It’s not breaking news that parking in Uptown is a bitch, but as of late it’s an even bigger bitch. The Park It Nazis and garage owners are cracking down and making the commute to Uptown an even bigger pain in the ass.
It used to be that you could tell the attendant at the 6th Street Parking garage that you were going to Stool Pigeons or the 7th Street garage attendant that you were going to LaVecchias and get a ticket for validation with the attendants leaving at midnight thus not actually requiring validation.
Well, to get your ticket validated it has to be scanned at the validating venues, and the time scanned is indicated and read by a machine. At the EpiCentre, even the employees have to pay the $10 parking fee, and don’t even bother trying to pull the “I’m going to the theater” line to get free parking because your ticket stub is required for validation.
Cason-Point: Carpool or cab your ass Uptown.
Since I don’t believe in the allocation of our tax money to decorate said garages with hundreds of thousands of dollars in mirrors, murals and stupid noise making columns, I don’t believe in paying to park in them.
So, I am going to share with you the tricks of the trade so you can allocate your money to something more worthwhile ...
* If you’re going to Buckhead Saloon you can get a “Buckhead card” and get your ticket validated to park for free in the garage attached to it on 5th Street.
* You can park in the lot across from Wachovia on 3rd and Tryon after 7 p.m. because the attendant is gone and no longer monitoring the lot.
* You can park along 7th Street between Davidson St. and Dixie’s
* You can park in 5th and Poplar garage in a retail spot before the Harris Teeter closes.
... and if you really want to get gangsta with it, there’s an opening you can sneak out of in the EpiCentre parking garage if you do tell them you’re going to the theaters to get in without offering the cash upfront.
They are building a new parking garage across from the Arena so hopefully we can find a way to sneak into that one.
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