Parking at Scott Stadium

Free street

Fontaine has a lighted pedestrian walkway to the stadium via Stadium Road /// Gameday

Virginia publishes free gameday parking at three places: Fontaine Research Park, North Grounds, and the lots surrounding John Paul Jones Arena. Every free gameday lot has accessible parking and an accessible shuttle running to and from Scott Stadium, so free does not mean unserviced. Fontaine is reached from exit 118B off I-64, first exit off the 29/250 bypass, then right onto Fontaine Avenue and first right into the park, and you walk in on a lighted pedestrian walkway and Stadium Road.

Heads up: These are walks rather than short hops. Fans put JPJ at roughly two miles from the stadium and separately recommend the Darden lot as a slightly longer walk that is much easier to drive out of afterwards, which is the trade nobody prints. Charlottesville also has road closures on gameday made worse by nearby construction, so locals advise walking or taking a cab over driving at all if you are in town.

Via virginiasports.com (Virginia Athletics publishes the three free gameday parking locations, the directions to Fontaine Research Park and its lighted pedestrian walkway, and states that all free gameday lots offer accessible parking and accessible shuttles to and from Scott Stadium. The two mile JPJ walk, the Darden exit tip and the road closure warning are fan accounts from 2025.)

Stadium lot

Crispell Drive and Monroe Avenue /// Garage hours

This is the cheapest paid parking Virginia lists, and it is one of only two garages where prepaying actually saves money rather than just securing a space. Twenty dollars ahead of time, $25 if you turn up. Passes are bought through Clutch at reserve.imclutch.com/uva. Reach it from exit 120 off I-64, left at the Cherry Avenue light on Ridge Street, right at the 9th and 10th Street Connector, then left on Lee Street and left on Crispell Drive.

Heads up: This is a hospital garage, which means gameday is not the only demand on it, and Virginia asks non emergency hospital traffic to use its garages too. Reserve rather than assume. No grilling of any kind is allowed in or on any parking garage at UVA, so this is a park and walk option rather than a tailgate one.

Via virginiasports.com (Virginia Athletics publishes the Hospital South Garage location, the $20 prepaid and $25 day of rates, the Clutch booking link and the driving directions, and states that grilling is not permitted in or on any parking garage.)

Stadium lot

South Emmet Street, on central grounds /// Garage hours

The Central Grounds Garage on South Emmet Street is $25 and Virginia labels it same day only, so unlike the Hospital South Garage it cannot be prepaid. Directions are exit 118B off I-64, second exit onto Route 250 Business East, right at the top of the exit, right onto Emmet Street at the fourth signal, two blocks, then left into the garage.

Heads up: Same day only means no guarantee, on a central grounds garage that serves the rest of the university as well, so it is the option most likely to be full when you arrive. A fan describing gameday parking as terrible and expensive named this garage at about $30, which is above the $25 Virginia publishes, so budget for the possibility that what you are quoted differs. As with every UVA garage, no grilling in or on it.

Via virginiasports.com (Virginia Athletics publishes the Central Grounds Garage location, the $25 same day only rate and the driving directions. The fan recollection of about $30 comes from a 2025 thread and is included because it disagrees with the published figure rather than because we think it is right.)

Stadium lot

The lots closest to Scott Stadium /// Gameday

The lots nearest Scott Stadium are reached through the Virginia Athletics Foundation rather than bought. Donors at the Sabre Club to Cavalier Club levels, a gift of $100 to $1,749, may request and purchase single game parking in the VAF general admission non numbered lots. Donors at Coaches Club level and above, $1,750 and up, may do the same in the reserved numbered lots. Either way the permit itself is $55 to $60 a game. Season permits run $300 to $350 against gifts of $1,750 to $7,500.

Heads up: The permit price is the smaller half of the cost. A single game space closest to the stadium requires a donation first, so the real entry point is $100 plus $55, and the numbered lots start at $1,750 plus $55. For one visit this is not the option, and the free lots with their accessible shuttles are what Virginia points the public to instead. Questions go to the VAF on 434-982-5555 or vafweb@virginia.edu.

Via virginiasports.com (Virginia Athletics publishes the VAF donor levels and their dollar thresholds, the $55 to $60 single game permit price range, the $300 to $350 season permit range against $1,750 to $7,500 gifts, and the VAF contact details.)

Offsite lot

O-Hill Field /// Gameday

Virginia Athletics offers full service tailgating at O-Hill Field through RevelXP, with equipment set up and taken down for you, optional food and drink packages and added entertainment. Both season long and single game packages exist. For a visiting group with no gear this is the buyable version of a Charlottesville tailgate.

Heads up: No price is published on the athletics page, so we cannot tell you what it costs. It is booked through revelxp.com rather than the university, so it is a commercial product at a commercial rate rather than a university fee. Fans separately point newcomers to the Wilk Hall tailgate, which they describe as set up early across from the baseball stadium near the old University Hall site and open to anyone, and that is free.

Via virginiasports.com (Virginia Athletics names RevelXP as its full service tailgating provider at O-Hill Field, describes what the packages include and states that season and single game options are sold through revelxp.com. No price appears there. The Wilk Hall tailgate description is a fan account from 2025 and is not confirmed by the university.)