Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Aug. 01, 2013
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	STANDARD PARKING CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001059262
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2013
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of Standard Parking Corporation (the "Company," "Standard," "we," or "us") for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013 includes restated consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2012 and June 30, 2013, consolidated statements of income, consolidated statements of comprehensive income, and consolidated statements of cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2013 and restated notes to such consolidated financial statements. We will not file an amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012. 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 deficiency payments, if any, over the term of the Bradley Agreement. The Company continues to believe 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 a reduction of 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 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") on October 2, 2012. As required by generally accepted accounting principles, the Company has recast the previously issued consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/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 2 of the notes to consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A.
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		21,913,346
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2