Maybe this is a dumb question but if you have to pre-pay how do you get it validated after that. Does the restaurant credit your bill?

Has anyone else that emailed gotten a response? I'm wondering if they are sending out the same canned answers or are rethinking their practice?

Yeah just speculating what the developer might be thinking.

Again, I don't see the value.

Third party vendor! BMA connections.

There has to be more to this, because it makes no sense. I can see it during home game days, perhaps, to try to keep out the game parkers. But Cebtury Square will lose too much of their local market. What will happen once football season is over? What will happen over breaks and in the summer? Will Century Square become one of those places we patronize only when the students are mostly gone, because they will have to drop the parking charge to stay alive? I have lived where I have had to have validated parking or show a receipt from the mall, but this does not sound like they are set up to do that. Hmm. Have not been to Century Square, and may not, at this rate.

Captn_Ag05 said:

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Has anyone else that emailed gotten a response? I'm wondering if they are sending out the same canned answers or are rethinking their practice?

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Nope.

I also emailed my contact at Valencia Group (who's managing the two hotels) to see if she knows anything and/or will put pressure on the developers for a response.

I believe parking on the street is paid but the garage is actually free, no matter how long you are parked there. Could be wrong though, I haven't been out there in a few months.

Apparently, at some point over the summer, the parking garage became paid parking

Scrolling through CityCentre on google earth - looks like parking kiosks along the street parking:

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7795107,-95.5606504,3a,75y,229.97h,89.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6scyCyhD7bkTQEmpPiRiZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Why not just pay the parking guy to keep students out and let Cool Hand Luke take care of the meters.

Sometimes parking can be a real cool hand.

I contacted Century Square via their FB page and their reply to my question regarding parking fees was:

Hi there -

Thanks for your message! Yes, prime parking is currently metered, but other nonmetered parking is currently available at Century Square. In addition, the garage at Century Square will be free for the first thirty minutes. Some tenants will validate parking & there will be free "short-term" parking spaces spread throughout the center for restaurant take-out and quick retail pickups. Being located on Texas A&M's campus, it is necessary to optimize convenient parking options for patrons looking to make quick trips & to differentiate between university student parking!

-Century Square Team

KBTX Reported:
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) - For those looking to shop or eat at any of the establishments at Century Square across from campus, you will have to pay to park.
New parking meters were installed Monday night.
According to a press release from Century Square representatives, the street parking will be $3 for the first hour, with a $2 increase for every hour after that. There will be a daily max of $25 for more than four hours of parking.
For the parking garage, the first 30 minutes are free, but then $1 every 30 minutes after that. The daily max in the garage is $10.
For employees at Century Square, the parking will remain free.
Free short term parking will be made available for those looking to make quick stops or picking up carry out.
In the release, Century Square says the purpose of the parking meters is to keep parking available to patrons of their business. They also want to deter people from parking there during events or classes on campus.
A manager for Hopdoddy Burger Bar says that he knew that the parking meters were a possibility, but he was only told that the meters would be built a few days ago. He fears that they will hurt the businesses at Century Square, and people seem to agree.
"In the long run it is only going to hurt the restaurants," says Erik Urquidi, a student at A&M who was shopping at Century Square Tuesday. "Cause with so many restaurants why would I want to pay for parking when I could just go down the street and get free parking."
Urquidi didn't even know that the parking meters were even in place. He says that there weren't any signs in place to alert him of the new rules.
As a warning, cars that didn't pay the parking fees were attached with a notice on their windshield that let drivers know they need to pay for their spot.
People were not fined today, but it is unclear when that grace period will come to an end.

I was there a couple of weeks ago and parked free in one of the garages.

I'm out for Century Square.

I sure hope they are remitting the appropriate sales tax for all this cash they are collecting.

Spoke to the manager at Hopdoddy today. He said that in a couple of weeks everyone will forget and eat there anyway. Just sayin.

Me either rat. Thats crazy

Why do I have this crazy hunch that the mybcs crowd will avoid the center but the students and professionals in the area will just chunk down $3-5 to park right in front of the business they want to go to

/who moved the college station cheese??/