New Henderson Arena’s Estimated Peak Parking Demand: 1,561 Vehicles; New Dollar Loan Center Venue Opens In A Month
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
A 6,000-person arena off Green Valley Parkway in a busy section of Henderson that’s set to open March 8 is counting on some fans parking off-site in the immediate area to create enough parking on the venue site.
LVSportsBiz.com looked at the traffic report for new Dollar Loan Center arena, which will host Henderson Silver Knights minor league hockey and Vegas Knight Hawks indoor football games. The report, done by the Las Vegas office of CA Group, Inc. and available at the city of Henderson, said the estimated peak parking demand for events is 1,561 vehicles.
“The design event has an estimated peak parking demand of 1,561 vehicles and a proposed parking supply of 1,374 spaces, resulting in a perceived parking shortage of 187 spaces,” according to the arena traffic report provided by the city of Henderson to LVSportsBiz.com.
But here’s the catch: the traffic report anticipates that 20 percent of the vehicles for each event will be parked off-site — which comes out to 276 cars.
“With the anticipated availability of off-site parking and 276 personal vehicles being parked off-site, Table 4 shows an estimated surplus of 89 spaces, approximately six percent of the total parking supply,” the traffic report said.
Henderson spokesperson Kathleen Richards said the city is currently constructing a parking lot to the east of Paseo Verde Library that will provide additional parking spaces.
Some assumptions the traffic document reported:
It appears Golden Knights owner Bill Foley’s sports and entertainment operation, which is running the $84 million arena, is also counting on some fans parking their cars at the nearby The District business area and the Green Valley Resort, which has a big parking lot.
“The City of Henderson has on-going discussions with area property and business owners, including The District at Green Valley and the Green Valley Resort and Casino to coordinate off-site parking agreements and minimize impact to area business while allowing opportunities for event attendees to visit these businesses,” the traffic report said.
Most of the arena traffic will be coming from Green Valley Parkway:
With the cars coming to the arena, an effective mode of transportation will be bicycles — and the arena has bike racks for 100 bicycles.
Temporary “no parking” signs will also be posted in neighboring residential and commercials streets:
“The event parking management plan will include the use of temporary signs to restrict parking infiltration into adjacent residential neighborhoods and commercial areas. NO EVENT PARKING” signs for commercial driveways will be coordinated with adjacent businesses based on allowed or restricted areas for off-site parking and would be used if requested by the property owner.
“NO EVENT PARKING RESIDENTS ONLY” signs would be installed at collector and local streets into residential areas at the following streets if requested by the neighborhood or city:”
∙ SB Carnegie Street S/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ SB Rabbits Foot Lane St S/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ NB Desert Shadow Trail N/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ NB Palomino Village Drive N/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ SB Palomino Village Drive S/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ SB Murmuring Sands Drive S/O Paseo Verde Parkway
∙ EB Benji Drive E/O Green Valley Parkway
∙ WB Wingbrook Avenue W/O Green Valley Parkway
∙ WB Flowering Cactus Avenue W/O Green Valley Parkway
∙ WB Alanhurst Drive W/O Green Valley Parkway
City spokesperson Richards said the Henderson Police Department is currently finalizing the plan for “no event parking” signage during events and the parking instructions emailed to ticket purchasers will advise where parking is not permitted.
The city of Henderson and Foley’s sports/entertainment outfit are each contributing $42 million to build the $84 million arena. The first ticketed event is the Big West college basketball tournament March 8, while the first indoor football Knight Hawks game in March 18. The Henderson Silver Knights, the feeder team to the Vegas Golden Knights, play their first game in the new arena April 2.
There will be a charge for parking at Henderson Silver Knights games, but the prices are not known now, spokesman Nate Ewell said.
“There will be a charge for parking, although exact amounts are TBD. We are planning three price tiers: one for season-ticket members, one for those who pay in advance, and one for those who pay on arrival,” he said.
It’s a busy area in Henderson with a Henderson library branch and a multi-generational fitness facility with parking adjacent to the arena. But the report said those facilities need their parking for their own operations.
Like any new sports venue, there will be a learning curve for fans and arena operators alike to see how the traffic and parking work out. I know if I go, I’ll be arriving by bicycle.
