The price that moves
The Oregon Convention Center garage posts two rates. Standard daily entry runs $15 for up to 18 hours with no in-and-out privileges. Entry during events runs on a dynamic $15 to $25, charged at the booth. The garage holds 800 spaces, opens at 6:00 a.m. daily and prohibits overnight parking.
Two clocks and one window
Doors open at 8:00 a.m. on 5 and 6 December for The American Northwest - Portland - Nationals - DI/DII. The garage gate opens at 6:00 a.m. on each morning. The parking page tells drivers to allow ample time to park. That advice, the gate clock and the door clock describe a two-hour gap between gate and door on both days of the weekend.
The page also states the limits of its own capacity. The garage can reach capacity on days with busy event schedules. Area traffic can affect arrival and departure times on those days. The venue does not guarantee a space, and it allocates on a first-come, first-served basis.
The booking, measured in hours
The venue's event record opens the hire at 08:00 on 5 December and closes it at 20:00 on 6 December. Thirty-six hours of hall time sit beside two hotel nights. Two entrance roads feed the garage, one off NE Lloyd Blvd and one off NE First Avenue, so the morning queue splits across two approaches.
Where the compression lands
Two 8:00 a.m. starts put both vehicle peaks in the morning. The venue page carries no event schedule inside the two competition days beyond the doors clocks. The calendar for the address carries the evenings.
The Friday case
The building's December calendar places the Marquis, Consonus and AgeRight employee holiday party in the Portland Ballroom on Friday 4 December. That booking adds a second audience to the address on the day before the first door. A property reading the Friday sees two bookings in one building and one garage.
The Sunday case
A Sunday 8:00 a.m. door and a Sunday checkout fall on the same morning. The last room night of a Friday arrival is Saturday. The garage gate opens at 6:00 a.m. that morning.
The rest of the month on the same price line
The December calendar lists eight events. The parking page does not name which events trigger the higher entry rate. Hall D holds the championship on 5 and 6 December, and holds Crafty Wonderland Holiday Art + Craft Market from 11 to 13 December. The Portland Ballroom holds bookings on 1 and 2 December, on 4 December and on 7 December.
A property that wants to compare weekend pickup across the month has two Hall D bookings to read against each other, with four ballroom dates in between. The venue counts 566 metered spaces within three blocks of the building. It also states that private lots advertising convention center parking are not operated by OCC.
What the rate band cannot tell you
The parking page carries no attendance figure, no garage utilisation figure and no headcount for either competition day. The 800 spaces is the only capacity figure the venue publishes. The rate band sets a ceiling of $25 an entry and carries no volume.
The transit layer is the alternative the venue itself recommends on busy days. MAX light rail stops 300 times a day near the front door. The Streetcar A Loop calls at NE Martin Luther King and Hoyt every 15 minutes. Bus line 6 stops at the same corner and at NE Martin Luther King and Holladay.
Four dates to test against the booking curve
Friday 4 December carries the ballroom party. Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 carry the championship. Monday 7 carries the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit in the Portland Ballroom. Pickup on those nights can be read against pickup on 11 to 13 December, when Hall D reopens for a public show.
Two operational facts follow from the parking page. The garage takes no vehicle overnight, so a guest on a two-night stay parks at the property. The booth accepts cards and touchless payment only, and the venue runs cashless throughout.