Here you will find information about CONvergence hotel parking, on-street parking, and other parking ramps. Due to extremely limited parking availability, we encourage utilizing public transportation, taxi services, or carpooling with friends who are also attending the convention if at all feasible.
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Below is information from CONvergence 2024 for your reference.
Hotel Parking
Each hotel has its own parking ramp that is contracted with the hotel and charges a daily fee.
- Hyatt Regency – $18/night special CONvergence rate for overnight guests of the Hyatt. You will get a parking ticket upon entry to the ramp; be sure to take it with you to the front desk and present it when you check in so that you will have in/out privileges and pay the $18/night rate on your room bill. Parking fees are added to your room bill, so you don’t pay on exit. Normal parking rates for non-overnight attendees vary based on length of time parked, and are listed on the Loring Garage website. If you volunteer 4 or more hours in one day, you can stop by the Volunteers Table to pick up a parking discount voucher sticker. The voucher discounts your parking to $15 for the entire day.
- Millennium Hotel – $35/day in SP+ Parking; your parking can be connected to your Millennium hotel room
Other Parking Ramps
There are other parking options that are not connected to hotels.
- MCTC Hennepin Garage – $10/entry Located On Hennepin Ave. across from Minneapolis Community Technical College. Entrances on Hennepin Ave which has right turn only entry driving westbound, and Laurel Ave with entry from either direction. CONvergence has confirmed the MCTC Ramp will be available to the public, including weekday hours and overnights, for the entire four-days of CONvergence. (Yes, this means you can park for the entire weekend for only $10, and if you do need to leave and come back it is only $10 to park again!) For more details about parking at MCTC, visit the MCTC parking page.
- Leamington Municipal Ramp at 1001 2nd Ave S – $15/day in this ramp across from the Holiday Inn & Suites
- Hilton Minneapolis – $30/day (with in-out privileges) in 11th Street Underground Parking
On-Street Parking
All on-street parking follows the parking laws set by the City of Minneapolis, with various time restrictions set in place daily. The Minneapolis Parking website has information on how to pay at a parking meter, an interactive meter map, a video series about how to park in the city, an FAQ, and more.
We recommend using the MplsParking app to find and use on-street parking. You can also pay for your parking through the app!
Other Parking Links
Here are some more handy resources for finding parking in Downtown Minneapolis and knowing about street closures in advance.
Park & Ride
You can park your car for free then ride the train to downtown Minneapolis, where you can easily hop on a free ride bus down Nicollet Avenue to CONvergence. There are more than 2,600 free parking spaces near the METRO Blue Line:
- Fort Snelling Station (1,073 spaces)
Exit Hwy. 55 at Bloomington Rd; follow signs to parking (south and west of Whipple Building). - 28th Avenue Station (1,598 spaces)
Three blocks east of Mall of America (28th Ave. S. at 82nd St.). There are no Park & Ride spaces at Mall of America.
Please be aware that overnight parking is not allowed at these lots, and vehicles are subject to ticketing and towing.
You can also park your car for free at one of the six Northstar Park & Ride lots then take the Northstar Commuter Rail Line to Target Field station. From there, you can hop on the Green or Blue line to Nicollet Avenue. Spaces are available at each Northstar Park & Ride lot for overnight parking, for no more than seven days at a time.
Check out the Bus & Train page and the Park & Ride page of the Metro Transit website or all the information you need to park your car then ride Metro Transit to CONvergence!
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