Directions & Parking
 
Saturday Morning Market is in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg on the waterfront.
 
  • It's located in the Al Lang Stadium parking lot (Progress Energy Park) .
  • The parking lot is at the SE corner of First Avenue South and First Street.
  • Market is located on the western portion of the parking lot
  GPS Location
 
  • For a GPS location, use 101 1st St SE. (zip - 33701)
  Parking
  • Baywalk Parking Garage - One good parking option is Baywalk parking garage, just 2 blocks away. See the map above.
    • You enter the garage on 2nd St between 1st and 2nd Avenue.
    • It costs just $1 for the first 4 hours..
    • A higher price ($5 and occasionally $10) is charged on the rare occasions that there is a large special event in the downtown area (e.g. Ribfest/ November, Mainsail/ April)
    • The Market is 2 blocks south of the Baywalk garage.
 
  • South Core Garage - There is a parking garage just one block away on 1st Ave S (between 2nd and 1st St.).
    • The cost is $3 on entry.
    • The payment machine takes credit cards as well as cash.
    • Higher prices ($5 and occasionally $10) is charged when large downtown events occur.
    • Take the elevator in the NE corner of the building.
 
 
  • Al Lang - 50 spaces ($5) are available on the eastern portion of the parking lot.
 
  • Street Parking - There is metered street parking in a several block radius.
    • The meters cost 25¢ for 20 minutes, or 75¢ per hour. The meters are enforced on Saturdays in some locations.
    • Metered parking is free on weekends which are located south of Central, north of 5th Ave S (1st St, west to 4th St.).
 
  • Beach Drive – We encourage our visitors to not park on Beach Drive, in order to leave spaces for patrons of the Beach Drive merchants.
 
  • Handicapped Spaces - There are designated handicapped spaces just south of the Market next to the Stadium. Enter from 1st St. South.
  Downtown Looper Trolley
  The Looper is a Trolley service that completes a 12 stop circuit of the downtown area. It's painted to look like the original trolley used decades ago.
 
  • The Trolley operates from 10am – 5pm.
  • The Trolley (heading north) stops at the Hilton hotel – which is ½ a block south on 1st Street.
  • It also stops by the Hampton Inn – which is 1½ blocks north on 1st Street.
  • It costs just 25¢!
  • Click here to see the exact route, the specific schedule and more.
   
 
   
   
  Directions (to the nearby South Core garage)
 
  1. From the North:
    • Going south on I-275, take the I-375 exit.
    • Travel to the end, exiting straight onto 4th Avenue N.
    • Turn right on 2nd Street, and travel several blocks, crossing Central Ave.
    • Turn left on 1st Ave S. (one-way to the left) and go ½ block.
    • Turn left into the South Core Garage entrance.
 
  1. From the West:
    • Travel east down 1st Ave South (one way to the east) to the downtown area.
    • After crossing 2nd Street, turn left into the South Core garage entrance.
 
  1. From the South:
    • Traveling north on I-275, take the I-175 exit.
    • Travel to the end, exiting straight onto 5th Avenue S.
    • Turn left on 2nd Street and travel several blocks north.
    • Turn right on 1st Ave S, go ½ a block
    • Turn left into the South Core garage entrance.
   

Gail Eggeman, Market Manager
(727) 455-4921
email: saturdaymkt@yahoo.com
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