Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament

2024 — Cambridge, MA/US

Parking Information

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

(Public Forum & Speech) You may park in their underground lot for free, Saturday and Sunday. The lot can accommodate vans and SUVs but not buses or box trucks. The entrance to the parking lot is on Ellery Street which runs between Cambridge and Broadway Street at the east end of the high school. Please do not park in the lot with an entrance on Broadway Street: this is the lot for the library and you will be ticketed and/or towed if you park in this lot.

You must remove your car on Sunday evening by 10:00 pm. Cambridge Public Schools are closed the week after the tournament. No one will be there to open the garage for you if you do not remove your car on Sunday evening.

The King School

(Lincoln-Douglas Debate) Parking is not available at the King school. Please park at Harvard or CRLS.

Lesley University (Porter Square)

(Congressional Debate) Parking is available behind Univ. Hall, off Roseland Ave. @$20/day.

Harvard Parking Lots

Visitor parking permits can be purchased for most Harvard lots by the day for $10-$15 per day at https://hopps.vpcs.harvard.edu/ (click button for "Visitors" then register for an account, and follow the remaining instructions). The closest lots to the tournament are the Broadway Garage and the 52 Oxford Street Garage.