PIERRE — Fans headed for the high school football championships at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion had better have some cash handy to pay for parking. At its meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors learned that the University of South Dakota will charge $5 per vehicle for parking at the championship games.

“We’re not collecting any of this money,” SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos told the board. He said the money was something USD officials thought they needed to collect for that particular event.

Swartos said a check with the association’s lawyer found that the contract for the football championships is for the inside of the Dakota Dome and that USD controls the parking.

“It’s something they do on their game days,” Swartos

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