Cleveland Parking Will Cost Nearly $100 During World Series Game 1 and Cavaliers' Home Opener

CLEVELAND, OH - Planning on braving the insanity in downtown Cleveland on Oct. 25? Be prepared to pay major bucks to park your car. Reports are coming in that garages and lots in the city are charging as much as $100 for a spot.

With the Cleveland Indians back in the World Series for the first time since 1997, and looking for their first title since 1948, and the Cleveland Cavaliers playing the first game of their championship defense season, downtown is expected to be flooded with people.

Both games start within a half hour of each other, the Cavaliers tip-off at 7:30 p.m. and the Tribe's first pitch will be thrown at 8:08 p.m. One Cleveland business got a letter from the lot its employees use telling them that if they weren't out of the lot by 4 p.m. they would be charged $50. Now that seems like it could be a reasonable price to pay.

On top of that, the city has closed off several streets.

It may be worth your time to investigate taking the RTA downtown. But with stories of the parking costs coming out, expect the RTA to also get crowded.

People have been surprisingly calm about the massive uptick in parking costs, so far.

Want to stay home and watch the games? Patch has you covered. We've compiled everything you need to know for tonight's game.