Yahoo Autos The Biggest Parking Lots, Structures in the World Compared to Other Sizable Things
Parking lots. They take up a lot of useful space, can be confusing, and do little to add any sort of spice to our lives. Unfortunately, if we are going to continue our commitment to cars (especially here in North America), parking lots are just a very necessary evil.
Which brings us to this post. I wanted to know where the biggest parking lots in the world, but I needed a visual, as 10 pictures of gray buildings wouldn’t be visually interesting. So to add some context to visualize just how large these parking behemoths are, I’ve found things, whether objects, places or other buildings in similar sizes.
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So you’re aware, my method for determining size was a simple one. I took the average size of a parking spot (9 ft x 18 ft = 162 sq. ft.) and multiplied that by the number of spaces these parking garages hold. I did not include aisles or other design elements.
10. Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Terminal D Parking Garage
Parking Spaces: 8,100
Approx. 1,312,200 sq. ft.
Similar in Size to DFW Terminal D Parking: The Chrysler Building
The Chrysler building, one of the largest structures in New York City, is just a tiny bit smaller than the DFW parking structure in our comparable square footage — coming in at just 1,196,958 sq. ft.
9. Baltimore-Washington Airport Daily Parking Garage
Entrance to the BWI Marshall Daily Garage
Parking Spaces: 8,400
Approx. 1,360,800 sq. ft.
Similar in Size: 72,537-ish Jeep Gladiator truck beds.
We (Steve and I) did the math. If you take the square footage of a Jeep Gladiator’s bed, you would need approximately 72,537 of them to fill DWI’s parking lot.
8. Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport Terminal 1 Parking Lot
Parking Spaces: 9,000
Approx. 1,458,000 sq. ft.
Similar in Size: Maryland Home Depot Distribution Center
In 2021 Home Depot opened this massive distribution center in Maryland, and it’s barely bigger than a parking lot in Toronto.
7. Chicago O’Hare Airport Main Marking Garage
Parking Spaces: 9,266
Approx. 1,501,092 sq. ft.
Similar in Size: American Museum of Natural History
6. Disneyland’s Mickey and Friends Parking Structure
Parking Spaces: 10,000
Approx. 1,620,000 sq. ft.
Similar in Size: 405,000 Properly Homed Ducks
