Parking Information for Football Game Days
Updated for the 2025 Season
• 2025 Athletics Campus Football Parking Map (PDF)
• Football Parking Inventory (2025 Season)
• Courtesy Shuttle Service
• Check Road Construction Status on MDOT's Site
• Ann Arbor Road or Lane Closures
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The following streets will be closed to create a vehicle free zone around Michigan Stadium during football games. These closures would be effective three hours before a home game until to end of the game. The exception is southbound South Main Street, which will be closed beginning one hour before a game to the end of a game.
- East Keech Street between South Main Street and Greene
- Closure of westbound right turn lane of East Stadium Blvd onto South Main Street just south of Michigan Stadium
- Closing South Main Street to both local and through traffic from Stadium Blvd. to Pauline
- Limited access to parking permit holders on Greene Street from East Hoover to Keech
Please note that Main Street in the downtown/Social District area will be open on gamedays.
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There are a number of parking options around Michigan Stadium on football game days. Many lots are permit-only, but there are also numerous options for guests looking for gameday parking. Please go to the Football Parking Inventory page for a list of options and prices.
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Lots for football parking open between 6 a.m. - Noon on game day. Please refer to the Football Parking Inventory page for specifics. Vehicles and RVs should vacate all lots within two hours after the game or vehicles will be towed.
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Pioneer High School: RV spaces have been eliminated from Pioneer HS parking inventory. Also the prohibition of the use of fuel powered generators as well. Please visit michigangamedayparking.com for more information about available parking at Pioneer High School.
Brown Lot (Varsity Tennis Center): RVs may park at the Brown Lot on game day (NO OVERNIGHT) beginning at 7 a.m. (Noon, 3:30 p.m. games) or beginning at Noon (night games). Permits for this lot are obtainable through on-site, gameday only sales, pending capacity.
Blue Lot: RVs may only access the Blue Lot with a Blue Lot RV permit beginning at 6 a.m. (Noon, 3:30 p.m. games) or beginning at Noon (night games). There are no day-of-game sales for RVs at the Blue Lot. All RVs will be directed to the RV parking area in the Blue Lot. Please note: Blue Lot passes are sold to season ticket holders based on priority points.
Maize Lot: RVs may park at the Maize Lot on game day (NO OVERNIGHT) beginning at 7 a.m. (Noon, 3:30 p.m. games) or beginning at Noon (night games). Permits for this lot are obtainable through on-site, gameday-only sales (cashless), pending capacity.
Questions about the RV parking may be answered by emailing guestservices@umich.edu or Ann Arbor Public Schools/LAZ Parking (Pioneer Site Questions -- 248-915-7731).
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Please see the Guide for Guests with Disabilities page for information about parking for persons with a disability.
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The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AAATA) offers shuttle service between Michigan Stadium and Ann Arbor hotels and motels, U-M Parking Structures and lots, the Michigan Union, and downtown Ann Arbor. The FootballRide runs approximately every 20 minutes beginning two hours before game time with the last shuttles leaving 30 minutes before kickoff. Passengers will be dropped off at Gate 2 of Michigan Stadium. Mobile tickets or cash (exact change only) are required for use. For more information on the FootballRide, call AAATA at (734) 996-0400 or visit the AAATA site.
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- The University of Michigan will not be responsible for loss of or damage to vehicles, or their contents, parked for a football game.
- Patrons are subject to all University of Michigan ordinances and policies; failure to comply with these ordinances, policies, and authorities representing the University of Michigan can result in removal from all University owned property, including Michigan Stadium.
- Use of solid fuels (charcoal or wood) for barbecues or grills is prohibited.
- Patrons are reminded that normal parking regulations apply on game day. Vehicles parked in fire lanes, at the end of aisles, and in any other illegal location will be ticketed and/or towed. If you are unable to find a legal parking space, please see a parking attendant for assistance.
- Spaces are available on a first-come, first serve basis. If you arrive at your designated lot and it is full, you will be directed to the next available lot.
- Spaces may not be reserved for vehicles arriving later unless authorized by the U-M Athletic Department.
- Overnight parking is prohibited in all U-M Football gameday parking lots.
- Vehicles should vacate all lots within two hours after the game or vehicles will be towed.
- Parking passes are subject to any applicable federal, state, Regental or University of Michigan law, regulation or policy concerning the sale or re-sale of parking passes. Parking passes reported as lost or stolen may not be replaced nor the price refunded. Parking passes may not be duplicated.
- In order to gain admittance to designated accessible parking for persons with disabilities, your vehicle must display both a state-issued disability parking placard/license plate as well as the appropriate U-M Athletic Department football gameday disability parking permit for that lot. You must park in the designated accessible parking area for which you have a permit and not in the general parking areas within your assigned lot.
- Fans may not undertake any commercial, promotional, advertising or marketing activities in U-M lots without a sponsorship agreement in place. As such, branded tents and tailgates are also not permitted.
- After the game, Main Street/Ann Arbor-Saline Road is one way southbound from Michigan Stadium to Interstate 94. Postgame southbound traffic along South Main Street will include stop-and-go traffic signals at the Scio Church/South Main and Ann Arbor-Saline/South Main intersections. This is intended to provide safer crossing opportunities for pedestrians. The traffic signal operation will be manually controlled and activated when pedestrians accumulate at the crosswalks.
- AUTO passes allow vehicles to park in one (1) designated space. Tailgate accessory equipment shall be placed in accordance with the requirements set forth below.
- Digital parking QR codes will not be accepted if printed. All QR codes shall be displayed on a smartphone.
- Please email guestservices@umich.edu with any questions regarding parking operations.
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- Glass bottles/containers are not permitted.
- No solid fuel source (charcoal, wood, etc.) grills or fire pits.
- No propane fueled appliances or other devices emitting flame or heat under tents or canopies.
- Generators must be at least 20 feet away from any structure.
- All vehicle aisleways shall be maintained and passable for emergency response vehicles.
- Vehicles only. No RVs, trailers, etc.
- Pets are not permitted.
- Guests must stay off ALL playable golf surfaces (tees, greens and bunkers).
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- RV passes allow RVs four (4) spaces, and they must not expand past their four (4) designated spaces. The full vehicle including awnings, expansion sides, mirrors, tables, chairs, coolers, etc. must stay within the lined parking spaces allotted.
- Tailgate accessory equipment may NOT be placed in any designated parking space unless it is one of the four (4) spaces designated for an RV.
- Tailgate equipment may not extend beyond marked lines or be placed into roadways/driveways in a manner in which it impedes traffic. Parking Lot personnel will have the final decision on whether equipment impedes traffic or not.
- The following safety regulations must be followed in any U-M gameday parking lots: generators should be placed a minimum of 20' from any structure, including tents, canopies, tarps or other combustible material; no propane fueled appliances or other devices emitting flame or heat under tents or canopies; fuel for appliances, generators and grills should be limited and stored in a secure, well-ventilated and cool location (solid fuels -- charcoal or wood -- for barbeques or grills is prohibited); a suitable fire extinguisher must be maintained if such tailgating equipment is present. If your generator is loud and creating a disturbance, parking attendants or University officials may ask that you turn it off or move to a location where it will not create a disturbance for others.
- Space is very limited; throwing of footballs or other objects should be kept to minimal distances and out of roadways and other tailgater's areas. Repeat offenders may have their objects confiscated. Please be considerate of other fans trying to park in the lot.
- Fans may not display flags, balloons, signs or the like (collectively, "Signs") more than 20 feet above the parking lot surface and must ensure that any Signs are displayed only within the limits of the parking space (for AUTOS) or the four (4) parking spaces (for RVs) authorized for use by their vehicle; posting of Signs in common areas of the U-M lots or in a manner that would obstruct U-M signage is strictly prohibited.
