Safety and Parking Options

A visitor’s decision to be present on campus and/or in University facilities serves as their acknowledgment and acceptance of the potential risks posed to them by COVID-19. Visitors and vendors are required to follow the University’s COVID-19 guidance applicable at the time of their visit.

Because of ongoing health risks, visitors are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures as advised by public health officials and to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional.

Please Note:

The COVID-19 pandemic has created substantial individual and community health risks that likely will remain for the foreseeable future. Even with extensive planning and focus on the community’s health and safety, the University of Chicago cannot eliminate these risks. Together we can try to reduce risk, but only if each of us commits to fostering a culture of shared responsibility for our individual and collective health and safety. The University thus expects every person who comes to a University facility, whether as an academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff member, student, volunteer, contractor, or visitor, to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. 

The University encourages everyone to be vaccinated for COVID-19 at their earliest opportunity, including visitors and vendors to campus.

Visitors traveling to Illinois from elsewhere must fully comply with the City of Chicago Travel Advisory before coming to campus.

For more detailed information, please see the University of Chicago’s Visitor Guidelines.

The Rubenstein Forum is located at 1201 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. You will find free parking on Midway Plaisance on both the east and west directional boulevards, as well as on 59th and 60th Streets on a first-come first-served basis. Note that the Rubenstein Forum is on 60th Street. Midway Plaisance is in-between 60th and 59th Streets.

Paid Visitor Parking

Several options exist around campus for visitor parking. These lots include: Young, Chapin, Dorchester, and the community lot at the corner of East 60th Street and Stony Island Avenue. The visitor parking rate at University-operated lots is $4 an hour.

Campus North (Ellis) Garage is another option for visitor parking. Visitor parking rates at Campus North (Ellis) Garage are:

• 0-2 hours - $12
• 2-3 hours - $16
• 3-4 hours - $22
• 4-24 hours - $28

These rates applies 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Parking rates include any required City of Chicago and Cook County parking taxes.

Temporary parking permits must be obtained for all guests or visitors parking in permit spaces; prices to apply. Visitors may only park at the location designated on the temporary permit. If the parking assignment designation is “various,” the holder may only park in non-gated lots.

Mobile Payment Parking

The University offers a mobile payment solution for visitor parking in the following lots: McGiffert, Wells, Chapin, Young, and Dorchester. Payments can be made by downloading the Passport app from the app store or the Google Play store; through the website ppprk.com or m.ppprk.com from a mobile device; or with any type of phone by calling 312.273.5691. Signs in these lots provide more specific information necessary to complete the mobile payment process.