The annex and Huntsman Center parking lots?which are composed of 650 spaces?close for U usage today.

The Salt Lake Organizing Committee was scheduled to take the two lots over on Jan. 9, but SLOC officials decided they didn’t need the spaces until today, so the U had them for an extra week and a half.

U officials hope students will ride TRAX rather than drive to compensate for the lost spaces.

“We are pleased that students are willing and wanting to ride TRAX,” said Transportation and Parking Services Director Alma Allred in a previous interview.