Austin Convention Center Parking Information

Austin Convention Center, also known as Neal Kocurek Memorial Austin Convention Center, is named after a civic leader - Dr.W. Neal Kocurek. As a multi-purpose convention center with a seating capacity of 3200, it used to be home to the Austin Toros basketball team.

Enclosing about 81,880 square meters, the Austin Convention Center consists of 54 meeting rooms and one of the largest ballrooms in Texas. Plus, it offers two huge parking garages for driving guests.

Parking Garages: There are two garages can be found inside the Austin Convention Center: the 2nd Street Garage and the 5th Street Garage. They are both spacious and can offer room for hundreds of cars.

(1) The 2nd Street Garage is located at 201 East 2nd Street. It's a 10-storey garage which is adequate for 1000 vehicles. It's just 2 blocks west of the building and you can entry the garage from Brazos or San Jacinto Street.

(2) Situated at 601East 5th Street, the 5th Street Garage is northeast of the building. With its entrance on 5th Street, between Red River and Sabine Streets, this 5-storey Garage could give enough space for 685 vehicles.

To see the location of these two parking garages and get directions, you can visit the official website of Austin Convention Center.

Map of Austin Convention Center Parking Garages

http://www.austinconventioncenter.com/MapsDiagrams/directions.htm

Both the 2nd Street Garage and the 5th Street Garage would keep your car safe and sound when you stay inside the Austin Convention Center and watch your favorite shows. To park in these two garages, you need to pay a certain amount of parking fees.

Parking Fees: Fees would occur when you park in the 2nd Street Garage or the 5th Street Garage. Normally, parking within 15 minutes would not cause any fee. Staying for 1 hour or less costs you 3 dollars while it takes 5 dollars to park for 2 hours. Parking more than 2 hours but less than 7 hours would cost 7 dollars. After that, 2 more dollars will be charged for parking within 10 hours. Fees for parking exceeding 10 hours but within 24 hours is 11 dollars.

Parking fees mentioned above should be paid when you exit the parking garage. However, you need to pay on entry for parking on Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Cost for Parking in the Austin Convention Center

http://www.austinconventioncenter.com/MapsDiagrams/directions.htm

NOTE: (1) On Friday and Saturday, the Austin Convention Center Parking Garage opens from 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Otherwise, it opens at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 9:30 p.m.

(2) It only takes 8 dollars per day for parking in the Austin Convention Center Parking Garage from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 6 a.m.

(3) The Convention Center Parking Garage accepts various payments such as local checks, cash and credit cards including Visa, American Express, Diners Club, Discovery and MasterCard.