Clemson University is building an $80 million parking garage on campus

May 8, 2025

Clemson University will soon begin construction on an $80 million parking garage on the Clemson, South Carolina, campus.

UpstateToday.com reports that the facility--the first on-campus parking garage at Clemson--will be built near the new Nieri Family Alumni and Visitors Center and will provide high-density parking for students, faculty, staff, alumni, visitors, athletic functions and prospective students on campus tours. 

Plans call for a 432,000-square-foot, six-level parking garage with 1,200 parking spaces. According to university documents, the garage will have a pedestrian bridge providing direct access across Williamson Road to core campus, elevators and parking access technology. 

The future parking garage will have two entrances at levels one and four, on-grade pedestrian entrances at levels one through four and a pedestrian bridge at level five,

The garage and an accompanying pedestrian bridge are slated to open in fall 2027.

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Mike Kennedy

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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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