Paid Visitor Parking
Reminder: Visitor parking is intended for guests not affiliated with UTEP, not students or employees.
🕒 Metered Parking Details
- All meter spaces have a 2-hour maximum limit.
- Payment required 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
- All users (visitors, students, employees) must pay — no permit exemptions.
- Rates: $5 for the first hour, $2 each additional hour, $13 daily max.
- Payment via ParkMobile app (zone numbers posted on signs).
Visitor parking options
🅿️ Sun Bowl Parking Garage (Visitor Section)
Located at 2301 Sun Bowl Dr near ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Ave. Best option for:
- ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Bookstore
- Fox Fine Arts Center
- Magoffin Auditorium
- Cotton Memorial
- Centennial Plaza & Museum
- Undergraduate Learning Center
- El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center
- ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Library
- Administration Building
🅿️ Hawthorne 1 (HA1)
Located at Schuster & Hawthorne. Ideal for:
- Mike Loya Academic Services Building
- ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Library
- Administration Building
- Miner Heights Housing Complex
🅿️ Mesa 1 Meter Spaces
Convenient for:
- ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Ticket Center
- Don Haskins Center
- Foster Stevens Basketball Center
🅿️ ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ 4 Meter Spaces
Best for:
- Union Building
🅿️ Sun Bowl 2 Meter Spaces
Located along Sun Bowl Dr near the roundabout. Close to:
- Kelly Hall
- Health Sciences and Nursing Building
- Undergraduate Learning Center
- El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center
🅿️ Sun Bowl 10 Meter Spaces
Great option for visitors to:
- Student Recreation Center
- Helen of Troy Softball Complex
- ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Field
- Multipurpose Field
- Miner Canyon Housing Complex
🅿️ Randolph 2 Meter Spaces
Located near Memorial Gym. Best for:
- Memorial Gym
- Miner Village Housing Complex
🅿️ Dawson 1 Reserved Visitor Spaces
Available for visitors to the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center only. Look for clearly marked visitor spots. Rubin Center staff will issue a permit which must be displayed while parked in these spaces.
🅿️ UNIVERSITY 2 RESERVED VISITOR Spaces
Available for visitors to the Centennial Museum only. Enter campus via Sun Bowl and ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ and speak to the gate staff for a parking pass, which must be displayed while parked.
