Your real-time Black Friday parking, traffic guide
<div> Are you on the fence about heading out into the annual mad rush of shopping, where doorbuster deals turn into an after-Thanksgiving rat race to get the best parking spot and the last toy off the shelf? You may be in luck.</div> <div> </div>
ATLANTA – Are you on the fence about heading out into the annual mad rush of shopping, where doorbuster deals turn into an after-Thanksgiving rat race to get the best parking spot and the last toy off the shelf? You may be in luck.
Black Friday morning started off pretty slow, leaving parking lots somewhat empty as stores’ doors started opening. But as the crowds woke up from their post-Thanksgiving slumber, the lots began filling up and shoppers were on their way to the best buys they could snag.
Traffic by the minute, click here.
As of noon, this is where some of the hot spots are shaping up this Black Friday:
Arbor Place Mall
• 50 percent filled to capacity
Calhoun Premium Outlets
• 85 percent filled to capacity
Lenox Square
• 95 percent filled to capacity
Best places to park: South Parking Deck by Bloomingdale’s (closest to East Paces Ferry) and the West Deck
Mall of Georgia
• 75 percent filled to capacity
North Georgia Premium Outlets
• 95 percent filled to capacity
Phipps Plaza
• 10 percent filled to capacity
Sugarloaf Mills
• 35 percent filled to capacity
Town Center at Cobb
• 95 percent filled to capacity
o Best places to park: between Belk and JCPenney; Upper Level between Belk and Macy’s
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