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August 1, 2012
Parking snag? Despite promises of prepaid parking, system still not live yet, though many tickets sold (also, a map of parking and the shuttle bus)
Atlantic Yards Report
Despite promises in May from a Forest City Ratner consultant that arena event-goers would find prepaid parking "seamless with the Barclays Center software," arena operators have sold hundreds of thousands of tickets to upcoming events without being able to offer that option.
Though Barclays Center operators have been quiet about this glitch, the company Click and Park, which offers prepaid parking for venues like Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field, won't finish its web page linked to the new Brooklyn arena until Aug. 6, a representative stated when I called to inquire.
Indeed, as indicated at right, one version of the webpage is just a placeholder, though another, below, is nearly ready.
What do you do now?
Nor can event-goers easily prepay for parking, say, for that first weekend of Jay-Z concerts, beginning Sept. 28. (See maps of garages, including remote parking, at bottom.)
I called the garage at 700 Pacific Street, listed as part of the Click and Park inventory, and was given rather confusing information on whether and how parking might be prepaid.
What does arena operator Forest City Ratner say? I twice queried representatives of the developer, but got no response. One question: will ticket-buyers be sent a reminder when these sites go live?
Another, which I didn't ask: can the large numbers of people buying tickets on the secondary market be informed?
NoLandGrab: Fortunately, most people had to sell their cars to afford the originally $29.50 Jay-Z tickets on the secondary market.
Posted by eric at August 1, 2012 8:16 PM