale property. If you bring a dog, you will be asked to leave the Yale property immediately.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING-HAVE A GREAT DAY!