This six-level, 2,200-car parking garage serves as a premium seat-holder amenity for Dickie's 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena. The arena and adjacent parking garage are part of a long-term master plan for the Memorial Center that was constructed in 1936 and hosts 2 million visitors annually to its Cultural District. The Memorial Center features outstanding examples of Works Progress Administration-era buildings in a unique Western Art Deco style.

The design of the arena and parking garage embraces this Art Deco aesthetic. Given the parking structure’s large size and its prominence to pedestrians and vehicles from all four sides, David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc. wanted to create a facade that masked the garage’s inherent horizontality. Based on precedents found from the historic Memorial Complex, a series of vertical piers was developed that creates a rhythm of vertical bays across three of the garage’s sides. Precast concrete was a logical material choice given the depth, height, and quantity of these piers.