New figures show an average of 243 motorists are using the multi-million pound Broad Marsh car park each day.
The new car park and bus station, off Canal Street, opened 12 weeks ago and can cater for more than 1,300 vehicles.
Nottingham City Council had hoped the new car park would compliment intu's vision to regenerate the former Broadmarsh Centre.
However its collapse in 2020 led to concerns that not enough people would use the £50m car park and bus station, prompting the council to say it may therefore have to change its use.
People living and working in the city also slammed a "confusing" layout to get to the new car park.
Nottinghamshire Live asked the council for the usage figures.
The council says they had been "what we expected".
Since it opened 12 weeks ago more than 20,300 customers had used the car park.
This equates to an average of around 1,700 a week, or roughly 243 per day, bringing in £94,000 via parking charges.
Almost 5,500 of the total number of customers used it at the weekend.
Councillor Rosemary Healy, portfolio holder for highways and transport at Nottingham City Council, said: “We’re really pleased with the new Broad Marsh car park. It’s a modern, safe, secure building with state-of-the-art facilities, including electric charging points and contactless payment options which are proving popular with motorists.
"No new car park is going to operate at capacity immediately and Broad Marsh has opened at a time when all providers – public-sector and private – are being affected by changed behaviours due to Covid. Many city centre workers are still based at home and the emergence of the Omicron variant reduced overall footfall.
"However, many drivers took advantage of our £5 all-day ticket as an introductory offer, while our Early Bird discount for those who arrive before 9.30am remains popular. We are working with many organisations across the city centre, including Nottingham BID, Motorpoint Arena and Nottingham Castle, to promote the use of Broad Marsh Car Park.
"Broad Marsh is in a prime location, close to shops and attractions such as the Castle, and we will continue to promote it widely and carry out further improvements to signage to encourage its use, which we fully expect to increase further as Plan B restrictions are lifted and people start to return to the city for work and leisure in greater numbers."
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