The City of Phoenix recently announced a new tool for visitors of Downtown Phoenix called ParkPhx. While most the biggest Downtown Phoenix convention, Phoenix Fan Fusion, does a good job of providing information on parking, some of the other events do not or they give you limited info. ParkPhx gives you real-time information on parking availability and pricing across the downtown area.

Let’s say I didn’t pre-purchase any parking for Game On Expo and I don’t want to just drive downtown and hope I find something. I can use ParkPhx and enter the dates and I want my search results to just include the self-parking options.

 

While most of the convention center surrounding parking is going to run you $31 (plus any taxes or fees), I can see that I can get a spot at nearly half the price of the main parking garages.

While this isn’t revolutionary by any means, anything that can give convention goers a leg up will be appreciated.