Depending on the day and time, your best chance for cheap parking near Petco Park may be street parking. Arrive early and find a street spot, feed the meter a few quarters until 6 or 8pm (check your meter to be sure) and enjoy the free parking afterwards.
Street Parking Cost
Expect street parking in San Diego to cost around $1.25/hr. Don’t cheap out on that extra quarter. Parking is strictly enforced.
Leaving Car Overnight
Yes you can leave your car on a public street overnight. But check signs and be aware when the meter starts up again (Usually 8am or 10am).
Gaslamp Zone
It used to be free to park in meter spaces downtown after 6pm, convenient for Padres fans heading to a game downtown after work. Now, in a zone of the Gaslamp near Petco Park, parking meter usage will be enforced between 10am and 8pm. The streets included are between Broadway and Harbor Drive, from 1st Avenue to 7th Avenue, just west of Petco Park. If you park to the east, you are all clear. You may park for free after 6pm.
Street Parking Free On Holidays
January: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February: Presidents Day
April: Patriots Day
May:
Memorial Day
July:
Independence Day
September:
Labor Day
October: Columbus Day
November: Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day
December: Christmas Day
Payment Options
Paying for metered parking spots is easy. The following payment formats are accepted: credit card, mobile phone and good old American coins. Increasingly, the city is modernizing to accept
NFC payments (Apple Pay, Android Pay).
Extra credit: Find out what the yellow painted curbs mean.
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