Central Parking Systems

I agree with another review – if I could give them less than one star I would. I had parked at another one of their lots earlier in the evening – was on my way out of downtown when I received a call from a friend who was unable to drive due to alcohol intake. I stopped at the lot at 14^th & Market, walked to the bar to get them and went back to a $ 65 ticket for 20 minutes. I wrote to them explaining the situation – a lawyer sends me a letter – really? Doing a good deed, keeping someone from driving while intoxicated and they can’t make a concession. Won’t be parking in their lots again.

CROOKS!!! I wish it was possible to give less than 1 star. I parked in this EMPTY parking lot on Christmas Eve while attending the afternoon showing of The Nutcracker with my children. When I returned, there was a ticket for «parking over the line». My right tires were covering the yellow line in the parking lot which had about 5 other cars parked in it and 30 or more open spaces. Clearly they were looking for additional revenue bc their lot was empty. I wrote a polite letter explaining the situation a few days following and assumed the person who read it realized the mistake on their part. Imagine my surprise when I received a letter from an attorney 3 months later stating they were hired to retrieve the $ 62.00… (thats right $ 62, for parking on the yellow line) …fine by Central Parking. Are you kidding me??? I highly suggest you document when using their lots… BETTER YET… AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS!!!

As the name suggests, it is central parking to much of LoDo. The flow of the lot is confusing at first. I think you need to turn a hard right as soon as you get your ticket, as the second right will take you to the lower levels that require a monthly permit. It was clean enough, well lit, and felt secure enough. We paid $ 7 for the night (on a Friday night). Tip: Remember to take your ticket with you, as you pay before you re-​enter your car.

Don’t pay the machine on 14^th and Market with cash. There was no change in the machine. Worse off, the attendants didn’t have any change on them. IN DOWNTOWN DENVER? WTF! Good thing those attendants don’t work for a garage in NYC or Philadelphia.
So, I essentially paid $ 20 for a $ 10 parking fee.
I was on the phone with Paula, and she was extremely rude. I feel bad that those security attendants have to work for such a ratchet-​y human being. This is probably why Central Parking Systems has such a horrible reputation.
It’s been a week and a half. I still don’t have my money back.

Bait and Switch! I researched where to park ahead of my trip– 10 $ weekend, max 12 $/​day. I arrived at 4pm on Saturday, hoped to pay to park until my planned departure Monday morning. (in town for the marathon) The machine charges me 20 $ which was only good until 8pm that same night (that’s right, 20 $ for 4 hours). needless to say, at 8pm i moved to another, HONEST parking Garage that charged me 24 $ for the next 2 days.

Do not EVER — I repeat EVER — use one of their lots. Some of the fun I’ve now had using this institutionalized moron-​o-​thon here in Denver:
— Car broken into and over $ 2K in damage sustained
— Brilliant attendant left a «ticket» for me for «parking on the line»…Despite the fact that this was the only space available, and I was hemmed in by a large pickup parked in an adjoining space (marked «COMPACT ONLY»).
— Damage to hood (dent) by said attendant while leaving «violation»
Absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, I’m most likely going to pursue legal action for the damage to my vehicles. For a company doing what has to be the simplest job in the world, I’m constantly amazed at the utter incompetence shown on a regular, recurring basis.

Their garages are fine, but their lots are pretty terrible. Very little in the way of instruction and really fine-​happy. I guess you don’t expect a parking service to be pleasant, and they really hold that standard up.

Gave me a ticket for parking ON the line! Further, I got out of my car and slipped on the ice below, hurting my hip and ruining my suit on the way to a meeting. Frustrating to come back to a ticket for parking ON the line!

I have to pay them every month, so I feel like they own me.
Otherwise, they’ve been OK. They haven’t hiked rates up, they plow the lot semi-​regularly when it’s snowy and my car hasn’t been vandalized yet– not that they could do anything about that one.
One word to the wise– DON’T park at Central lots in the Ballpark ‘hood during high-​end Rockies games– They will really give it to you hard, in terms of price. OUCH!