Updated Wednesday, Sept. 5, 12:15 p.m.: Jessup and Macbride halls will close starting at 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6.

Setup and safety for Friday’s campaign visit by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, first lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden will affect access to University of Iowa facilities Thursday–Friday, Sept. 6-7.

The event will be held Friday afternoon north of the Old Capitol, on the lawn area between Jessup and Macbride halls. Ticket holders will be admitted to the area starting around 1 p.m. Remarks by the president are slated to begin later in the day. (Click here to learn how to get free tickets to the event.)

A list of scheduled building and street closures follows:

Thursday, Sept. 6

• Lawn between Jessup Hall and Macbride Hall: This area will be closed starting at 8 a.m. and will remain closed through the end of the event Friday evening. Pedestrians are advised to cross Jefferson Street at Clinton or Madison streets rather than using the T. Anne Cleary Walkway crosswalk.
• MacBride Hall rooms 112, 116, and 117: These rooms will be closed starting at noon Thursday and continuing through the event Friday evening. Students and faculty with classes scheduled in these rooms will receive information about alternate locations.
• Jessup and Macbride halls: These buildings will close starting at 10 p.m. and continuing through the end of Friday's event.
• Jefferson Street: Jefferson Street will remain open on Thursday, but drivers are advised to seek alternate routes due to congestion in the area.

Friday, Sept. 7

• Pentacrest: Much of the Pentacrest—including all areas north of Schaeffer Hall and Maclean Hall, and the area east of Schaeffer Hall—will be closed starting at 10 a.m. Pedestrians should use perimeter sidewalks along Clinton and Madison streets.
• Old Capitol, Jessup Hall, and Macbride Hall: These buildings will be closed all daythrough the end of the event Friday evening. Students, faculty, and staff who normally use these buildings will receive information about alternate class and work locations. The UI Museum of Natural History and the Old Capitol Museum will both be closed all day as a result.
• Schaeffer Hall and Maclean Hall: These buildings will close starting at 4 p.m. and continuing through the end of the event Friday evening. Students, faculty, and staff who normally use these buildings will receive information about alternate class and work locations.
• Calvin Hall and Gilmore Hall: Cleary Walkway and Jefferson Street entrances to these buildings will be closed starting at 10 a.m. All areas in these buildings will close starting at 4 p.m. and continuing through the end of the event Friday evening. Students, faculty, and staff who normally use these buildings will receive information about alternate class and work locations.
• Pappajohn Business Administration Building: The west entrance off the Cleary Walkway will be closed starting at 10 a.m. The south entrance off Jefferson Street will be closed around 4:30p.m. Market and Clinton street entrances will remain open.
• Iowa Memorial Union Parking Ramp: The ramp will be open for parking, but access to Cleary Walkway will be closed starting at 10 a.m. Drivers are advised to remove their cars by 4 p.m. to prevent any delays when leaving the ramp.
• North Campus Parking Ramp: The ramp will be open for parking. Drivers not attending the event should consider moving their cars by 4 p.m. to prevent any delays when leaving the ramp.
• Trowbridge Hall: This Cleary Walkway entrance will remain open.
• Market and Jefferson streets: Blocks between Clinton and Madison streets will be closed starting at 8:30 a.m. They will reopen around 8:30 p.m.
• Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue: Clinton Street blocks between Jefferson and Washington streets will be closed starting at 10 a.m. The Iowa Avenue block between Clinton and Dubuque also will close starting at 10 a.m. Both streets will reopen soon after the event.

Building and street closure information remains subject to change. Check back at now.uiowa.edu for the latest information.