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Directions & Parking for Employers Attending Spectrum and Science Career Fairs

For our employer guests attending these fall fairs sponsored by Career and Professional Development:

IMPORTANT: These parking instructions are ONLY for fairs sponsored by Career & Professional Development.
Other fairs are sponsored by colleges, departments or student organizations at Virginia Tech, and you must place reliance on the sponsors of those fairs for instructions on parking for those events. Regardless of sponsor, Career and Professional Development is very happy you are visiting campus to recruit students! However, we do not have authority to instruct you on parking for campus events not in our control. Thank you!

Location change alert to past attendees:

  • Our fall 2018 fairs are NOT being held in last year's venue!
  • The Career & Professional Development fall 2018 fairs are being held in Cassell Coliseum, so please note the details below.
  • The parking location is the same (Chicken Hill lot) and is within walking distance of Cassell Coliseum: 0.5 mile; a 9-minute walk on Beamer Way, next to Lane Stadium.

Job fair PARKING permitted ONLY at Chicken Hill Lot.

Guests of The Inn at Virginia Tech:

You may opt to leave your vehicle at The Inn, and use The Inn's shuttle transportation to the fair. When you are ready to depart, our job fair shuttles will return you to The Inn.

If you prefer to move your vehicle to the Chicken Hill Lot, see information below.

For guests at other hotels/locations:

PARKING is only permitted in the Chicken Hill parking lot [lower right on VT Parking Services map, highlighted in green]. Parking is not permitted anywhere else on campus. Career and Professional Development does not have any authority regarding parking and is not able to void parking tickets.

MAP to "Southgate Drive and Sterrett Drive, Blacksburg, VA" or “Chicken Hill Lot, Blacksburg, VA.” Chicken Hill lot is on south side of the intersection, with access from Southgate Drive.

SHUTTLES will carry you and your supplies and materials from the Chicken Hill Lot to Cassell Coliseum, starting 7:30 am, and returning end-of-fair. If you need a shuttle ride back to parking mid-day, stop by our employer check-in table, which will be staffed all day, and we will call a shuttle for you.

DROP OFF: If you wish to drop off supplies and colleagues at Cassell, use the vehicle drop-off loop at the side of Cassell on Beamer Way [shown in map image below]. You may not leave your vehicle unattended there.

WALKING: From the Chicken Hill Lot to the side entrance to Cassell Coliseum, it is a 9-minute, half-mile walk on Beamer Way past Lane Stadium.

PARKING PASSES (vehicle hangtags) are emailed in advance to your colleague who registered your organization to attend the job fair. Passes are also available from shuttle drivers at the parking lot.

map from Chicken Hill lot to Cassell Coliseum

map from Chicken Hill lot to Cassell Coliseum