Selling parking spaces?

Crowded mall with limited parking bay and have to compete with crazy Land Cruiser, some lane with sharp corner and one way lane. Totally not worth to shop at CC.

Kawe in Doha

Paid Parking would not solve the problem as at night time there are only CC customers in the parking lot not the outsiders. Paid or unpaid it would still be a problem.

It's not all Cargodog, I have an even brighter idea.

Why not charge everyone an entry fee which can be used as a credit to shop in any outlet, similar to the 'first drink' charge in some pubs.

This will no doubt weed out those undesirables even more thoroughly.

They can even turn this into a great PR by cooperating with various constructions and other companies whereby their 'Laborer for the Month' will be awarded with 5 free tickets (to bring along his mates) to enjoy CC just like the wealthies do. It will motivate them to work even harder as it surely beat the friday afternoon loitering around Al Fardan.

Cheers

SK

++ Do CC have an opening for a consultant? ++

Meinhardt were the consultants, it's an Australian company so they have to be blamed not the Arabs.

I'm agree with hotandsticky

They don't mean "lease" or "rent"? *cough*

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

You are discussing about parking problems in the CC whereas people are facing problems with the parking in front of their accomodation.

It is due to the poor planning. A country which could only face a maximum of 500000 population is now trying to cope up with 3 times more of it. Before that proper urban planning should have been done to avoid bottle necks.

Next thing whenever a building is constructed adequate allowance should be made for the parking and it should be in construction specifications.

All developers are getting permit to raise towers and get a huge fortune out of it. The real estate companies are busy in catching foreigners who do not have vehicles and driving license to show them accomodation of a third party at huge prices. There is no law actually and no standard.

Every body has invented a business and enjoying to rob others.

Not many of the towers have parking they got favors to build witout putting adequate parking. One day they will realize what a big mistake it is, but it will be too late to do anything about it. Many of the people working in the towers park at City Center.

Never mind Kaldoosh, the planners were westerners, so if anyone has to be blamed for poor planning then it has to be inefficient planners from the west. The Arabs just paid for what they thought was expert advice.

i was very disappointed when i read such signs to ethnicity in some comments mentioning Arabs and planning...

That's a brilliant idea, SK. Let's remove the last bit of "entertainment" there is for the not-so-wealthy in this country - oh and of course, implementing that idea, that exclude them from shopping in Carrefour. Oh well... I guess we can't have it all, but who cares, as long as we have capitalism. Right?!?! ;-)

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...

Should have introduced a VERY STEEP parking fee instead of a mere 1 or 2 riyals per hour.

Then they can a put a system whereby customers that spend more than a minimum amount of money (500 riyals?) in any the shops will be waived that parking fee.

It will have the additional benefit of reducing those undesirable window shoppers and bachelors and let the wealthies to shop in comfort.

Capitalism at its best.....

SK

(I'll claim my fee if CC decide to implement this idea)

Yes of course... Like how they do in Dubai nowadays...

about that too. but i guess its not like owning a parking bay. like parking at the airport only.

I read a statement in the newspaper from the CC management itself about 2 months back that they are introducing paid parking to 'make shopping at CC more convenient' by end of the year or early next year.

who ever did this job he may have earned a lot hahaha................great business guys.....

Brit actually I take a cab ;)

Do as I do. Park next to Salam and walk accross - avoiding the traffic.

Introduce paid parking

its CC management fault for not providing enough parking space for growing number of customers!

when I worked on building the city center we all laughed at the huge amount of parking provided. Something like 7% of all the cars in Qatar could be accommodated. Population has doubled and traffic increased at least threefold. City Center car parking spaces were reduced by building towers on either end, vacant land being developed etc.

Add to that all the towers around which were given permission without sufficient parking, the siting of busy ministries like Ashghal, Land Registry, Commercial Registration in areas where no parking existed and you have the recipe for total gridlock. AND remember that the majority of the towers are not yet finished. As my Lebanese friend said "Arabs and Planning do not mix"

It was a joke, Rezy. I may be Danish, but I'm not THAT stupid. ;-)

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...

but i have heard and its true the management is introducing parking ticket in CC parkings...

so then there would not be any option for first or second hand car....:D

... BAADSHAH ...

I normally leave my second car, which we don't need, at a parking spot in CC. That way, if I need to go there on a busy day, I just move my second car and park my first car. Pretty clever, I thought. Now I just need to figure out what to do with the second, while shopping. ;-)

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...

i didnt see ever kind of banner, when did they put these...though i wasted hours in search of parking... BAADSHAH ...

This is ridiculous ? you mean parking bays were sold for intending users. what are the management doing about it? i will dig into this.

Why bother paying if you can crush in a parking spot with a LAND CRUISER???

Just as I was about to diligently enter a parking spot (after waited for the known spot for a while) with my tiny hired-car last night, a W*nk*r in Land Cruiser flew out of nowhere and tried to beat me by crashing into the spot. Luckily I was there first and beat him to it.

Gotta say, he wasn't too happy about me taking my deserving spot, and did the usual crybaby "honk" and dirty stare.

Oh well, guess I had the final say and that, "... why drive a Land Cruiser when size does not matter.." LOL

I always thought of doing that whenever id give up a prime spot midst a crowd

Aim for the stars..

Reach the roof

is a test of patience, especially when you are about to park after waiting for an hour then one guy steps in front of your car and says that you cannot park there because they already contracted the person leaving... ah it really annoys me and luckily im here in Qatar otherwise i'll hmmmp...

"We cannot change the past, we only learnt from it"

...with nominal fee of 1Qr per hour will solve the problem...

You just have to go for shopping in Villaggio and Landmark!! Let's forget about City Center!

Those days i really need to get a parking, i usually give ten riyals to the Hindi drivers i told to go take a cup of tea for himself and he drive away...

"There's nothing we can do to change the past, if it teaches  you a lesson profit from it then, forget it.

There is no use of crying over spelt milk"

Why not ?

Today CC, tomorrow Villagio. The world is our oyster..

easy to recover capital!!!!!!!! Lol!!!

"I'm back, simple as that"

This is a brilliant idea..

I have built my portable car which will be parked in the space and then removed once money has changed hands :O)

I dont think CC management would get into that...they would lose quite a number of customers...

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One life to live, live it to the fullest.

What if this is way to rush in paid parking at the city centre? Hey people are selling the parking slot spaces, so now we making it legal and we the management of CC are selling the parking slots ;-)

" Winning is not everything, it is the only thing. Second place goes to the first loser " - J.Johnson

Must be a premtive move by CC with all the wonderful buildings coming in and around CC with their bare minimal parking bays. Parking in West Bay area is soon going to be nightmare just like CC on Thursdays and Fridays.

Luv the Qatar Navigation Tower for that reason - they have their own parking bldg - 30 parking slots per floor (or so they say)

Must congratulate the guy who's managed to pull it off - and it must might be quite a big problem for CC to put warning signs all over.

Next warning "it is illegal to leave CC with someone else's wife" :-) Just incase..

they must make a strong security in parking areas to keep an eye on those people who r selling pakings

Another Business started in Qatar ..... MABROOK :P

To QLer's :Any More IDEAS for HANKY PANKY Business?? (*_^)

Yes camper some asians used to stand in the parking in front of their car and sell their parking for a price between 15 to 50 QR!(I guess even some drivers used the time they wait for the family to make some money!)

I advice u to go to Villageo its a bit easer to find parking there!

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I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"

First rule when living in Doha - do not go to City Center on a Thursday or Friday night. Dont even think about it.

I'll give you a better solution than rounding for hours,...

just go home,...

let them provide enough parking to deserve you going to their damn CC...

Yeah, thought that sign was really something.. scam must be rampant for CC to put up that sign!

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The Cookie Monster said it.

Someone put a classified on QL during Ramadan that for 50 QR you can get a parking spot during Eid right next to the entrance in any of the malls so they are being sold.

Supply , demand and the enterpreneur.

Welcome to capitalism.

i used to joke with my friends when we leave city center on friday by 7 p.m. having a very close to gate parking, then 5 or 6 cars used to jump asking where did i park my car, then i said to my friends: i can sell this place for more than a 100 riyals now :P let's have an auction here :).

i was really shocked when i saw the warnings there, someone stole my idea :(

where is my copyright now?????

Yalla!

to think lobot. i will just do it.

maye be reserved for handicapped.........

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

but i wish to because the baseball bat in my car is getting totally useless so i can break their jaws.