Cost of parking at a Padres game now rivals that of Dodger Stadium
Parking in Petco Park, home of the Padres de San Diego, is a clearly different experience from that of parking at the Dodger stadium.
However, it is similar, however, with regard to the price.
City Crews installed approximately 400 panels in downtown San Diego last week to inform drivers of new street parking prices which take effect on September 1, calling a special event zone. The hourly rate will drop from $ 2.50 to $ 10 from two hours before matches or stadium concerts, and will remain at this rate for six hours.
Arriving at the stadium an hour before a three-hour match and perhaps enjoying a drink or a meal in one of the establishments in the Gaslamp district a few steps from the stadium can pass the cost of parking from $ 15 to $ 60.
And that could get worse. The change in variable parking rate that the San Diego municipal council approved in June allows the city to charge up to $ 20 an hour, but those responsible start with $ 10.
The paadres were taken by surprise by the city’s action and opposed the increase, complaining that it was implemented without significant contribution from the team.
“We are impatient to better understand the city plan,” said Padres spokesperson Vanessa Dominguez.
Watching the Kerfuff must be fun for the managers of the Dodgers, who have long taken it on the chin for apparently exorbitant parking costs and a huge sterile parking lot which has all the charm of a huge sterile parking lot.
Parking at Chavez Ravine is not as fun as in Petco Park, where dozens of restaurants, bars, stores and nearby music sites are closer to a match from Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field.
General admission parking at Dodger Stadium is $ 35 if it is prepared and $ 40 at the door, but it is a long hike to the seats. Favorite parking – Translation: A shorter walk – is $ 60, the same as the costs of six hours a meter will be in Petco.
Dodgers fans have their complaints concerning parking – mainly an post -match rumble to get out of the stage which makes the navigation of the 405 seem to be child’s play – and the drama colors the experience too often.
A tailoring prohibition is applied in a manner so diligent that fans cannot even take advantage of a Taco El Ruso leaning over the trunk of their car without being scolded by a security guard. Security is also difficult to ensure: fans have been beaten insane while walking towards or from their cars.
And without fault of the Dodgers, a procession of vehicles identified as federal agents tried to enter the stadium on June 19, immigration raids of a day crowned two weeks of roundup by stopping “30 illegal extraterrestrials in Hollywood … and nine illegal extraterrestrials in San Fernando and Pacoima”, McLaughlin.
Federal officials said that the vehicle rally had to carry out a briefing and that the Dodgers denied vehicle entry into the stadium.
The parking lot near Petco Park is relatively safe, with well -lit terrain and streets that are part of the fabric of a district filled with revelers. And Padres fans do not need a measured street place to park. The team manages several lots to a few pâtés from the stadium where parking can be reserved in advance. Rates vary from $ 10 to $ 40.
Prices rate changes to the special quadrupled event near Petco were included in a panel of new parking rules in San Diego designed to increase income.
No more free parking on Sunday. Soon, more free parking at the San Diego zoo, Balboa Park and Mission Bay Park. Free beach parking will be an advantage of the past.
The city has doubled the meters for $ 2.50 per hour in most places. And the counter hours around the city will be extended at least two hours later this summer. This increase is expected to bring about $ 4 million to the rest of the year, and at least $ 9.6 million a year from the next fiscal year, according to San Diego Union Tribune.
“This city is a playground for people,” said the member of the San Diego Council Sean Elo-Rivera during a recent meeting. “It is really important to me that San Diegans does not subsidize tourist holidays who have the financial capacity to come here and take advantage of this city.”
Most Padres fans are residents of the San Diego region, although when the dodgers visit the city in their south, the crowd is significantly strewn with people carrying Dodgers equipment. As the rivalry between teams has grown up in recent years, Petco has become a favorite destination for Dodgers fans.
Groups like Pantone 294 – The official color of Blue -Tone Dodgers is listed as Pantone 294 – Organize “controls”, with hundreds of fans of dodgers buying tickets in the same section of an opposing stadium. For the short trip to San Diego, fans can reach others on tourist buses or drive their own car.
Regarding the parking of these cars, the costs will have increased. A knowledgeable fans who do not care to take the time can reduce the parking cost near a San Diego trolley or a MTS bus station: the price remains $ 2.50.
