Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates [Abstract]
Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates	Note M. Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates We entered into a consulting agreement with D&E Parking that became effective on May 1, 2007. Edward Simmons, an executive officer of Standard Parking, has an ownership interest in D&E. This consulting agreement was terminated on April 30, 2009. Per the terms of the agreement, consideration for services provided was $250 per year. In addition, the consultant was eligible for a consultant fee of up to $50 per year. In consideration of the services provided by D&E under this arrangement, we paid D&E $128 in 2009. In 2011, 2010 and 2009, Standard Parking provided property management services for fourteen, sixteen, and nineteen separate retail shopping centers and commercial office buildings, respectively, in which D&E has an ownership interest. In consideration of the property management services we provided for these properties, we recorded net management fees totaling $630, $634 and $689 in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In 2011, 2010 and 2009, our wholly owned subsidiary, SP Plus Security, Inc., formerly known as Preferred Response Security Services, Inc., provided security services for two retail shopping centers owned by D&E. We recorded net management fees amounting to $2 for these security services in 2011, $30 in 2010 and $30 in 2009. We provided sweeping and power washing for one retail shopping facility in which D&E has ownership interest in 2011 and 2010 and two retail shopping facilities in which D&E has ownership in 2009. For these services we recorded net management fees totaling $1 in 2011, $1 in 2010 and $1 in 2009. On June 2, 2004, we entered into a registration rights agreement with Steamboat Industries LLC, our former parent company and an affiliate of Mr. Holten, our former Chairman (“Steamboat”). Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, Steamboat exercised its demand registration rights in April 2009. No registration statement was filed pursuant to the demand made by Steamboat. On May 15, 2009, Steamboat transferred all of its rights under the registration rights agreement to GSO Special Situations Fund LP, GSO Special Situations Overseas Master Fund Ltd., GSO Special Situations Overseas Benefit Plan Fund Ltd., GSO Capital Opportunities Fund LP, and CML VII, LLC. (collectively, the “Significant Stockholders”) together with substantially all of its Standard Parking common stock, and the Significant Stockholders agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this agreement. At the time of these transactions, Timothy J. White, formerly one of our directors, was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Mezzanine Investing and Head of Private Equity Investing for GSO Capital Partners LP, an affiliate of the GSO funds that are Significant Stockholders. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Significant Stockholders exercised their demand registration rights before such rights terminated on May 27, 2009, and a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 was filed pursuant to the Significant Stockholders’ demand notice to register all of the 7,581,842 shares of Standard Parking common stock that they held. On November 9, 2009, our Company and the Significant Stockholders entered into Amendment No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement to cause the registration statement to remain effective for a period of two years from the date that it became effective, which was October 6, 2009. Accordingly, we were required to cause the registration statement to remain effective until October 6, 2011 or until all 7,581,842 registered shares have been distributed, whichever occurs first. The registration rights terminated because these shares of common stock were sold in a public offering and/or the Significant Stockholders’ shares all became eligible for sale under Rule 144. On November 9, 2009, we entered into an underwriting agreement with the Significant Stockholders and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C., as representatives for the several underwriters, relating to the public offering of up to 6,592,906 shares of our common stock by the Significant Stockholders. The Significant Stockholders also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 988,936 shares of our common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The underwriting agreement included customary representations, warranties and covenants by us and the Significant Stockholders. It also provided for customary indemnification by each of our Company, the Significant Stockholders and the underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities. Of the 7,581,842 registered shares, the Significant Stockholders sold 6,819,692 shares pursuant to the registration statement in 2009. An additional 580,032 shares were sold by certain significant stockholders pursuant to the registration statement in 2010. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the Significant Stockholders. In 2009, we incurred $1,700 of legal, accounting, registration and related expenses in connection with Steamboat’s and the Significant Stockholders’ registration demand, the related underwriting agreements, and costs and expenses associated with the loss of control by our former parent, Steamboat.

Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates [Abstract]

Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates

Note M. Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates

We entered into a consulting agreement with D&E Parking that became effective on May 1, 2007. Edward Simmons, an executive officer of Standard Parking, has an ownership interest in D&E. This consulting agreement was terminated on April 30, 2009. Per the terms of the agreement, consideration for services provided was $250 per year. In addition, the consultant was eligible for a consultant fee of up to $50 per year. In consideration of the services provided by D&E under this arrangement, we paid D&E $128 in 2009.

In 2011, 2010 and 2009, Standard Parking provided property management services for fourteen, sixteen, and nineteen separate retail shopping centers and commercial office buildings, respectively, in which D&E has an ownership interest. In consideration of the property management services we provided for these properties, we recorded net management fees totaling $630, $634 and $689 in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

In 2011, 2010 and 2009, our wholly owned subsidiary, SP Plus Security, Inc., formerly known as Preferred Response Security Services, Inc., provided security services for two retail shopping centers owned by D&E. We recorded net management fees amounting to $2 for these security services in 2011, $30 in 2010 and $30 in 2009. We provided sweeping and power washing for one retail shopping facility in which D&E has ownership interest in 2011 and 2010 and two retail shopping facilities in which D&E has ownership in 2009. For these services we recorded net management fees totaling $1 in 2011, $1 in 2010 and $1 in 2009.

On June 2, 2004, we entered into a registration rights agreement with Steamboat Industries LLC, our former parent company and an affiliate of Mr. Holten, our former Chairman (“Steamboat”). Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, Steamboat exercised its demand registration rights in April 2009. No registration statement was filed pursuant to the demand made by Steamboat.

On May 15, 2009, Steamboat transferred all of its rights under the registration rights agreement to GSO Special Situations Fund LP, GSO Special Situations Overseas Master Fund Ltd., GSO Special Situations Overseas Benefit Plan Fund Ltd., GSO Capital Opportunities Fund LP, and CML VII, LLC. (collectively, the “Significant Stockholders”) together with substantially all of its Standard Parking common stock, and the Significant Stockholders agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this agreement. At the time of these transactions, Timothy J. White, formerly one of our directors, was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Mezzanine Investing and Head of Private Equity Investing for GSO Capital Partners LP, an affiliate of the GSO funds that are Significant Stockholders. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Significant Stockholders exercised their demand registration rights before such rights terminated on May 27, 2009, and a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 was filed pursuant to the Significant Stockholders’ demand notice to register all of the 7,581,842 shares of Standard Parking common stock that they held. On November 9, 2009, our Company and the Significant Stockholders entered into Amendment No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement to cause the registration statement to remain effective for a period of two years from the date that it became effective, which was October 6, 2009. Accordingly, we were required to cause the registration statement to remain effective until October 6, 2011 or until all 7,581,842 registered shares have been distributed, whichever occurs first. The registration rights terminated because these shares of common stock were sold in a public offering and/or the Significant Stockholders’ shares all became eligible for sale under Rule 144.

On November 9, 2009, we entered into an underwriting agreement with the Significant Stockholders and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C., as representatives for the several underwriters, relating to the public offering of up to 6,592,906 shares of our common stock by the Significant Stockholders. The Significant Stockholders also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 988,936 shares of our common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The underwriting agreement included customary representations, warranties and covenants by us and the Significant Stockholders. It also provided for customary indemnification by each of our Company, the Significant Stockholders and the underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities. Of the 7,581,842 registered shares, the Significant Stockholders sold 6,819,692 shares pursuant to the registration statement in 2009. An additional 580,032 shares were sold by certain significant stockholders pursuant to the registration statement in 2010. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the Significant Stockholders. In 2009, we incurred $1,700 of legal, accounting, registration and related expenses in connection with Steamboat’s and the Significant Stockholders’ registration demand, the related underwriting agreements, and costs and expenses associated with the loss of control by our former parent, Steamboat.