Maryland is the only campus in this set sitting on a big-city subway, and that is the whole answer. The Green Line runs to College Park, a free Shuttle-UM Quickbus loop connects the Metro station to the stadium, and you never touch a parking lot. If you do drive, prices are tiered by opponent: $30 to $50 prepaid online and $35 to $55 if you buy on the day, so the same space costs $5 more for turning up unbooked. Road closures run from four hours before kickoff to two hours after the game. RV and bus parking on campus no longer exists at all. We could not verify any free parking.
The short answer
Cheapest and easiest: the Green Line to College Park Metro, then the free Quickbus to Cumberland Hall, a seven minute walk from the stadium. Driving: $30 to $50 prepaid online depending on the opponent tier, or $35 to $55 bought on the day, so book ahead. Accessible: the Stadium Drive Garage with a disabled plate or placard, plus free paratransit vans. For RVs: not on campus at all anymore, and Cherry Hill Park ten minutes away takes reservations. Worst plan: leaving a car in a campus lot you have not checked, because enforcement here is aggressive and fans report $85 tickets.
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Compare every option
| Option | Cost | Walk | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Park Metro plus the free QuickbusOffsite lot | Metro fare only, the shuttle is free | 7 min, about 0.3 mi, from the Cumberland Hall drop-off | Anyone within reach of the DC Metro, which is a lot of people |
| Prepaid online parking permitStadium lot | $30 to $50, depending on the game tier | Varies by lot | Anyone driving, because it is $5 cheaper than the alternative |
| Gameday permit bought on siteStadium lot | $35 to $55, depending on the game tier | Varies, and depends what is left | Turning up without a plan, at a small premium |
| Accessible parking and paratransitStadium lot | Permit price, with free paratransit vans | Stadium Drive Garage, with van service available | Fans who need accessible parking or an accessible ride |
| RV and bus parking, which is goneOffsite lot | Off campus only, at Cherry Hill Park | About 10 minutes away by road | RVs, who have to leave campus entirely |
| Campus lots on a gameday, if you are already parkedStadium lot | Enforcement rather than a price | Varies | Nobody, and it is here as a warning |
Every option, in detail
Offsite lot
College Park Metro plus the free Quickbus
Metro fare only, the shuttle is free7 min, about 0.3 mi, from the Cumberland Hall drop-off /// Shuttle runs from 3 hours before kickoff
Shuttle-UM runs a free Quickbus loop dedicated to the College Park Metro station, dropping at Cumberland Hall circle, a seven minute walk from the stadium. Maryland is the only school in our college set where a major metropolitan subway reaches the campus, and the university runs a shuttle specifically to meet it.
Heads up: The Quickbus has a gap in the middle. It runs from three hours before kickoff until about half an hour after kickoff, then stops, then restarts around halftime and runs until an hour after the final whistle. Arriving during that gap means walking.
Via transportation.umd.edu (University of Maryland Transportation Services football parking, 2025 season, for the Quickbus loops and the Cumberland Hall drop-off. The mid-game service gap comes from Shuttle-UM schedule details reported alongside it.)
Stadium lot
Prepaid online parking permit
$30 to $50, depending on the game tierVaries by lot /// Lots operate around road closures beginning 4 hours before kickoff
Maryland tiers its parking by opponent, so a permit runs $30 for a lesser game and up to $50 for a marquee one. Buying online in advance is the cheaper of the two routes and the only one where you know you have a space.
Heads up: Buying the same permit on gameday costs $35 to $55, so the penalty for not booking is $5 flat regardless of tier. Road closures start four hours before kickoff, which shapes which entrance you can use.
Via transportation.umd.edu (University of Maryland Transportation Services football parking, 2025 season)
Stadium lot
Gameday permit bought on site
$35 to $55, depending on the game tierVaries, and depends what is left /// Gameday
Maryland does sell permits on the day, unlike several schools in this set that stopped. Access to the lots is organised by which road you approach on, with separate entrances off University Boulevard and Stadium Drive, Adelphi Road and Campus Drive, University Boulevard and Paint Branch Drive, Baltimore Avenue and Campus Drive, and Baltimore Avenue and Rossborough Lane.
Heads up: You are paying $5 more than the online price for the privilege of not knowing whether a space exists. Given the road closures start four hours out, a late arrival is fighting the entrance restrictions as well as the queue.
Via transportation.umd.edu (University of Maryland Transportation Services football parking, 2025 season)
Stadium lot
Accessible parking and paratransit
Permit price, with free paratransit vansStadium Drive Garage, with van service available /// Gameday
Accessible parking is in the Stadium Drive Garage and requires a disabled licence plate or placard. Separately, Maryland runs paratransit vans on a first come first served basis from Hagerstown Hall, the Metro station or the Quickbus hub, reachable on 301-314-3687.
Heads up: The paratransit vans are first come first served rather than bookable, so the phone number is the thing to use in advance rather than on the day.
Via transportation.umd.edu (University of Maryland Transportation Services football parking, 2025 season)
Offsite lot
RV and bus parking, which is gone
Off campus only, at Cherry Hill ParkAbout 10 minutes away by road /// By reservation
Maryland states plainly that parking on campus for buses and RVs on football gamedays is no longer available. The alternative it points at is Cherry Hill Park, roughly ten minutes away, which takes online reservations.
Heads up: This is a change rather than a longstanding arrangement, so older guides sending RVs to a campus lot are wrong. Book Cherry Hill ahead and plan how you are covering the last ten minutes.
Via transportation.umd.edu (University of Maryland Transportation Services football parking, which states campus RV and bus parking is no longer available)
Stadium lot
Campus lots on a gameday, if you are already parked
Enforcement rather than a priceVaries /// Displacement rules apply before kickoff
Maryland relocates cars out of certain lots before games. Students parking in Lot 3 and Lot 11 have to move by a set time, and the lots they are sent to are often full themselves, including the garage at Lot 19.
Heads up: Fans report $85 tickets from getting this wrong, and describe the displacement lots filling up so that complying is not always possible. If you are parked anywhere on campus on a game weekend for any reason, check whether your lot is affected before kickoff rather than after.
Reported by fans, with no official page confirming it. Fan reports from December 2025 describing the displacement rules, the full displacement lots and the $85 ticket amounts. We could not verify the ticket price or the relocation deadlines against a University of Maryland page.
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Skip parking entirely
Maryland has the best no-car option of any school in this set, because the DC Metro reaches College Park and the university runs a free shuttle to meet it. Nothing else here comes close to that convenience.
Quickbus, Metro loop
FreeA dedicated Shuttle-UM loop connects the College Park Metro station to Cumberland Hall circle, seven minutes and about a third of a mile from the stadium.
Quickbus, North and South loops
FreeTwo further free loops run from the parking areas: the North loop serves Regents Drive Garage and the Blue Zone, and the South loop serves the Green and Yellow zone lots plus downtown College Park. All three loops drop at the same Cumberland Hall circle.
Paratransit vans
FreeAvailable first come first served from Hagerstown Hall, the Metro station or the Quickbus hub. Call 301-314-3687.
When to get there
Road closures around the stadium begin four hours before kickoff and stay in place until two hours after the game, which is the widest published closure window in this set. The Quickbus starts three hours before kickoff. Kickoff times are set about a week out by television, and the opponent tier that decides your parking price is set well before that. If you are driving, buy the permit online before you leave and save the $5.
Getting out after
The closures run two hours past the final whistle, so the roads reopen on the university's schedule rather than the crowd's. The Quickbus restarts around halftime and runs an hour past the whistle, which covers a normal exit but not a long one. The Metro is the option unaffected by any of it, which is the argument for taking it in the first place.
Tailgating rules
Tailgating happens in the campus lots, organised by colour zone, and the shuttle loops are built around those zones rather than around the stadium gates.
We could not find Maryland's published rules on grills, alcohol, tents or generators for the 2026 season on the pages we could read, and we are not going to guess at them. The one structural change worth repeating is that RVs cannot be part of it anymore, because campus RV and bus parking has been discontinued.
Questions, answered
- How much does parking cost at SECU Stadium?
- Stadium lots run $30 to $35. Cheapest and easiest: the Green Line to College Park Metro, then the free Quickbus to Cumberland Hall, a seven minute walk from the stadium. Driving: $30 to $50 prepaid online depending on the opponent tier, or $35 to $55 bought on the day, so book ahead. Accessible: the Stadium Drive Garage with a disabled plate or placard, plus free paratransit vans. For RVs: not on campus at all anymore, and Cherry Hill Park ten minutes away takes reservations. Worst plan: leaving a car in a campus lot you have not checked, because enforcement here is aggressive and fans report $85 tickets.
- Is there free parking near SECU Stadium?
- There is no reliable free parking near SECU Stadium. The cheapest options are listed above.
- What time should I get to a Maryland game?
- Road closures around the stadium begin four hours before kickoff and stay in place until two hours after the game, which is the widest published closure window in this set. The Quickbus starts three hours before kickoff. Kickoff times are set about a week out by television, and the opponent tier that decides your parking price is set well before that. If you are driving, buy the permit online before you leave and save the $5.
- Can you get to SECU Stadium without a car?
- Maryland has the best no-car option of any school in this set, because the DC Metro reaches College Park and the university runs a free shuttle to meet it. Nothing else here comes close to that convenience. Quickbus, Metro loop: Free.
Parking is priced by opponent tier here, $30 to $50 online and $35 to $55 on the day. The $5 gap is the same whichever tier your game falls in, so booking ahead always saves exactly that.
Campus RV and bus parking on football gamedays no longer exists. Any guide sending an RV to a Maryland campus lot is out of date.
The Metro plus free Quickbus combination is the strongest no-car option on any of our college guides, and it is the reason this page leads with transit rather than with lots.
The enforcement warning is fan-sourced rather than official. Students describe being displaced from Lot 3 and Lot 11, finding the displacement lots full, and paying $85 tickets. We could not verify those amounts with the university.
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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