Parking near SafeCo?

walkunafraid

Apologies if this has been discussed before...did a search and couldn't find anything on this topic.

Flying in to Seattle for the first show on August 8th and decided to rent a car (mainly for the following day). Anybody familiar with the area have any tips on where to find parking a decent distance from SafeCo without having to pay an arm and a leg? Not interested in the $60 parking at the venue, but anything less than $20 and within a mile would be okay. Or should I not even bother and just Uber in/out?

jmug23

I don’t know the area at all so we are just taking Uber from hotel which is near airport. Uber’s are so cheap these days. Although after the show, Uber prices will sky rocket. 

jlondon31

Just take the light rail. It runs from the airport into downtown seattle with stops along the way. It even has a stop a couple of blocks from the stadium. It runs about $3.50, less stress, hassle and it may be quicker as well.

walkunafraid

Thanks for the info. Considering taking an Uber; only concern is that it's probably going to be a clusterfuck after the show. The light rail sounds great but I'll be coming from an AirBnB about 5 miles south of the venue - not sure if there's a light rail station any closer to me than SafeCo itself.

madhat181

Parking in Seattle is a nightmare. Anytime of the day. But if you insist on driving park near Chinatown. There is street parking and even a reasonable self parking lot at 5th Ave S and S Jackson Street. It's a like a 15 minute walk to SafeCo from there. And you can get a good meal after the show since some restaurants are open late there

jmug23

jlondon31 said:

Just take the light rail. It runs from the airport into downtown seattle with stops along the way. It even has a stop a couple of blocks from the stadium. It runs about $3.50, less stress, hassle and it may be quicker as well.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Does it still run late at night after the show? Thanks 

walkunafraid

madhat181 said:

Parking in Seattle is a nightmare. Anytime of the day. But if you insist on driving park near Chinatown. There is street parking and even a reasonable self parking lot at 5th Ave S and S Jackson Street. It's a like a 15 minute walk to SafeCo from there. And you can get a good meal after the show since some restaurants are open late there

Great info. Thank you!

peace

The car rental company that I am renting from, Budget, has a parking spot for customers. They are only charging me $10 per night to store my rental car. My hotel 2 blocks way is charging $45 per night for the same service. 

walkunafraid

peace said:

The car rental company that I am renting from, Budget, has a parking spot for customers. They are only charging me $10 per night to store my rental car. My hotel 2 blocks way is charging $45 per night for the same service. 

How much did you pay to rent from them? I looked into renting from their airport location and as of last week they were asking $100+ per day for a shitty economy car...

jlondon31

jmug23 said:

jlondon31 said:

Just take the light rail. It runs from the airport into downtown seattle with stops along the way. It even has a stop a couple of blocks from the stadium. It runs about $3.50, less stress, hassle and it may be quicker as well.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Does it still run late at night after the show? Thanks 

I believe it runs until 1am. Here's a link so you can see the stops.

https://www.soundtransit.org/Schedules/Link-light-rail

easystreet

If you come from the South of Seattle starting from Michigan St  Which is around a mile maybe from Safeco. I always use 4th Ave but you can use 2nd Ave or 1st ave these streets will take you right to Safeco field  just start looking for parking around Holgate Ave. Michigan and Holgate run East to West.  1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th run North to South. Coming from the Nothend can't help with that.

walkunafraid

easystreet said:

If you come from the South of Seattle starting from Michigan St  Which is around a mile maybe from Safeco. I always use 4th Ave but you can use 2nd Ave or 1st ave these streets will take you right to Safeco field  just start looking for parking around Holgate Ave. Michigan and Holgate run East to West.  1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th run North to South. Coming from the Nothend can't help with that.

Awesome advice, thanks! Is this street/metered parking? Is there a time limit to park?

bosshogg18

If flying in, take light rail right from airport to stadium or anywhere else in downtown core.

easystreet

There's parking on the street,parking just west of fourth ave cant miss it there's lot parking the  closer you get the price goes up. go early. I'm going Light Rail from the Airport.    

H.Chinaski

I would avoid driving and take the light rail if you can. Safeco is only about a 1/2 hour walk from the city center so depending on where your coming from walk, lightrail or uber.

tempo_n_groove

H.Chinaski said:

I would avoid driving and take the light rail if you can. Safeco is only about a 1/2 hour walk from the city center so depending on where your coming from walk, lightrail or uber.

If you walk just be aware of your surroundings!!!

peace

@ Walkunafraid,  I am Ubering to the downtown location from Seatec to pick up my car. I used my Costco card and the car is only $62.14 per day. 

Eddieredder

walkunafraid said:

easystreet said:

If you come from the South of Seattle starting from Michigan St  Which is around a mile maybe from Safeco. I always use 4th Ave but you can use 2nd Ave or 1st ave these streets will take you right to Safeco field  just start looking for parking around Holgate Ave. Michigan and Holgate run East to West.  1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th run North to South. Coming from the Nothend can't help with that.

Awesome advice, thanks! Is this street/metered parking? Is there a time limit to park?

There is street and metered parking. Time it right and you can get it free after 6:00

walkunafraid

peace said:

@ Walkunafraid,  I am Ubering to the downtown location from Seatec to pick up my car. I used my Costco card and the car is only $62.14 per day. 

Thanks for the info. I'm so used to being able to rent a car for about $40 a day that everything in Seattle around the Home Shows seems really inflated. I ended up finding a company out of SeaTac called Silvercar that rents only Audis. Got a first-time user discount, so it ended up being $71/day. More than what I wanted to pay, but at least it's an Audi. 

walkunafraid

Eddieredder said:

walkunafraid said:

easystreet said:

If you come from the South of Seattle starting from Michigan St  Which is around a mile maybe from Safeco. I always use 4th Ave but you can use 2nd Ave or 1st ave these streets will take you right to Safeco field  just start looking for parking around Holgate Ave. Michigan and Holgate run East to West.  1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th run North to South. Coming from the Nothend can't help with that.

Awesome advice, thanks! Is this street/metered parking? Is there a time limit to park?

There is street and metered parking. Time it right and you can get it free after 6:00

Thanks again for your help. Still deciding whether to drive in or take an Uber, but the advice of yours and others has really helped me pinpoint my options. 

Eddieredder

If you are staying five mile south, I would just uber to the show. I live 2-3 miles north and I either bus or uber to every event downtown. Recently I've been taking Lime Bikes. The times I've driven I've either had to pay more for parking or had to spend the time looking for it. Not worth it for me. Time is money.