$40 to park downtown? We are not kidding

Remember when we all thought that paying $10 for event parking was outrageous? Those were sweet innocent days.

The Star reported that several lots near the Sprint Center were charging $40 to park for the entire day (a bargain $20 if you leave by 5 p.m.). Someone else is going to have to finish this post because my head just exploded. Uh, that’s more than I paid for a dead-center court ticket to Wednesday’s opening session of the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament. And it was in the lower-level — 17th row.