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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Dawson Rental on October 11, 2012, 08:34:19 PM

Title: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Dawson Rental on October 11, 2012, 08:34:19 PM
I'm seriously considering driving up from the Chicago area for MM.  Can anyone tell me where I can park?  The last MM I attended was at the MECCA, I think, so I'm out of touch.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: 4everwarriors on October 11, 2012, 08:43:57 PM
I'd suggest leavin' the POS car at the Ryan Rd. Park N' Ride, then stickin' your thumb out on the I-94 onramp, and just maybe some little old lady drivin' a Buick will have pity on your butt and drop you off on 19th and Wells.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: MUUWUWM on October 11, 2012, 08:45:37 PM
Basically street parking..but there is a lot kitty corner from the Al..they usually charge just a couple of bucks.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Nukem2 on October 11, 2012, 09:42:14 PM
Quote from: 4everwarriors on October 11, 2012, 08:43:57 PM
I'd suggest leavin' the POS car at the Ryan Rd. Park N' Ride, then stickin' your thumb out on the I-94 onramp, and just maybe some little old lady drivin' a Buick will have pity on your butt and drop you off on 19th and Wells.
Wow, you are something else.... :o
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: warriorchick on October 11, 2012, 10:00:37 PM
Quote from: MUUWUWM on October 11, 2012, 08:45:37 PM
Basically street parking..but there is a lot kitty corner from the Al..they usually charge just a couple of bucks.

There is a big University-owned parking garage across Wells Street from the Al. 

Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on October 11, 2012, 10:03:47 PM
15th north of State has good parking.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Warrior of Law on October 11, 2012, 10:34:26 PM
The surface lot on 12th Street is generally open in the evening, too.  The Al has great parking options nearby.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: GGGG on October 12, 2012, 08:32:08 AM
You may even be able to find a street spot along 14th St....Kilbourn...somewhere in that area.  Even the big visitors garage on 16th isn't that far.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: jsglow on October 12, 2012, 08:49:08 AM
1) MU surface lot on 12th across from the AL.

2) MU structure on Wells just east of 13th.

3) Surface street parking.  (I think the parking meters 'go dark' at 6p.)

4) MU structure on 16th between Wisconsin and Wells.

Have fun!
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: StillWarriors on October 12, 2012, 08:52:12 AM
I bring my two sons up every year from Chicago, and we've always been able to park right along Wells by the Union.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: reinko on October 12, 2012, 12:19:57 PM
26th and State
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Dawson Rental on October 12, 2012, 12:24:31 PM
Quote from: 4everwarriors on October 11, 2012, 08:43:57 PM
I'd suggest leavin' the POS car at the Ryan Rd. Park N' Ride, then stickin' your thumb out on the I-94 onramp, and just maybe some little old lady drivin' a Buick will have pity on your butt and drop you off on 19th and Wells.

I very much appreciate the opportunity to educate myself concerning the meaning of the POS acronym.  What time will your wife be driving up I-90?

Everyone else thanks for the great ideas, except reinko.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: JD on October 12, 2012, 12:25:23 PM
27th & Wisconsin, i heard there's a nice Mobil Gas station you can park at.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Dawson Rental on October 12, 2012, 12:35:32 PM
Quote from: JDuquaine on October 12, 2012, 12:25:23 PM
27th & Wisconsin, i heard there's a nice Mobil Gas station you can park at.

That way I avoid getting tannery smell on my car.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: BrewCity83 on October 12, 2012, 12:44:05 PM
Quote from: reinko on October 12, 2012, 12:19:57 PM
26th and State

Hey Hey, Ricky's doesn't open until 8:30.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Sir Lawrence on October 12, 2012, 12:55:51 PM
Quote from: JDuquaine on October 12, 2012, 12:25:23 PM
27th & Wisconsin, i heard there's a nice Mobil Gas station you can park at.

My son got married at Gesu summer of 2010.  Invited my good friend who lives in the Cork Town neighborhood of Detroit, very close to Tiger Stadium.  Let's just say he's seen it all.  (He's also one of the few "traditional" teachers in the Detroit Public School System).

So he stops for gas at the Mobil station on 27th & Wisconsin after the early afternoon Saturday wedding.  Tells me at the reception that he was never as frightened anywhere in Detroit as he was at that station.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: Bocephys on October 12, 2012, 12:59:49 PM
Quote from: BrewCity BallCrusher on October 12, 2012, 12:44:05 PM
Hey Hey, Ricky's doesn't open until 8:30.

AM or PM?
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: noblewarrior on October 12, 2012, 01:05:31 PM
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on October 12, 2012, 12:55:51 PM
My son got married at Gesu summer of 2010.  Invited my good friend who lives in the Cork Town neighborhood of Detroit, very close to Tiger Stadium.  Let's just say he's seen it all.  (He's also one of the few "traditional" teachers in the Detroit Public School System).

So he stops for gas at the Mobil station on 27th & Wisconsin after the early afternoon Saturday wedding.  Tells me at the reception that he was never as frightened anywhere in Detroit as he was at that station.

Fresman year dorm at West Hall... 26th and Wisconsin.  Good idea MU... lol
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: real chili 83 on October 12, 2012, 01:42:13 PM
Just drove. By the Al.  All meters within a block are marked No Parking. 
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: warriorchick on October 12, 2012, 02:11:52 PM
Quote from: real chili 83 on October 12, 2012, 01:42:13 PM
Just drove. By the Al.  All meters within a block are marked No Parking. 

Been that way for awhile.  They are converting the meters to the "pay at the box" system.

Stick a crowbar in your wallet and pay the three bucks at the parking garage. 
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: dgies9156 on October 12, 2012, 02:35:08 PM
Quote from: warriorchick on October 12, 2012, 02:11:52 PM
Stick a crowbar in your wallet and pay the three bucks at the parking garage. 

C'mon, where's that southern charm?

Laughing so hard they're hearing me in Milwaukee (from the South Tower of the Mercantile Exchange Center in downtown Chicago)

Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: 4everwarriors on October 12, 2012, 06:52:53 PM
Parking's plentiful on 12th and Vliet. Not a bad walk tonight.
Title: Re: Parking for Midnight Madness
Post by: JoBo2756 on October 12, 2012, 07:37:03 PM
its Milwaukee... there's parking everywhere...

just don't park in the ghetto.
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