Kravis Center Evenings: Planning Your Drop-Off and Pickup in West Palm Beach

A night at the Kravis Center usually starts with a dinner reservation and ends with a full house leaving at the same moment. The performance runs to a schedule. Getting there, and especially getting home, tends to be the part people plan last.

Check which stage is on your ticket

The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is at 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in downtown West Palm Beach, on the north side of the boulevard between I-95 and US-1. According to the Center's location page, it has several performance spaces:

• the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall, the main hall
• the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse, next to the parking garage on level three
• Helen K. Persson Hall, on the second floor of the Cohen Pavilion

Knowing which one you're attending helps whoever is collecting you. "The Kravis" covers a large campus.

Parking is now paid

The Center's parking page explains that self-paid parking took effect in the on-site garage on October 2, 2025. You pay on arrival through the ParkMobile app or at kiosks in the garage, and the Center says parking bought through third-party sellers won't be honored. The garage is reached from Tamarind Avenue and Alexander W. Dreyfoos Way, and the Center asks visitors to arrive early to park and walk in.

None of that is difficult. It does add steps to the evening: queuing into the garage, paying, walking over, and after the show, waiting your turn to drive out with everyone else.

The Center's own visitor pages are the place to check any valet or drop-off arrangements before your performance, because those details can change from season to season.

Why some guests decide not to drive

Dinner first. Many evenings begin at a restaurant downtown or across the bridge on Palm Beach. That can mean two parking stops in one night, and a glass of wine you'd rather not drive home after.

Hosting. If you're bringing visiting friends or older relatives, one car with everyone in it is simpler than a convoy and a meeting point.

The exit. The end of a sold-out performance is when the garage is busiest. Having a car arranged means one message rather than a walk back to your level.

Give the booking the information it needs

Performances don't always finish on the minute. Intervals run long and some evenings include a pre-show talk. When you reserve, share:

• the performance, the venue on your ticket and the start time
• whether you're having dinner before or after, and where
• roughly when you expect the performance to end (the box office or your ticket listing will often show a running time)

If you're deciding between one booking for the whole evening and separate trips there and back, the guide to hourly versus point-to-point service explains the difference.

Coming from Palm Beach Island or farther north

The Kravis Center is on the mainland. Guests from Palm Beach Island cross the Intracoastal by bridge, and guests from Palm Beach Gardens or Jupiter come down I-95 or US-1. During season, Okeechobee Boulevard around the Center gets busy before curtain time, so allow more margin than a map app suggests.

See the pages for West Palm Beach, Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens for the areas covered.

Choosing the car

For two people, a sedan is usually enough. For a group going to dinner and the show together, an SUV or Sprinter keeps everyone in one vehicle. The fleet page lists each class.