How to park at the U

Tip #1- NEVER park in a parking ramp on campus.

$3 for 0-1 hr

$5/6 for 1-2 hrs

$7 for 2-3

$8 for 3-4 

$9 for 4-5 

$10 for 5-6

$11 for 6-7

$12 Daily Maximum

It's a huge rip off.  For events, you have to pay on the way in, but if you can get in before the event (like if you leave your car in their over Friday night), you can sometimes sneak out when they open up the gates and let everyone out after football games.  Also, they sometimes just open the gates on Sundays or over the weekends, but it’s hard to know.  I would recommend just staying away.

Tip #2- Utilize the surface lots

There are a bunch of surface parking lots on the outskirts of campus (behind TCF Bank Stadium) and they cost $3.75 for the entire day (6am-12pm).  If you enter before 9am with a car-pool, it's only $2.  The connecter stops right by them so it’s not like you have to walk a long ways.

Tip #3- Meters have a lot of rules

To park at a meter costs $0.25 for 12 minutes.  Typically, you can only pay for 2 hours at a time.  The majority of the meters by the U charge Monday-Saturday 8am-10pm (some start at 6am and some end at 8pm).  So that means that over night and on Sundays, you don’t have to put money in.  You can’t park at the Washington Ave meters in Stadium Village during rush hour or during football games.  The meters that have restrictions are red.

Tip #4-Don’t Drive During Rush Hour

If you can kill time, do it.  Don’t leave during rush hour until you’re on the bus.