Exhibit 99.1

                  Standard Parking Announces Pending
      Merger of Sound Parking Operations in Seattle, Washington

    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2005--Standard Parking
Corporation (NASDAQ:STAN), one of the nation's leading providers of
parking management services, announced today that it has signed
definitive legal documentation to merge the Seattle parking operations
of Sound Parking into the Company's operations.
    Sound Parking, a privately-owned enterprise based in Seattle,
Washington, currently operates 55 parking locations and 2 shuttle
operations. Sound's parking operations encompass more than 5,500
parking spaces in the Seattle and Bellevue, Washington metropolitan
parking markets and include office, medical, hotel and event parking
properties.
    Once the transaction is consummated, Sound Parking's principals,
William Beattie and Brad Parrish, will become Standard Parking
employees with overall responsibility for the management and growth of
all of Standard Parking's non-airport operations in the States of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. In commenting on the pending
merger of operations, James A. Wilhelm, Standard Parking's President
and Chief Executive Officer, said that "Sound Parking's operations are
an excellent fit with our business model, and we are delighted and
fortunate to gain the hands-on skill and expertise of Bill Beattie and
Brad Parrish to oversee our continuing growth in the Pacific
Northwest." Brad Parrish, Sound Parking's President, stated that the
merger was "an exciting opportunity to bring two highly successful
companies together in the northwest to provide an exceedingly high
level of service to our current and future clients."
    Standard Parking's agreement to consummate the transaction is
subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and is expected to
close in the fourth quarter of this year.

    DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this document is
as of November 4, 2005. This press release contains forward-looking
information that involves substantial risks and uncertainties. No
assurances can be provided that any transaction will be consummated
with Sound Parking because the closing is subject to the satisfaction
of certain conditions. Additional risks, uncertainties, and other
matters can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, in its periodic reports on
Forms 10-Q and 8-K, and in its Registration Statement on Form S-1
(333-112652). The Company assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of
new information or future events or developments.



    CONTACT: Standard Parking Corporation
             G. Marc Baumann, 312-274-2199
             mbaumann@standardparking.com