Some advice on where to park for Heritage Classic
NHL suggests using GO trains, parking lot shuttles, even car pools
People who aren’t from the immediate area — and there will be plenty of them around on the weekend for the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at, yes, Tim Hortons Field — may not fully understand one of the little quirks about a football stadium that’s located in a residential district.
You’ve got to know where to park. Or better yet, how to get to Tim Hortons Field without needing to park in the immediate vicinity.
So, the NHL wants to encourage the nearly 25,000 ticket holders for Sunday’s outdoor game between the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs to consult its parking and transportation website (nhl.com/fans/heritage-classic/parking-transportation).
“You can get all the parking details there,” says Steve Mayer, the NHL’s chief content officer.
“We think there will be quite a crowd driving in and we want to make sure people know where they’re going. There’s a considerable amount of parking and we want our fans to navigate to the best one for them.”
Mayer suggests that ticket holders car pool if they can and, wherever possible, use public transit.
Extra GO trains are being added on Sunday, hitting all stops on the Lakeshore West line and GO bus shuttles to the stadium are available to all game-ticket holders from both the West Harbour GO Station and the parking lot at nearby Bayfront Park. Those shuttles will carry fans to Tim Hortons Field from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, and back to the GO station for an hour after the game is over.
Heritage Classic ticket holders can also ride HSR shuttles, HSR regular service or ATS/DARTS free of charge to and from the game.
Beginning at 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, the HSR Gold Line shuttle operates between the parking lot on the north end of Lime Ridge Mall to the stadium, and the HSR Black Line runs between the Eastgate Square Transit Terminal to the stadium.
Masks are required on all transit.