http://www.freep.com/article/201312...ans-should-plan-ahead-park-NHL-Winter-Classic
Timely article from Detroit Free Press. If you don't know your way around Ann Arbor, parking at Briarwood Mall is your best bet. It's right off I-94, exit 177 (northbound).
Timely article from Detroit Free Press. If you don't know your way around Ann Arbor, parking at Briarwood Mall is your best bet. It's right off I-94, exit 177 (northbound).
Article has a map of AA as well.Parking within a half-mile of the stadium is expected to cost $50 to $60, according to NHL officials.
There is expected to be more congestion for the event than a normal U-M home football game, with 107,000 people expected to attend, so fans are being encouraged to arrive early for the 1 p.m. game. Many fans are coming from Canada and might not be familiar with the parking options around Michigan Stadium or how to navigate the local roads.
Parking lots will open at 7 a.m. Jan. 1.
The NHL has arranged a park-and-ride shuttle for 2,200 vehicles that park at Briarwood Mall. Parking will be free there. Another way to get to the game is a fan shuttle operated by the NHL that will service the same hotels and parking lots that the Ann Arbor Transit Authority does for its football shuttle. A round-trip ticket for the shuttles is $4, and the fan shuttle will begin operating at 9:30 a.m.
A total of 66 school buses will be running before the game — 25 from Briarwood Mall, 18 from downtown Ann Arbor parking garages and 23 servicing local hotels and park-and-ride lots.
The postgame bus service will increase to 123 school buses — 50 for Briarwood Mall, 32 for the downtown Ann Arbor parking garages and 41 for the hotel and park-and-ride lots.
Rates at the downtown Ann Arbor parking garages will be $5.
Main Street will be closed between Stadium Boulevard and Pauline Boulevard northbound starting at 10 a.m. and southbound between the same intersections at noon. Main Street will be open in both directions immediately following the game.
After the game, South Main Street will run all lanes southbound for cars exiting to I-94.
Fans who want to guarantee themselves a parking spot before the event can do so through parknparty.com.