It’ll cost fans $60 for Chiefs parking if not purchased in advance

Buy parking passes early.

That’s the Chiefs’ clear message to fans now that the team has raised the price of cash parking on game day to $60. Cash parking cost $40 last season.

Purchasing parking in advance will be $35 on a single-game basis or $30 per game if you purchase the 10-game season package. Those spaces are for the Arrowhead Stadium red zones.

All advance red parking cost $30 per game last season.

Other parking prices for 2017:

▪ $500 for season gold parking, closer to the stadium.

▪ $600 for season platinum parking for suite members.

▪ $700 for season bus/RV parking.

About 78 percent of vehicles entering the Truman Sports Complex bought prepaid passes during the 2016 regular season, according to the Chiefs, a figure that jumped to 90 percent for the playoff game against the Steelers.

In 2014, the Chiefs adopted the advance parking pass price structure, charging fans $27 to buy early and $30 cash at the gate.

The prices increased in 2016 to $30 in advance and $40 at the gate.

Remember the good old days of 2003? Toll booth parking was $18.

The Chiefs also announced that traffic that arrives from eastbound Interstate 70 and exits at Blue Ridge Cutoff will be directed past Gate 2 and into Gates 3 and 4. Gate 2 will only be used if necessary.

More Chiefs parking information can be found at chiefs.com/parking.

This story was originally published April 21, 2017 at 11:44 AM with the headline "It’ll cost fans $$60 for Chiefs parking if not purchased in advance."