Question for MBB season ticket holders

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

After much consideration, my girlfriend and I put down a deposit and are officially Michigan Basketball season ticket holders.

My question for those on here who are season ticket holders is about the parking passes.

I talked to one of the U-M ticket reps a couple weeks ago about parking passes being offered to STHs, but he never mentioned the price. Can anyone let me know how much they paid/where they park with their permit?

bringthewood

March 8th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^

WD, I am a season ticket holder and paid a PSD but was never able to find information - or sent any information - on parking passes. 

I attended every game was was able to get parking at lots to the north of the Football stadium for $10 a game. I usually did not arrive super early but always found a spot.

SC2, SC35, SC32

mvp

March 9th, 2018 at 2:00 AM ^

For me the $175 for the Blue Lot has been worth it.  I've had it the past two seasons.  Nice things for me:

  • If I get there as early as I'd like to, I get a great spot.
  • If I get there late (traffic, work, etc), I know I'll get a spot anyway and not be scrambling so I can get to the game.
  • Depending on who is with me, where I'm coming from, and which way I'm leaving, there are two parts to the Blue Lot and I can pick which I want for each game.

The Maize Halo

March 8th, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^

There are some great Blue / other lots around the area that are unmanned and offer free parking after regular business hours during the week.  Just need to look for those and walk the few minutes to the game like with any other non-football event in my opinion.

AcheBlue

March 8th, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^

I assume (given that you are the second most enthusiastic UM fan I am aware of) that you will arrive early enough that street parking is not an issue. Otherwise, as bringthewood said, parking in the lots north of the stadium almost never fills up. (Pro-tip: if you park on Pauline, face away from the stadium.)

Wolverine Devotee

March 8th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^

Only a matter of time before she starts posting on here. She not only has gone with me to Swimming, WBB, Track etc. but she's told me other stuff she wants to go to.

Imagine my reaction hearing during our first MBB game back in December "can we go to all the sports?".

A real champ. As few sure things there are in life, I've found one. 

Zoltanrules

March 8th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^

I like to street park. Pauline area is good, and if it is not bitterly cold, the streets off of State just north of Stadium has lots of free street parking. AA Pioneer is pretty good for parking if you need to get onto  I-94 quickly. I think it's $10.

Or be crazy, get a burger and beer at Fraser's and uber to the Stadium for practically nothing.

bringthewood

March 8th, 2018 at 5:02 PM ^

I live about 1.5 miles from Crisler - I wonder how much Uber would be round trip on average? I always guessed it to more then $10 to park, especially around game times.

hailtothevictors08

March 8th, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^

minimum price of an uber in aa is around 4.50-5 last i checked and it would cover that distance ....

 
however, if it is snowing, expect a surge ... a friend and i coughed up $13 for a ride home about that distance after the maryland game .... i normally walk but the weather was just to much 

ThatTCGuy

March 8th, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^

Pioneer is easily the best option for both football/basketball, imo. It's not an unreasonable walk to The Big House/Crisler and its only $10.

Sweet Life

March 8th, 2018 at 6:51 PM ^

I have parked in both the SC lots and at Pioneer.  The walk from the SC lots to the NE entrance of Crisler is almost identical in distance to the walk from the Pioneer lot to the SW entrance.  The Pioneer lot is easier to get out of after the game, especially if you take the back exit onto 7th St.  Given the choice, I would also rather give my $10 to the AAPS.

More often than not, I park a bit farther away for free.  The Univeristy lots north and east of Hoover and Greene often have free spaces 30 to 40 minutes before a game.  The lot behind the Sports Coliseum always has free spaces and it is only a half mile walk.

1989 UM GRAD

March 8th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^

I think we are paying about $10 per game. 

We park at the NAPA on Hoover for football.  They used to let us park for free for hoops.  Once the team starting playing better, they starting charging $10 a game.  We found out that the Blue Lot was the same price...so decided it made more sense to be closer to the arena. 

We typically park near the exit so that we can get out relatively quickly.