LSU treats gameday parking as a multi-day event rather than a Saturday errand, and the rules are written accordingly. Motor homes can be on campus from 6 p.m. Thursday in one lot and 5 p.m. Friday in the others, and everything has to be off campus by noon Sunday. The RV spaces closest to the stadium are the most expensive parking we have found anywhere, running into thousands of dollars plus a required donation. For a car, LSU sells season passes through its ticket office and raised prices for 2026 while adding two new paid lots. Free parking exists in exactly one published place, the accessible lot, and fans point to the east side of Highland Road for everything else.
The short answer
Free and published: the accessible lot at the back of Lot 406, behind Tiger Park, for drivers with a state issued ADA permit, with a shuttle that runs about 90 minutes after the game. Free and unofficial: fans say the east side of Highland Road, near the recreation center, and then you walk. Cheapest RV option: Lot 412, which opens at 6 p.m. Thursday and prices game by game. Most expensive parking on any guide we have written: an RV space in Lot 401, several thousand dollars plus a $2,000 donation. Worst plan: parking on a median, a neutral ground, or the Nicholson Drive shoulder, all of which LSU says are towed.
We could not put a number on stadium parking here, because no single-game rate is published that we could verify. That has been hard to find and we are still looking, so check back. See every College Sports stadium ranked.
Compare every option
| Option | Cost | Walk | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| East side of Highland RoadFree street | Free, according to fans | From around the recreation center to the stadium | Paying nothing, if you accept that nothing is guaranteed |
| Accessible parking, Lot 406Free street | Free | Shuttle service to Tiger Stadium | Drivers with a state issued ADA permit or license |
| Season parking passesStadium lot | Sold through LSUtix, and prices rose for 2026 | Varies by zone, LSU uses five color coded zones | Anyone attending most home games |
| RV parking, Lot 412Stadium lot | Priced game by game | River Road behind Tiger Park | RVs that want the earliest arrival on campus |
| RV parking, Touchdown Village and Lots 408 and 409Stadium lot | $500 for the season plus a required $1,000 to $1,500 Tradition Fund contribution | South Quad Drive and the Alex Box Stadium area | Season RV regulars who want the price without the Lot 401 premium |
| RV parking, Lot 401Stadium lot | $5,000 to $7,000 for the season plus a $2,000 Tradition Fund contribution per space | Corner of South Stadium Drive and Nicholson Drive, the closest RV lot | Almost nobody, and it is on this page because the number is real |
| Overnight decal for carsStadium lot | Sold online in advance, roughly a month before each game | Reserved street parking in Lot 314 and South Stadium | Anyone leaving a car on campus overnight, which most people cannot |
Every option, in detail
Free street
East side of Highland Road
Free, according to fansFrom around the recreation center to the stadium /// First come first served, and fans say early means Friday
LSU fans point to the east side of Highland Road as the free option, with one describing parking near the university recreation center and walking in. It is the answer locals give when someone asks for something that is not outrageously expensive.
Heads up: This is a fan report from September 2024 that we could not verify against any LSU or Baton Rouge parking rule, and another fan in the same thread answered the same question with the observation that anywhere genuinely free already has someone parked in it. Read the signage, and know that LSU tows from medians, neutral grounds and the Nicholson Drive shoulder.
Reported by fans, with no official page confirming it. Fan report, September 2024. Not confirmed by LSU or the city, and presented as a lead rather than a rate.
Free street
Accessible parking, Lot 406
FreeShuttle service to Tiger Stadium /// First come first served
LSU publishes free ADA parking at the back of Lot 406, behind Tiger Park and next to the LSU Soccer Stadium, with shuttle service to the stadium. The shuttle keeps running roughly 90 minutes after the game, so you are not stranded by the postgame crush.
Heads up: It requires a valid state issued ADA parking permit or ADA driver's license, and it is first come first served rather than reserved, so arriving late means it may be gone.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics gameday parking policies)
Stadium lot
Season parking passes
Sold through LSUtix, and prices rose for 2026Varies by zone, LSU uses five color coded zones /// Sold in advance rather than on the day
LSU organizes campus into five color coded parking zones, sells season passes through its ticket office, and publishes a custom Waze gameday map with directions to your specific lot. The zone system is designed so that your pass tells you which way to approach campus, not just where to stop.
Heads up: LSU's board approved higher season parking prices for 2026 and added two new paid lots, with the stated aim of raising several million dollars in additional revenue, so anything you paid in a previous season is not a guide to this one. We could not verify current public per game rates from LSU, and the figures on resale sites are not LSU's prices.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics gameday parking hub for the zone system and the Waze map. The 2026 price increase and the two new paid lots were reported by nola.com and we could not find LSU's own published rate card.)
Stadium lot
RV parking, Lot 412
Priced game by gameRiver Road behind Tiger Park /// 6 p.m. Thursday before home games
Lot 412 is the only LSU RV lot sold game by game rather than as a season reservation, and it also opens earliest, at 6 p.m. on the Thursday before a home game. If you want to arrive two nights early without committing to a season, this is the one.
Heads up: Every motor home must have exhaust extensions reaching the top, and generators are not permitted without them. Only motor homes are allowed in these lots: no cars, no trailers, no tents. Everything must be off campus by noon the day after the game.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics RV and motor home parking page)
Stadium lot
RV parking, Touchdown Village and Lots 408 and 409
$500 for the season plus a required $1,000 to $1,500 Tradition Fund contributionSouth Quad Drive and the Alex Box Stadium area /// 5 p.m. Friday before home games
Touchdown Village 1 and 2 sit on South Quad Drive and Lots 408 and 409 are by Alex Box Stadium. All are season reservations at $500 plus a donation to the Tradition Fund, which is $1,500 for Touchdown Village 1 and $1,000 for the others. The donation is part of the price rather than optional.
Heads up: These open at 5 p.m. Friday rather than Thursday, and everything vacates campus by noon Sunday. Reserve through LSUtix.net or 225-578-2184, since there is no walk-up.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics RV and motor home parking page)
Stadium lot
RV parking, Lot 401
$5,000 to $7,000 for the season plus a $2,000 Tradition Fund contribution per spaceCorner of South Stadium Drive and Nicholson Drive, the closest RV lot /// 5 p.m. Friday before home games
The corner lot at South Stadium and Nicholson is the closest RV parking to Tiger Stadium, and LSU prices a season space between five and seven thousand dollars with a further two thousand dollar Tradition Fund contribution required per space. That is the most expensive parking of any kind on any guide we have written, by a wide margin.
Heads up: Same rules as every LSU RV lot: motor homes only, exhaust extensions required, no generators without them, and off campus by noon Sunday. Reserve through LSUtix.net or 225-578-2184.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics RV and motor home parking page)
Stadium lot
Overnight decal for cars
Sold online in advance, roughly a month before each gameReserved street parking in Lot 314 and South Stadium /// Advance purchase only
LSU sells an Overnight Decal for vehicles and trailers, available at LSUtix.net about a month before each game, covering the reserved street parking area in Lot 314 and South Stadium. It is the only way to legally leave a car on campus overnight.
Heads up: A vehicle parked in that area without an Overnight Decal is subject to being towed, which is the specific failure mode for anyone who has a good night in Baton Rouge and sensibly decides not to drive.
Via lsusports.net (LSU Athletics gameday parking policies)
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Skip parking entirely
LSU's published transportation answer on gameday is narrower than most: a shuttle from the accessible lot and a live traffic map. There is no cheap park and ride shuttle equivalent to what Alabama or Texas A&M publish, which is part of why parking prices carry the weight here.
Accessible lot shuttle
FreeRuns between the free ADA parking at the back of Lot 406 and Tiger Stadium, and keeps running roughly 90 minutes after the game ends.
Via lsusports.net
LSU gameday Waze map
FreeLSU builds a custom Waze gameday traffic map each season with live inbound directions to your specific lot rather than to the stadium generally. It is pregame only, so it routes you in and not out.
Via lsusports.net
When to get there
The clock here starts on Thursday. Lot 412 opens to motor homes at 6 p.m. Thursday before a home game, and Lot 401 and the Touchdown Village lots open at 5 p.m. Friday. That is not a quirk, it is the schedule an LSU weekend actually runs on, and one fan asked when to arrive and got the answer 5 p.m. Friday in earnest. For a car, kickoff times are set about a week out by television, and LSU's Waze map gives inbound directions to your assigned lot rather than to the stadium.
Getting out after
LSU publishes the departure deadline more clearly than the arrival one: every motor home has to be off campus by noon Central the day after the game. For cars, the accessible lot shuttle runs about 90 minutes past the final whistle, and leaving a car overnight requires an Overnight Decal bought roughly a month in advance or it gets towed. The towing rules are worth reading before you improvise: medians and neutral grounds, the Nicholson Drive shoulders, and anything outside the white lines are all specifically called out.
Tailgating rules
Tailgating at LSU is a multi-day operation and the parking rules are the tailgating rules. Motor homes arrive Thursday or Friday evening and stay through Sunday morning, and the RV lots are the center of it.
Two rules that catch people, both from LSU's own RV page: every motor home needs exhaust extensions that reach the top, and generators are not permitted without them. The RV lots take motor homes only, so no cars, trailers or tents alongside. LSU publishes separate tailgating policies we did not read in full for this page, and we would rather point you at them than summarize rules we have not verified line by line.
Via lsusports.net
Questions, answered
- How much does parking cost at Tiger Stadium?
- Stadium lots run $500 to $5,000. Free and published: the accessible lot at the back of Lot 406, behind Tiger Park, for drivers with a state issued ADA permit, with a shuttle that runs about 90 minutes after the game. Free and unofficial: fans say the east side of Highland Road, near the recreation center, and then you walk. Cheapest RV option: Lot 412, which opens at 6 p.m. Thursday and prices game by game. Most expensive parking on any guide we have written: an RV space in Lot 401, several thousand dollars plus a $2,000 donation. Worst plan: parking on a median, a neutral ground, or the Nicholson Drive shoulder, all of which LSU says are towed.
- Is there free parking near Tiger Stadium?
- East side of Highland Road: Free, according to fans, From around the recreation center to the stadium. This is a fan report from September 2024 that we could not verify against any LSU or Baton Rouge parking rule, and another fan in the same thread answered the same question with the observation that anywhere genuinely free already has someone parked in it. Read the signage, and know that LSU tows from medians, neutral grounds and the Nicholson Drive shoulder.
- What time should I get to a LSU game?
- The clock here starts on Thursday. Lot 412 opens to motor homes at 6 p.m. Thursday before a home game, and Lot 401 and the Touchdown Village lots open at 5 p.m. Friday. That is not a quirk, it is the schedule an LSU weekend actually runs on, and one fan asked when to arrive and got the answer 5 p.m. Friday in earnest. For a car, kickoff times are set about a week out by television, and LSU's Waze map gives inbound directions to your assigned lot rather than to the stadium.
- Can you get to Tiger Stadium without a car?
- LSU's published transportation answer on gameday is narrower than most: a shuttle from the accessible lot and a live traffic map. There is no cheap park and ride shuttle equivalent to what Alabama or Texas A&M publish, which is part of why parking prices carry the weight here. Accessible lot shuttle: Free.
LSU raised season parking prices for 2026 and added two new paid lots, per reporting on the board decision, so previous seasons are not a guide. We could not find LSU's own published per game public rate and have not repeated resale site figures as if they were.
The Lot 401 RV price, several thousand dollars for the season plus a required $2,000 contribution per space, is the highest parking figure on any guide we have written. It is published by LSU rather than inferred.
The only free parking LSU publishes is the accessible lot at the back of Lot 406. The east side of Highland Road comes from fans, not from LSU, and we have labeled it that way.
Overnight parking is the trap here. Without an Overnight Decal bought about a month ahead, a car left on campus is subject to towing.
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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