Parking at Nippert Stadium

Stadium lot

3223 Eden Avenue, with a shuttle to the stadium /// 6 hours before game time, expiring at 3 a.m.

Eden is the designated day-of parking facility and the only one on UC's table with published public prices: $20 bought ahead through the Bearcats Ticket Office, $25 paid at the garage on gameday by credit card. Shuttle stops sit at the front and the rear of the garage, dropping at the intersection of West Daniels and Champions Way, and they run from six hours before game time through to an hour after.

Heads up: It is a proper distance out, so the shuttle is part of the deal rather than a convenience. Buying ahead saves $5 and, more usefully, guarantees you are not relying on the one facility everyone else without a pass is also heading for. Digital passes are scanned on entry to the assigned facility.

Via uc.edu (University of Cincinnati Parking Services publishes Eden Garage at $20 pre-paid and $25 day of parking, names it the designated day of parking facility accepting credit card, publishes the shuttle stops at the front and rear of the garage, the drop-off at the intersection of West Daniels and Champions Way, the six hours before to one hour after service window, and that digital passes are scanned on entry.)

Stadium lot

Across the uptown campus /// 6 hours before game time

UC lists nine facilities in its gameday table: Woodside, Stratford Heights, Eden, Corry, Calhoun, CCM, Varsity Village, University Avenue and Campus Green. Every one of them offers a season pass, and only Eden offers pre-paid or day-of public parking. Season pass parking is available to season ticket holders only through the Bearcats Ticket Office.

Heads up: UC states plainly that gameday parking impacts all uptown campus parking facilities, and that while it tries to guarantee permit holders their assigned facility, they may be directed to another one on gameday. So an assigned garage is a strong expectation rather than a promise. The ticket office is on 1-877-CATS-TIX (228-7849) or 513-556-CATS (2287).

Via uc.edu (University of Cincinnati Parking Services publishes the nine facility gameday table showing pre-paid, day of and season pass availability for Woodside, Stratford Heights, Eden, Corry, Calhoun, CCM, Varsity Village, University Avenue and Campus Green, states that gameday parking impacts all uptown campus facilities and that permit holders may be directed to another facility, that season pass parking is available to season ticket holders only, and gives the UC Athletics contact numbers.)

Stadium lot

Woodside Garage, with golf cart shuttles to the gate /// 6 hours before game time; golf carts from 4 hours out

A portion of pre-sale parking in Woodside Garage is reserved for ADA sales, so accessible parking here is something you buy in advance rather than find on the day. Golf cart shuttles run from outside the parking garage to the Nippert Stadium entry gate starting four hours before kickoff.

Heads up: UC is unusually blunt about the enforcement, and it is worth quoting the substance: a state issued handicap placard or licence plate is required on gameday alongside the parking pass, and anyone showing an ADA pass without a proper placard or plate will not be permitted to park in Woodside and the pass will not be refunded or honoured at another campus facility. Buying the pass is not sufficient on its own.

Via uc.edu (University of Cincinnati Parking Services publishes that a portion of pre-sale parking in Woodside Garage is reserved for ADA sales, that a state issued handicap placard or license plate is required on gameday with that pass, that anyone showing an ADA pass without a proper placard or plate will not be permitted to park in Woodside and the pass will not be refunded or honoured in another campus facility, and that golf cart shuttles run from outside the garage to the Nippert entry gate starting four hours before kickoff.)

Stadium lot

Assigned facility /// 6 hours before game time

UC Parking Services partners with Bearcats Athletics so that pre-purchased parking runs through the Bearcats Ticket Office rather than the university parking system. Your digital parking pass is scanned on entry to the assigned facility, so it needs to be on your phone rather than printed or screenshotted from an email thread.

Heads up: Because pre-purchase runs through athletics and day-of runs through the garage, the two channels have different prices for the same Eden space, $20 against $25. If you are certain of the game, buying ahead is the cheaper and safer route. For questions UC directs fans to UC Athletics rather than to Parking Services.

Via uc.edu (University of Cincinnati Parking Services publishes that it has partnered with Bearcats Athletics to offer pre-purchased parking through the Bearcats Ticket Office, that the digital parking pass is scanned on entry to the assigned parking facility, and directs questions to UC Athletics on 1-877-CATS-TIX (228-7849) or 513-556-CATS (2287).)