Two things about Arizona will be wrong in almost every other guide you read. First, the stadium has a new name: the University announced a 20 year, $60 million plus naming partnership with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Casino Del Sol in November 2025, taking effect with the 2026-27 season, so the building that had been Arizona Stadium since 1929 is now Casino Del Sol Stadium. Arizona's own parking office already calls it that. Second, the cheapest parking here is free, and the way to get it is to bring three friends: the University offers complimentary parking to any vehicle carrying four or more occupants at the Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages, with everyone required to be in the car at the gate. Paid gameday parking runs $10, $15 or $20 depending on the lot. The rule that catches people out is that tailgating is banned in every lot and garage except one.
The short answer
Cheapest verified: free, in the Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue or Highland Avenue garages, for any car carrying four or more people with all of them present at entry. Otherwise gameday parking is $10, $15 or $20 depending on the lot or garage. Best free ride: the Cat Tran shuttle between the Park Avenue Garage and the stadium, which starts two hours before kickoff. Best for tailgating: Lot 4052, and only Lot 4052, because tailgating is not permitted in any other lot or garage. Worst plan: driving in alone and setting up a grill next to your car, which fails both the carpool discount and the tailgating rule in one go.
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Compare every option
| Option | Cost | Walk | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpool parking, free with four or more people in the carFree | Free | Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages | Any group of four, which is most groups driving to a game |
| Game day parking in campus lots and garagesStadium lot | $10 to $20 depending on the lot or garage | Varies across campus | Anyone driving in with fewer than four people |
| Lot 4052, the only lot where you may tailgateStadium lot | $10 to $20, per the published tiers | Campus lot | Anyone who came to tailgate, because there is no alternative |
| Accessible parking, Cherry Avenue GarageStadium lot | Per the published gameday tiers | Cherry Avenue Garage | Drivers with a state issued disabled plate or placard |
| Bus parkingStadium lot | $30 with an advance reservation | Bus bay on the west side of the PTS Building, 1117 E. 6th Street | Groups arriving by charter |
Every option, in detail
Free
Carpool parking, free with four or more people in the car
FreeTyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages /// Gameday
The University's parking office offers complimentary parking for vehicles with four or more occupants at three garages: Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue. This is the single best deal on this page and it is published by Parking and Transportation Services rather than being a fan trick. Park Avenue is also the garage the free Cat Tran shuttle serves, so a carpool of four can park free and ride to the stadium free.
Heads up: All four occupants must be present in the vehicle at the time of entry to receive the complimentary parking, so you cannot drop people at the gate and collect them after. Three people in the car means you pay. This is a real condition, not a formality, and it is checked on the way in.
Via parking.arizona.edu (University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services publishes the complimentary carpool parking for vehicles with four or more occupants at the Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages, and the requirement that all occupants be present at the time of entry.)
Stadium lot
Game day parking in campus lots and garages
$10 to $20 depending on the lot or garageVaries across campus /// Gameday, with restrictions posted per lot
Parking and Transportation Services publishes gameday fees as $10, $15 or $20 depending on which lot or garage you use, and points fans to its gameday parking maps for which is which. On gamedays PTS reserves specific lots and garages for event use in partnership with Intercollegiate Athletics, which means ordinary campus parking is reduced and permit holders can be relocated.
Heads up: PTS does not publish which named lots sit at which price, only the three tiers and a map, so check the current gameday map rather than assuming the closest is the dearest. It also warns that lots and garages may carry event specific fees and temporary restrictions, so read the posted signage at the entrance rather than relying on what the lot cost last time.
Via parking.arizona.edu (University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services publishes the $10, $15 and $20 gameday fee tiers, the partnership with Intercollegiate Athletics reserving lots on gamedays, the warning about event specific fees and temporary restrictions, and directs fans to its gameday parking maps.)
Stadium lot
Lot 4052, the only lot where you may tailgate
$10 to $20, per the published tiersCampus lot /// Gameday
Arizona's parking office states plainly that tailgating is not permitted in garages or lots, with one exception: Lot 4052. If tailgating is part of your plan, this is the lot, and everything else on campus is off limits for it.
Heads up: This sits oddly against the University's own page, which describes tailgating at Arizona as more than a tradition and part of the gameday experience while its parking rules ban it everywhere but a single lot. Read the ban as the operative rule, because it is the one written into the parking policy, and confirm Lot 4052 availability before you drive out if the tailgate is the point of the trip.
Via parking.arizona.edu (University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services publishes that tailgating is not permitted in garages or lots except in Lot 4052. The same page separately describes tailgating as part of the game day experience and refers fans to approved tailgating zones, grilling, tent and alcohol policies, which is the tension reported here.)
Stadium lot
Accessible parking, Cherry Avenue Garage
Per the published gameday tiersCherry Avenue Garage /// Gameday
During football and basketball games the Cherry Avenue Garage is restricted entirely to vehicles displaying a state issued disabled plate or placard. That restriction is unusual and useful: it means the garage is not competing with general gameday traffic on those dates.
Heads up: The restriction applies only during football and basketball games, so the garage behaves differently on other days and a placard does not reserve you a space there year round. The Cat Tran shuttle serves the Park Avenue Garage rather than Cherry Avenue, so check the walk before choosing.
Via parking.arizona.edu (University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services publishes that the Cherry Avenue Garage is restricted to those with a state issued disabled plate or placard, and that the restriction applies only during football and basketball games.)
Stadium lot
Bus parking
$30 with an advance reservationBus bay on the west side of the PTS Building, 1117 E. 6th Street /// Gameday, reserved ahead
Bus parking permits are $30 and advance reservations are required. Parking is designated to the bus bay on the west side of the Parking and Transportation Services building at 1117 E. 6th Street.
Heads up: Space is limited and reservations are required rather than encouraged, so a bus turning up without one has nowhere allocated. Book through PTS on (520) 621-7293.
Via parking.arizona.edu (University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services publishes the $30 bus parking permit, the advance reservation requirement, the limited availability and the bus bay location at 1117 E. 6th Street.)
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Skip parking entirely
Arizona runs a free shuttle for football fans, and it is worth understanding its shape before you rely on it, because it connects exactly two points and stops nowhere else. Paired with the carpool deal at the same garage, it is the cheapest complete way into a game here.
Cat Tran, Park Avenue Garage to the stadium
FreeComplimentary for Arizona football fans using the Park Avenue Garage. It runs between the garage and the stadium only: pickup east of the garage and north of McClelland Hall on Helen Street, and at the stadium south of the ground outside Gate 7 on 6th Street. Service starts two hours before kickoff, pauses, resumes after the third quarter and ends an hour after the game. The buses are ADA compliant and air conditioned, which in Tucson in September is not a small detail.
What the Cat Tran does not do
FreeThe University states explicitly that the service does not stop at any other location, so it is not a general campus circulator on gamedays and cannot be picked up from another garage. It also notes that post game buses depart when they are at full capacity rather than on a timetable, so the wait after the whistle depends on how many people are queueing with you.
When to get there
Arizona does not publish a single lot opening time the way most schools do, because gameday parking here is assembled per event: Parking and Transportation Services reserves specific lots and garages with Intercollegiate Athletics for each game, and posts signage for the temporary restrictions in place. That means the reliable clock is the shuttle rather than the gate. Cat Tran starts running from the Park Avenue Garage two hours before kickoff, so if the free carpool spot and the free ride are your plan, two hours out is the practical target. Check the current gameday parking map before you set off, since which lots are open and what they cost is set per event rather than fixed.
Getting out after
The Cat Tran resumes after the third quarter and runs until an hour after the game, which gives you an early exit option if you want one. The catch is in Arizona's own wording: post game buses leave when they are full rather than at set times, so the queue moves in bus sized steps. If you are in Lot 4052 with a tailgate, you have the opposite problem from most stadiums, since you are in the only lot on campus where staying put is permitted.
Tailgating rules
This is the rule to get right, because Arizona is stricter than its own marketing suggests. Tailgating is not permitted in garages or lots, with a single exception: Lot 4052. That is the whole permission.
The University's parking page describes tailgating at Arizona as more than a tradition and part of the gameday experience, and refers fans to approved tailgating zones and to grilling, tent and alcohol policies, while the operative sentence a few lines above bans tailgating in every lot and garage other than 4052. We are reporting both rather than choosing between them, because the ban is the one written as policy. If you are planning a tailgate, treat Lot 4052 as the only option, confirm it is open for your game, and ask Parking and Transportation Services on (520) 621-7293 about the current grilling, tent and alcohol rules rather than assuming they match another Big 12 school.
Questions, answered
- How much does parking cost at Casino Del Sol Stadium?
- Stadium lots start at $10. Cheapest verified: free, in the Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue or Highland Avenue garages, for any car carrying four or more people with all of them present at entry. Otherwise gameday parking is $10, $15 or $20 depending on the lot or garage. Best free ride: the Cat Tran shuttle between the Park Avenue Garage and the stadium, which starts two hours before kickoff. Best for tailgating: Lot 4052, and only Lot 4052, because tailgating is not permitted in any other lot or garage. Worst plan: driving in alone and setting up a grill next to your car, which fails both the carpool discount and the tailgating rule in one go.
- Is there free parking near Casino Del Sol Stadium?
- Carpool parking, free with four or more people in the car: Free, Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages. All four occupants must be present in the vehicle at the time of entry to receive the complimentary parking, so you cannot drop people at the gate and collect them after. Three people in the car means you pay. This is a real condition, not a formality, and it is checked on the way in.
- What time should I get to an Arizona game?
- Arizona does not publish a single lot opening time the way most schools do, because gameday parking here is assembled per event: Parking and Transportation Services reserves specific lots and garages with Intercollegiate Athletics for each game, and posts signage for the temporary restrictions in place. That means the reliable clock is the shuttle rather than the gate. Cat Tran starts running from the Park Avenue Garage two hours before kickoff, so if the free carpool spot and the free ride are your plan, two hours out is the practical target. Check the current gameday parking map before you set off, since which lots are open and what they cost is set per event rather than fixed.
- Can you get to Casino Del Sol Stadium without a car?
- Arizona runs a free shuttle for football fans, and it is worth understanding its shape before you rely on it, because it connects exactly two points and stops nowhere else. Paired with the carpool deal at the same garage, it is the cheapest complete way into a game here. Cat Tran, Park Avenue Garage to the stadium: Free.
The stadium changed its name. A 20 year naming partnership worth more than $60 million with Casino Del Sol, an enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, was announced in November 2025 and takes effect with the 2026-27 season, so Arizona Stadium is now Casino Del Sol Stadium. The building had carried the same name since 1929. Arizona's own parking office already uses the new name, and most guides and aggregators still do not.
The cheapest parking here is free and it is a carpool deal, not a distant lot. Four or more occupants park complimentary at the Tyndall Avenue, Park Avenue and Highland Avenue garages, and everyone has to be in the car at the gate.
Park Avenue Garage is the one to aim for, because it is both a free carpool garage and the only garage the free Cat Tran shuttle serves.
Tailgating is banned in every lot and garage except Lot 4052. That is the single most surprising rule in this guide and it contradicts the tone of the University's own tailgating section on the same page.
Cherry Avenue Garage is reserved entirely for state issued disabled plates and placards during football and basketball games.
Paid gameday parking is $10, $15 or $20, and Arizona publishes the tiers without saying which lot sits at which price, so the gameday map is the only way to tell.
Sourced from the stadium, the city, local outlets, and fans who park here every week. Checked July 2026, and we recheck three times a year. Prices and lot rules change, so every claim above either links where it came from or says plainly that it is fan-reported and unconfirmed. Click through before you build your day around one spot.
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Dispatch Sports, “Parking at Casino Del Sol Stadium: Arizona Wildcats Gameday Guide.” Checked July 2026. https://dispatchsports.com/college/arizona/parking
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