Information on how to pay for your spots will be sent around the end of March 2024.
Additional rules for parking are further down on this page and here.
Review Parking Map
Using our map, you can review spot locations and determine the best entrance given your spot location.
Single-Game Day Parking
- Hours
- Day parking opens four (4) hours before kickoff.
- All vehicles must leave within two (2) hours after the game ends.
- Availability
- No advance reservations are permitted in our day parking lots.
- Spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis to passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks.
- Spots are sold and allocated only to vehicles on the premises and cannot be purchased in bulk for additional vehicles in your party which may arrive later (so plan to arrive together in a caravan).
- No trailers, nor buses, nor large recreational vehicles (RVs) are permitted on our grounds.
- Per Alachua County School District policy: Weapons of any kind are NOT allowed on persons or in vehicles parked on district property or at school-sponsored events.
- Cost & Payment
- $30 per parking spot.
- CASH is the only way to pay. Correct change is appreciated, or you can tell the attendant to keep the change to be donated to the Parker PTA!
- Day Pass
- Upon successful payment, our on-site volunteers will provide a one-time, one-day, parking day pass to leave in a location visible through your windshield.
Full Season Pass Parking
How to Park on Our Grounds All Season
Below are the logistics for season pass parking on our grounds.
- Hours
- Season pass parking opens four (4) hours before kickoff (and occasionally earlier on specific game days as a courtesy to our season pass holders).
- All vehicles must leave within two (2) hours after the game ends.
- Availability
- Full season passes must be purchased in advance.
- Pass holding patrons from the prior season hold priority placement reservations to renew for the upcoming season.
- If/when spots get released by non-renewals, we will make them available to our waiting list.
- No trailers, nor buses, nor large recreational vehicles (RVs) are permitted on our grounds.
- Per Alachua County School District policy: Weapons of any kind are NOT allowed on persons or in vehicles parked on district property or at school-sponsored events.
- Cost & Payment (as of 2023)
- $154 per parking spot.
- Pay online via our website (described below).
- We accept credit cards and debit cards (via Square) and we neither collect, nor store, any payment card information within our system (as only Square sees and processes it).
- Season Dash Pass
- Upon successful payment, a full season parking dash pass becomes downloadable and printable, on demand, from your patron profile page on our website.
How Your Support Helps
Reasons to Support the Parker PTA via Day Parking or a Season Pass
Below is a sampling of the type of programs, activities, technologies, supplies, and related resources that are enabled with your generous donations as a Carolyn Beatrice Parker PTA Football Parking patron.
- School faculty and staff position and programmatic support
- DIVAs after school leadership and empowerment program supporting at risk girls within the school
- Construction of a bike shelter for kids who ride to school
- Field trip logistics and cost offsets for various grades
- Morning mile fitness program
- Technology upgrades for the ESE (exceptional student education) program
- Physical and digital infrastructure improvements at the school
- Classroom supply funds for school faculty
- And more
Directions to the Carolyn Beatrice Parker Elementary School Lot
Address: 1912 NW 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603
Season Pass Holder Lot Access Gate (SW): Enter at the intersection of NW 5th Avenue & NW 21st Street
Season Pass Holder Lot Access Gate (NE): Enter at the intersection of NW 7th Avenue & NW 20th Street