[Hansenjohn]

I had a pretty good experience this year parking in Green Lot 1, the Great America lot.  I was planning to park further away, but the only pre-paid parking I could buy yesterday morning was Green 1 and didn't want to take a chance.  We got there at 2:30 and breezed right in.  Friends who arrived at 3:30 also said it wasn't too bad. 

Getting out after the game wasn't much worse than leaving Stanford Lot 2 the last three games.  Maybe a little worse, but not much.  We were parked very close to Great American entrance and got into the nearest lane to exit onto Great Amer Pkwy.  Once in a lane out the parking lot, there is not a lot of choice where you go.  We went left to 101, then forced to turn left only mission college Blvd, which was fine with us since we got onto 101 South at Montague to get back to San Jose.

We took VTA last year, which was 45 minutes ride time each way from Tamien in San Jose, not counting time waiting for a train or driving to/from Tamien.  Our drive to levi's yesterday was about 20 minutes to when we parked (two hours before game time).  On the way home, I'm guessing it was about 40.  I do expect if the stadium had been packed and a game that went down to the wire, it would have been a lot worse after the game.  I bet that accounts for a lot of stories once reads about nightmare exits after concerts and some NFL game.

[Hansenjohn]

I had a pretty good experience this year parking in Green Lot 1, the Great America lot.  I was planning to park further away, but the only pre-paid parking I could buy yesterday morning was Green 1 and didn't want to take a chance.  We got there at 2:30 and breezed right in.  Friends who arrived at 3:30 also said it wasn't too bad. 

Getting out after the game wasn't much worse than leaving Stanford Lot 2 the last three games.  Maybe a little worse, but not much.  We were parked very close to Great American entrance and got into the nearest lane to exit onto Great Amer Pkwy.  Once in a lane out the parking lot, there is not a lot of choice where you go.  We went left to 101, then forced to turn left only mission college Blvd, which was fine with us since we got onto 101 South at Montague to get back to San Jose.

We took VTA last year, which was 45 minutes ride time each way from Tamien in San Jose, not counting time waiting for a train or driving to/from Tamien.  Our drive to levi's yesterday was about 20 minutes to when we parked (two hours before game time).  On the way home, I'm guessing it was about 40.  I do expect if the stadium had been packed and a game that went down to the wire, it would have been a lot worse after the game.  I bet that accounts for a lot of stories once reads about nightmare exits after concerts and some NFL game.