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| What is the right price for parking to charge patrons who are attending events at the Pensacola Civic Center? |
I received the below email comment from a frustrated constituent:
"I’d like to who [SIC] approved another $2.00 increase in parking
Fees at the BC after raising the parking fees $5.00 just about a year ago?
$12.00 to park at a substandard facility is a slap in the face to the patrons."
So I asked staff to look into this issue--and the max charged in lots controlled by the Civic Center is supposed to be $10.00--not $12.00. Here is what I found out from my staff query about the parking:
The Bay Center has 3 parking lots in front and 1 in
back that hold approx. 1,069 parking spaces
- Front 288
- Trolley
1
138
- Trolley
2
178
- Back 465
Total
1,069
(historically, the Civic Center had 16
acres for event parking before the tech park was built across the street on the south side of the facility)
- The Parking ticket fees are collected in the parking
lot by the Winterfest organization. Bay Center has a
contract with Winterfest.
- Parking fees are $10 for all tickets in Bay Center
lots, other lots managed by Winterfest can be $20 or more per space.
- All tickets are reconciled to cash collected per event.
- Event and parking fees are separate and collected
separately.
- Event parking is $10.
- Hockey can charge up to $12 for parking in the front lot--all other lots are $10 for Hockey.
(Comparable location event parking fees:)
- New Orleans - $20-50
- Mississippi Coliseum - $10
- Mobile - $5 (Generally do not have events)
- Tallahassee Arena - $10
- Baton Rouge - $10
- Warf - Free
- 1985-1993 - $1
- 1993-2014 - $3 + Ticket price
- 2014 - $5
- 2015 - $10/Events/Concerts $5 Hockey
- January 2019 – All parking $10
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