UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section l3 and l5(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of l934


                                  March 3, 2006
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                Date of report (date of earliest event reported)


                          STANDARD PARKING CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


         000-50796                             16-1171179
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(Commission File Number)              (IRS Employer Identification No.)


          900 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (312) 274-2000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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  Item 5.01.  Changes in Control of Registrant.

The Company has been made aware that its majority shareholder, Steamboat
Industries LLC ("SIL"), has, as of March 3, 2006, refinanced certain of its
indebtedness and thereby obtained the release of the pledge over 75,000 shares
(the "Shares") of common stock owned by SIL securing such indebtedness, and has
repledged such Shares to an unaffiliated financial institution in connection
with the incurrence of a loan therefrom. In the event that such Shares are
foreclosed upon following default of the obligations secured thereby, then John
V. Holten would no longer control a majority of the voting power of the Company.

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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    STANDARD PARKING CORPORATION



Date:  March 3, 2006                By: /s/ G. MARC BAUMANN
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                                            G. Marc Baumann
                                       Chief Financial Officer


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