How much?! $500 parking stall spotted in English Bay for fireworks night (PHOTO/VIDEOS)
Parking spots in English Bay are incredibly hard to come by — especially on a fireworks night, but even the most desperate driver would scoff at paying more than $20 for a primo parking spot, wouldn’t they?
Apparently, that was a risk one person was willing to take when they posted a sign in Vancouver’s West End for a $500 parking spot.
Tanushi Bhatnagar
They even set up cones to apparently block off the area, which is in front of a gated parking garage for a residential building and is arguably not a safe spot for drivers to ditch their cars for the night.
Tanushi Bhatnagar
It’s unclear if the entrepreneur (arguably a scammer) made bank from their endeavour.
Daily Hive spotted the sign ahead of the show on Wednesday, when Mexico lit up the sky and delighted thousands of people with the second night of the Honda Celebration of Light.
Gabriel Lam/Meimento
Afterwards, the great exodus began and crowds surged from the beach and back towards the downtown core to take transit.
It took me two hours to transit home in the rush š„² pic.twitter.com/HZKBPQJqnN
ā Tanushi (@Tanushimmer) July 27, 2023
Post-fireworks crowd at English Bay yesterday was WILD!! pic.twitter.com/y7993cL8JF
ā Tanushi (@Tanushimmer) July 27, 2023
Those who did score a parking spot, either in one of the handful of beach parking lots or private pay parking areas, were forced to exercise patience and restraint as they waited bumper-to-bumper for the roads to reopen. As of 11:30 pm Wednesday, the Burrard Street Bridge was basically a parking lot southbound.
#VanTraffic: There are going to be thousands of people leaving the fireworks at the same time. Please exercise patience and be courteous.
Drivers in the downtown core should expect delays. pic.twitter.com/XWW8FbIVJq
ā Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) July 27, 2023
Vancouver police warned drivers to expect this kind of slow dance, as the routes are dependent on the crowds, and they won’t open even one lane on Beach if it’s not safe for pedestrians and bikers.
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With files from Tanushi Bhatnagar