Document and Entity Information (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 06, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	STANDARD PARKING CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001059262
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	This Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Standard Parking Corporation (the "Company," "Standard," "we," or "us") for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes restated consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2012,consolidated statements of income, consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of stockholders' equity and consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and restated notes to such consolidated financial statements. The Company will not file an amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the annual periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2011. This restatement is to reflect a correction in the manner in which the Company has accounted for deficiency payments under the Company's agreement with the State of Connecticut (the "State") under which the Company operates the surface parking and 3,500 garage parking spaces at Bradley International Airport located in the Hartford, Connecticut metropolitan area (the "Bradley Agreement"). Cumulative deficiency payments under the Bradley Agreement, net of reimbursements, had previously been recorded as a receivable by the Company. At the time of the Company's initial accounting for the Bradley Agreement in 2000, the Company's revenue projections as well as the projections included in the Bradley Agreement and in the feasibility study prepared by the State's parking consultant showed that there would be sufficient funds available to repay the deficiency payments, if any, over the term of the Bradley Agreement. The Company continues to believe that the State will be able to repay and expects that the State will ultimately repay the deficiency payments made by the Company under the Bradley Agreement. However, it has now been determined that the recovery of the deficiency payment represents a contingency and, accordingly, (i) the deficiency payments made by the Company under the Bradley Agreement should have been, and should continue to be, recorded as cost of parking services in the reporting periods in which such payments were made, and (ii) the payments to the Company of the principal, interest and premium related to deficiency payments should have been, and should continue to be, recognized as reduction to cost of parking services in the reporting periods in which such repayments were received. This approach is different from the Company's historical practice of reporting such deficiency payments as an accounts receivable and interest and premium received as interest income. The restatement of the Company's historical consolidated financial statements to reflect its correction in accounting for deficiency payments under the Bradley Agreement is referred to herein as the "Restatement." In addition, during September 2013, the Company finalized the purchase price allocation for its acquisition of KCPC Holdings, Inc. ("KCPC"), the ultimate present company of Central Parking Corporation, on October 2, 2012. As required by generally accepted accounting principles, the Company has recast the previously issued consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A to reflect the impact of the final purchase allocation as if it were completed at the date of acquisition (referred to herein as the "Purchase Allocation Recast"). For further information regarding the Restatement, see the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 18, 2013 (the "Restatement 8-K"), and for detailed financial information with respect to the Restatement and the Purchase Allocation Recast, see Note B to the notes to consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. The following items of the Form 10-K have been modified or revised in this Form 10-K/A to reflect the Restatement and the Purchase Allocation Recast: Part II. Item 6. Selected Financial Data; Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data; Part II. Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.; and Part IV. Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules The Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer have provided currently dated certifications pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with this Amendment on Form 10-K/A; the certifications are filed as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 and 32. This amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A sets forth the original Annual Report on Form 10-K in its entirety, except as required to reflect the effects of the Restatement and the Purchase Allocation Recast. Except for disclosures affected by the Restatement and the Purchase Allocation Recast, this amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A speaks as of the original filing date of March 18, 2013 and does not modify or update disclosures in the Form 10-K, including the nature and character of such disclosures, to reflect events occurring or items discovered after the original filing date of the Form 10-K. This amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Company's filings made with the SEC subsequent to the original filing date of the Form 10-K, including the Restatement 8-K, the Company's amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, as filed with the SEC on November 18, 2013, and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013, also as filed with the SEC on November 18, 2013.
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 337.2
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		21,870,770
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY