U of I Boise parking

Explore parking options at U of I Boise

Parking is available to U of I Boise visitors in the Idaho Water Center parking garage. You’ll find information about parking in the garages and event-specific parking details below.

Visitor parking at U of I Boise

Visitors to U of I Boise are welcome to park in the Idaho Water Center parking garage. To park in the Idaho Water Center garage:

• Turn onto Avenue A (either from Myrtle or Front Street). Pull up to the ticket booth and pull a parking ticket. Turn right into the underground Idaho Water Center (IWC) parking garage. Two-hour visitor parking is available near the IWC elevators. If none are available, you may park in any unmarked parking space. Please do not park in any marked reserved or tandem spaces.
• If at any time this garage is full, you may park in any of the additional parking garages in the Courthouse corridor.
• The first hour of parking is free and $1/hour thereafter.

Event parking at U of I Boise

If you are hosting an event at the Idaho Water Center and want to provide event parking passes for your guests, please contact The Car Park at info@thecarpark.com ahead of your event. Your guests will follow the same garage entry process as U of I Boise visitors (see above). However, advise them not to park in any of the two-hour visitor spaces or any marked reserved or tandem spaces.

Please note: Parking is not available in the surrounding businesses’ parking lots.

Instructions for deliveries and catering

Please have catering vehicles unload/load at the loading dock behind the IWC building.

Direct them to use the same entrance as visitors and pull a ticket at the booth. After pulling a ticket, they should continue driving past the garage entrance and take a right into the alley. They can use the loading dock entrance to unload/load and park as needed. They will exit the same way they entered and pay for their parking (if they stay longer than an hour) with the attendant.