TCU does not sell campus parking to the public. Every lot around Amon G. Carter is a season donor pass tied to season tickets, running from $200 for the Molly Reid Garage up to $2,500 for a reserved RV space, so if you are driving in for one game the campus is simply not an option. What TCU does instead is better than most: two churches near campus give parking away free, and a free shuttle runs from every remote lot starting three hours before kickoff with the last bus leaving 45 minutes after the game. Doxology Bible Church on Arborlawn Drive and Travis Avenue Baptist Church on West Berry Street are the two free ones. Four more churches and a high school charge, and TCU does not publish what.
The short answer
Free, and the answer for almost every visitor: Doxology Bible Church at 4805 Arborlawn Drive or Travis Avenue Baptist Church at 800 W. Berry Street, both free, both on the free shuttle. The shuttle runs from three hours before kickoff and the last one leaves the stadium 45 minutes after the game ends. Paid alternatives, prices not published: University United Methodist, University Baptist, Saint Stephen's Presbyterian and Paschal High School. Accessible: $30 a space in the Lot 5 Garage. Campus lots: season donor passes only, $200 to $2,500, not available for a single game. Worst plan: driving to campus expecting to buy a space, because there is nothing to buy.
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Compare every option
| Option | Cost | Walk | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doxology Bible Church and Travis Avenue Baptist ChurchFree street | Free | None, the free shuttle runs from both | Anyone driving to a TCU game without a donor pass, which is almost everybody |
| The paid church and school lotsOffsite lot | Not published | All near campus, all on the free shuttle | A backup when the free lots fill, or a closer walk depending on the lot |
| Campus lots, which are donor season passes onlyStadium lot | $200 to $2,500 for the season, not sold by the game | The lots and garages around the stadium | Season ticket holders who give to the Frog Club, and nobody else |
| Accessible parking, Lot 5 GarageStadium lot | $30 a space | Lot 5 Garage, on campus | Anyone needing accessible parking on a single game basis |
Every option, in detail
Free street
Doxology Bible Church and Travis Avenue Baptist Church
FreeNone, the free shuttle runs from both /// Shuttles start three hours before kickoff
This is the whole answer for a visitor and it costs nothing. TCU lists free gameday parking at Doxology Bible Church, 4805 Arborlawn Drive, and Travis Avenue Baptist Church, 800 W. Berry Street, and runs a free shuttle from all remote lots. Service starts three hours before kickoff and the final shuttle leaves Amon G. Carter Stadium 45 minutes after the game finishes, which is a real postgame window rather than a token one. Fans who have done it describe shuttling in as the way to handle a TCU gameday rather than the budget compromise.
Heads up: Free and popular is a combination that fills, and TCU publishes no capacity for either lot, so early matters. Confirm both are operating for your specific game with the ticket office on 817-257-3764, because church lots are arrangements rather than university property and arrangements change. The last shuttle leaves 45 minutes after the game, so a long postgame stay means finding your own way back.
Via tcufrogclub.com (TCU's own football gameday parking page lists Doxology Bible Church and Travis Avenue Baptist Church as free parking with their street addresses, and publishes the free shuttle from all remote lots starting three hours before kickoff with a final departure 45 minutes after the game. The observation that fans shuttle in is a fan account from 2024.)
Offsite lot
The paid church and school lots
Not publishedAll near campus, all on the free shuttle /// Shuttles start three hours before kickoff
TCU names four more lots that charge: University United Methodist Church at 2416 W. Berry Street, University Baptist Church at 2720 Wabash Avenue, Saint Stephen's Presbyterian Church at 2700 McPherson Avenue, and Paschal High School at 3001 Forest Park Boulevard. The free shuttle covers all remote lots, so these carry the same transport as the free ones.
Heads up: TCU does not publish a price for any of them, and we are not going to estimate one. Each is run by the church or the school rather than by the university, so the rate is theirs and it can differ between them and between games. Bring cash as well as a card, since we could not confirm what any of them accept.
Via tcufrogclub.com (TCU's football gameday parking page names all four paid lots with their street addresses and states that free shuttle service is available from all remote parking lots. It publishes no price for any of them, which is why none appears here.)
Stadium lot
Campus lots, which are donor season passes only
$200 to $2,500 for the season, not sold by the gameThe lots and garages around the stadium /// Gameday
Worth spelling out so you do not waste a morning looking. Campus parking is a season arrangement tied to season tickets and donations, and the published ladder runs from the Molly Reid Garage at $200 and Lot 13 at $250, through Lot 8, Lot 14 and the Young Alum section of Lot 4 at $500, to Lot 4 and the Frog Alley Garage at $1,000, Lot 4R at $1,500, Lot 7 at $1,750, and Lots 2, 3, 5 and 6 at $2,000. A reserved RV space in Lot 13 is $2,500.
Heads up: These are not single game products. There is no version of this you can buy on the day or online for one Saturday, which is why the church lots exist and why the free shuttle is a real system rather than an afterthought. If you are visiting, skip this section entirely.
Via tcufrogclub.com (TCU's football gameday parking page publishes the full donor lot ladder with each lot's season price, including the $2,500 reserved RV space in Lot 13, and states that donor parking passes are available only on a season basis to season ticket holders.)
Stadium lot
Accessible parking, Lot 5 Garage
$30 a spaceLot 5 Garage, on campus /// Gameday
This is the one campus space a visitor can actually get. Accessible parking is $30 a space in the Lot 5 Garage, which sits inside the donor ring where Lots 2, 3, 5 and 6 otherwise cost $2,000 for the season.
Heads up: TCU does not publish how many spaces there are or whether they can be reserved ahead, so call the ticket office on 817-257-3764 or email tickets@tcu.edu before you travel rather than arriving and hoping. If it is full, the free lots and the shuttle are the fallback, and TCU states that all free gameday lots have accessible parking and accessible shuttles.
Via tcufrogclub.com (TCU's football gameday parking page publishes the $30 per space accessible rate in the Lot 5 Garage and the ticket office contact details. The statement that remote lots carry accessible parking and shuttles comes from TCU's published shuttle arrangement covering all remote lots.)
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Skip parking entirely
The free shuttle is the transit system here and it is the reason the free church lots work. Fort Worth has no rail to campus, so everything runs on that bus.
Free shuttle from every remote lot
FreeRuns from all remote parking lots, free and paid alike, beginning three hours before kickoff. The last shuttle leaves Amon G. Carter Stadium 45 minutes after the game ends, so there is a genuine window to wait out the traffic rather than a scramble at the whistle.
Via tcufrogclub.com
Walking in from West Berry Street
FreeTravis Avenue Baptist Church sits at 800 W. Berry Street and University United Methodist at 2416 W. Berry, on the strip fans use before a game. Dutch's on University is the one place regulars name to visiting fans, with Buffalo Bros and The Pub beside it, so parking on that side means walking past the pregame rather than shuttling around it.
Reported by fans, with no official page confirming it. The lot addresses come from TCU's own gameday parking page. The recommendation of Dutch's, Buffalo Bros and The Pub, and the description of West Berry as the pregame strip, are fan accounts from a 2024 thread advising a visiting fan, not official material.
Rideshare
Whatever the app chargesFans warn that rideshare gets hammered around a TCU gameday and point to the church lot and shuttle instead. We could not verify a designated pickup or drop point on any TCU page, so agree a meeting spot away from the stadium rather than assuming one exists.
Reported by fans, with no official page confirming it. This is a fan report from 2024 describing rideshare being overwhelmed on gameday and recommending the church lot shuttle. TCU publishes no designated rideshare point that we could find, which is why none is named here.
When to get there
The clock that matters is the shuttle: it starts three hours before kickoff, and kickoff itself is set about a week out by television, so treat that as relative. Fans give one specific piece of pregame advice worth building around, which is to be at the stadium or Frog Alley about 75 minutes before kickoff to catch the band march in. Working back from that, and allowing for the shuttle, three hours before kickoff at a free lot is roughly the right arrival. TCU also runs themed gamedays where the crowd wears a set colour, black or white or purple, and announces them ahead of the season, so it is worth checking which one your game is before you pack a shirt.
Getting out after
The shuttle is the plan. The last one leaves the stadium 45 minutes after the game ends, which is long enough to let the immediate crush clear but not long enough for a leisurely postgame, so know that deadline if you parked remotely. TCU's tailgating rules also require you to secure your tailgate items, extinguish all flames and unplug electrical outlets before you go into the stadium, so the packing up happens before the game rather than after it. Fans heading out afterwards tend to go to the Stockyards for the bar scene rather than lingering at the lots.
Tailgating rules
TCU's published tailgating rules are about keeping the lots passable rather than about what you may cook. No tailgating equipment or seating is permitted in parking lot driveways, roadways, pedestrian walkways or fire lanes. Before you go into the stadium you have to secure all tailgate items, extinguish all flames and unplug any electrical outlets, so the tidy up happens at kickoff rather than after the final whistle.
The hard prohibition is commercial and volume alcohol: TCU states that selling alcohol or using kegs is strictly prohibited. Beyond that we could not find TCU publishing rules on charcoal against gas, tent sizes, generators or set up times, so we are not going to invent them. Call the ticket office on 817-257-3764 before you plan a cook. One practical note for a visitor: the tailgate scene fans point newcomers to is the baseball lot and Frog Alley, and multiple TCU fans in a 2024 thread offered to feed a visiting group they had never met, which is the more useful thing to know about a Fort Worth Saturday than any rule.
Via tcufrogclub.com
Questions, answered
- How much does parking cost at Amon G. Carter Stadium?
- Stadium lots start at $30. Free, and the answer for almost every visitor: Doxology Bible Church at 4805 Arborlawn Drive or Travis Avenue Baptist Church at 800 W. Berry Street, both free, both on the free shuttle. The shuttle runs from three hours before kickoff and the last one leaves the stadium 45 minutes after the game ends. Paid alternatives, prices not published: University United Methodist, University Baptist, Saint Stephen's Presbyterian and Paschal High School. Accessible: $30 a space in the Lot 5 Garage. Campus lots: season donor passes only, $200 to $2,500, not available for a single game. Worst plan: driving to campus expecting to buy a space, because there is nothing to buy.
- Is there free parking near Amon G. Carter Stadium?
- Doxology Bible Church and Travis Avenue Baptist Church: Free, None, the free shuttle runs from both. Free and popular is a combination that fills, and TCU publishes no capacity for either lot, so early matters. Confirm both are operating for your specific game with the ticket office on 817-257-3764, because church lots are arrangements rather than university property and arrangements change. The last shuttle leaves 45 minutes after the game, so a long postgame stay means finding your own way back.
- What time should I get to a TCU game?
- The clock that matters is the shuttle: it starts three hours before kickoff, and kickoff itself is set about a week out by television, so treat that as relative. Fans give one specific piece of pregame advice worth building around, which is to be at the stadium or Frog Alley about 75 minutes before kickoff to catch the band march in. Working back from that, and allowing for the shuttle, three hours before kickoff at a free lot is roughly the right arrival. TCU also runs themed gamedays where the crowd wears a set colour, black or white or purple, and announces them ahead of the season, so it is worth checking which one your game is before you pack a shirt.
- Can you get to Amon G. Carter Stadium without a car?
- The free shuttle is the transit system here and it is the reason the free church lots work. Fort Worth has no rail to campus, so everything runs on that bus. Free shuttle from every remote lot: Free.
You cannot buy campus parking for one game. Every campus lot is a season donor pass tied to season tickets, from $200 for the Molly Reid Garage to $2,500 for a reserved RV space. The single exception a visitor can buy is accessible parking at $30 in the Lot 5 Garage.
The free option is genuinely free and it is two churches: Doxology Bible Church at 4805 Arborlawn Drive and Travis Avenue Baptist Church at 800 W. Berry Street, both served by the free shuttle.
The shuttle has a hard end. It starts three hours before kickoff and the last one leaves the stadium 45 minutes after the game, from every remote lot.
TCU publishes no price for the four paid lots, University United Methodist, University Baptist, Saint Stephen's Presbyterian and Paschal High School. They are run by the churches and the school, so the rate is theirs and we have not guessed at it.
We could not find TCU's rules on grills, tents or generators anywhere. What it does publish is that selling alcohol and using kegs are prohibited, and that everything must be packed up and flames out before you enter the stadium.
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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