Free Amazon Parking – Followup

Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1hhwui9/changes_to_amazon_garage_free_parking/

I went to Kimmy Akimbo at Paramount last night (highly recommend, btw!) and parked at Doppler. This time I took notice of the signs.

Parking is still free until 2 AM, but the outer garage gate is lowered at 10 PM and the elevator lobby closes at midnight.

We returned around 11 PM and went down to the garage, scanned the receipt to raise the inside gate arm as usual, but when we got to the bottom of the ramp, we could see the outer gate was lowering for a car that had just gone through. We loitered at the bottom until it was down, then drove forward slowly; the sensor is near the bottom of the ramp as noted in the previous post. The outer gate opened for us.

TLDR: free parking for events is still available, just slightly more hassle. I assume if you return between midnight and 2 AM you would have to phone the guard to let you in. The $21 fee mentioned is for a lost ticket.