Wake Forest does something almost no other school does: it tells you when your reserved space stops being yours. Its published lot table splits every lot into two kinds, those where your space is guaranteed for the entire game and those where it is guaranteed only until 30 minutes before kickoff. Turn up 20 minutes out at a Pepsi Lot or a Starry Lot and the guarantee has expired. The other thing shaping a Wake Forest gameday is construction: The Grounds development and the realigned Deacon Boulevard have changed entry routes so completely that the lot table publishes a required approach road for every single lot, and several say plainly that there is no access from Deacon Boulevard at all. Free parking exists and is properly signposted, at 2400 Reynolda Road with a complimentary shuttle.
The short answer
Cheapest verified: free at 2400 Reynolda Road, reached via Reynolda Road from Silas Creek Parkway, with a free shuttle running three hours before kickoff and an hour and a half after, picking up at the entrance of 2400 Reynolda and the front entrance of LJVM Coliseum. Two more public lots take gameday parking without a pass: Senior Services, entered on 30th Street via Shorefair Drive, and The Midway at the Fairgrounds, entered at Gate 7 via Shorefair Drive, both open until full. Check your entry route before you drive, because most lots have exactly one and several bar Deacon Boulevard entirely. Worst plan: arriving inside the last 30 minutes with a pass for a lot whose guarantee expires then.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free parking at 2400 Reynolda RoadFree | Free | Free shuttle to the stadium, dropping at the LJVM Coliseum entrance | Anyone without a pass, which is the majority of visiting fans |
| Public lots at Senior Services and The MidwayStadium lot | Wake Forest publishes no rate | Both are entered from Shorefair Drive | Fans without a pass who would rather not use the shuttle |
| Pepsi and Allegacy Lots, the paid gameday optionsStadium lot | Sold as gameday parking, no rate published | Close to the stadium | Fans who want to be close and arrive in good time |
| Passholder and ADA lotsStadium lot | Requires a parking pass, no public rate published | The closest lots to the stadium and the Coliseum | Passholders, and ADA guests in the three lots that take them |
Every option, in detail
Free
Free parking at 2400 Reynolda Road
FreeFree shuttle to the stadium, dropping at the LJVM Coliseum entrance /// Shuttle runs from 3 hours before kickoff
Wake Forest lists 2400 Reynolda as gameday parking and marks it free parking in its own lot table. Approach is via Reynolda Road from Silas Creek Parkway. The complimentary shuttle runs from three hours before kickoff until an hour and a half after the game, with pick up and drop off at the entrance of 2400 Reynolda and at the front entrance of the LJVM Coliseum.
Heads up: The shuttle window is the constraint rather than the parking. It stops an hour and a half after the game, so a long postgame stay leaves you without a ride back to the car. And because the pickup is at the Coliseum entrance rather than at the stadium gates, factor the walk from your seat to the Coliseum into that window.
Via godeacs.com (Wake Forest Athletics publishes 2400 Reynolda in its gameday lot table as gameday parking marked free parking, with entry via Reynolda Road from Silas Creek Parkway, a free shuttle operating three hours prior to kickoff and an hour and a half post game, and pick up and drop off at the entrance of 2400 Reynolda and the front entrance of the LJVM Coliseum.)
Stadium lot
Public lots at Senior Services and The Midway
Wake Forest publishes no rateBoth are entered from Shorefair Drive /// Gameday, until full
Two lots take gameday parking without a pass. Senior Services is entered on 30th Street via Shorefair Drive, and The Midway at the Fairgrounds is entered at Gate 7 via Shorefair Drive. Wake Forest states both will remain open until full, which is a different arrangement from the passholder lots and their guarantee windows.
Heads up: Open until full means exactly that, with no guarantee attached and no reservation, so these are an arrival-time gamble rather than a plan. Both require Shorefair Drive specifically, and given the Deacon Boulevard realignment it is worth programming that road rather than the stadium address.
Via godeacs.com (Wake Forest Athletics publishes Public Parking at Senior Services as gameday parking entered on 30th Street via Shorefair Drive, and Public Parking at The Midway and Fairgrounds as gameday parking entered at Gate 7 via Shorefair Drive, both noted as remaining open until full. No rate is published for either.)
Stadium lot
Pepsi and Allegacy Lots, the paid gameday options
Sold as gameday parking, no rate publishedClose to the stadium /// Gameday, guaranteed until 30 minutes before kickoff
The Pepsi Lot takes both passholders and gameday parking, entered from University Parkway or from 27th Street at the Goodwill entrance, with northbound traffic able to enter off University Parkway. The Allegacy Lot takes gameday parking and must be entered from University Parkway. Neither is reachable from Deacon Boulevard.
Heads up: This is where the guarantee window bites. Space in both the Pepsi and Allegacy Lots is guaranteed only until 30 minutes before kickoff, so a late arrival with a valid pass can find the guarantee has lapsed. If you cannot commit to arriving in good time, the lots guaranteed for the entire game are the Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange, all of which are passholder or ADA only.
Via godeacs.com (Wake Forest Athletics publishes the Pepsi Lot as open to passholders and gameday parking with entry from University Parkway or 27th Street at the Goodwill entrance and no access from Deacon Boulevard, the Allegacy Lot as gameday parking entered from University Parkway with no Deacon Boulevard access, and that space in both is guaranteed until 30 minutes prior to kickoff. The lots guaranteed for the entire game are listed separately in the same table.)
Stadium lot
Passholder and ADA lots
Requires a parking pass, no public rate publishedThe closest lots to the stadium and the Coliseum /// Gameday
The passholder-only lots are Starry, Diet Pepsi, Grounds, Gold, Blue and Orange. Three lots take ADA alongside passholders: Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower and Red. The guarantee split runs through this group too. Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange are guaranteed for the entire game, while Starry, Diet Pepsi and Red are guaranteed only until 30 minutes before kickoff.
Heads up: Every one of these has a single mandated approach and several explicitly rule out the obvious road. Starry, Diet Pepsi, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower and Red all require Shorefair Drive or 32nd Street and bar University Parkway or Whitaker Park Road. Gold, Blue and Orange must be entered from Whitaker Park Road via Reynolds Boulevard with no access from Shorefair Drive, Deacon Boulevard or Piccolo Lane. The Grounds Lot must come from Deacon Boulevard via University Parkway with no alternate access at all.
Via godeacs.com (Wake Forest Athletics publishes the full lot table with fan access category, required entry route and guarantee window for each of the Starry, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Allegacy, Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue, Orange and Red lots, including the specific roads barred for each.)
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Skip parking entirely
One free shuttle does the work here, and the reason it matters more than usual is the road network. The Grounds development has realigned Deacon Boulevard and Wake Forest now publishes a mandated approach road for every lot, so arriving from the wrong direction is a real failure mode rather than an inconvenience.
The 2400 Reynolda shuttle
FreeOperates three hours before kickoff and until an hour and a half after the game, picking up and dropping off at the entrance of 2400 Reynolda and at the front entrance of the LJVM Coliseum. It is the free option's other half and the two should be planned together.
Via godeacs.com
Approach roads, which are not interchangeable
Free to get rightShorefair Drive serves Starry, Diet Pepsi, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower and the two public lots. University Parkway serves Pepsi and Allegacy. Whitaker Park Road via Reynolds Boulevard serves Gold, Blue and Orange. The Grounds Lot comes off Deacon Boulevard via University Parkway. Red comes from 32nd Street via Shorefair Drive. Programme the road, not the stadium.
Via godeacs.com
When to get there
The number that matters is 30 minutes before kickoff, because that is when the guarantee expires in the Starry, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Allegacy and Red lots. Space in the Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange lots is guaranteed for the entire game instead, so which lot you hold changes how late you can afford to be. The free shuttle from 2400 Reynolda starts three hours before kickoff, and the two public lots at Senior Services and The Midway stay open only until they fill. Check your mandated entry road before setting off, since the Deacon Boulevard realignment means several lots cannot be reached from the road you would expect.
Getting out after
The free shuttle runs until an hour and a half after the game, which is the outer limit on a slow departure if you parked at 2400 Reynolda, and it collects from the front entrance of the LJVM Coliseum rather than the stadium gates. Everyone else leaves through the same constrained road network that dictated the arrival, which is the practical cost of the ongoing construction around The Grounds.
Tailgating rules
Wake Forest's published parking material is a lot-by-lot access table rather than a conduct rulebook, so we could not find its tailgating rules on it and we are not going to state any.
What the table does tell you is where a tailgate can realistically sit and for how long. The lots guaranteed for the entire game, Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange, are all passholder or ADA only, so a guaranteed all-game pitch is a pass product here. The lots open to gameday parking, Pepsi and Allegacy, carry the 30 minute guarantee instead. The free 2400 Reynolda option is a park-and-ride rather than a tailgate site, since it is a shuttle ride from the stadium. Note also that the Bojangles Four-Pack ticket package has included complimentary parking in the Diet Pepsi Lot for select games, which is one route into a passholder lot without buying a season pass. For grill, tent and alcohol rules, the Wake Forest Ticket Office is on 336-758-3322 or tix@wfu.edu.
Via godeacs.com
Questions, answered
- How much does parking cost at Allegacy Stadium?
- Cheapest verified: free at 2400 Reynolda Road, reached via Reynolda Road from Silas Creek Parkway, with a free shuttle running three hours before kickoff and an hour and a half after, picking up at the entrance of 2400 Reynolda and the front entrance of LJVM Coliseum. Two more public lots take gameday parking without a pass: Senior Services, entered on 30th Street via Shorefair Drive, and The Midway at the Fairgrounds, entered at Gate 7 via Shorefair Drive, both open until full. Check your entry route before you drive, because most lots have exactly one and several bar Deacon Boulevard entirely. Worst plan: arriving inside the last 30 minutes with a pass for a lot whose guarantee expires then.
- Is there free parking near Allegacy Stadium?
- Free parking at 2400 Reynolda Road: Free, Free shuttle to the stadium, dropping at the LJVM Coliseum entrance. The shuttle window is the constraint rather than the parking. It stops an hour and a half after the game, so a long postgame stay leaves you without a ride back to the car. And because the pickup is at the Coliseum entrance rather than at the stadium gates, factor the walk from your seat to the Coliseum into that window.
- What time should I get to a Wake Forest game?
- The number that matters is 30 minutes before kickoff, because that is when the guarantee expires in the Starry, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Allegacy and Red lots. Space in the Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange lots is guaranteed for the entire game instead, so which lot you hold changes how late you can afford to be. The free shuttle from 2400 Reynolda starts three hours before kickoff, and the two public lots at Senior Services and The Midway stay open only until they fill. Check your mandated entry road before setting off, since the Deacon Boulevard realignment means several lots cannot be reached from the road you would expect.
- Can you get to Allegacy Stadium without a car?
- One free shuttle does the work here, and the reason it matters more than usual is the road network. The Grounds development has realigned Deacon Boulevard and Wake Forest now publishes a mandated approach road for every lot, so arriving from the wrong direction is a real failure mode rather than an inconvenience. The 2400 Reynolda shuttle: Free.
Wake Forest publishes when your space stops being yours, which almost no other school does. Starry, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Allegacy and Red are guaranteed only until 30 minutes before kickoff; Grounds, Couch Ballpark, McCreary Tower, Gold, Blue and Orange are guaranteed for the entire game.
Free parking is at 2400 Reynolda Road via Silas Creek Parkway, with a free shuttle from three hours before kickoff until an hour and a half after the game.
Two more public lots take gameday parking without a pass and stay open until full: Senior Services on 30th Street and The Midway at the Fairgrounds at Gate 7, both via Shorefair Drive.
Every lot has a mandated approach road and several explicitly bar the obvious one. Gold, Blue and Orange cannot be reached from Shorefair Drive, Deacon Boulevard or Piccolo Lane at all.
The Grounds Lot has no alternate access whatsoever: Deacon Boulevard via University Parkway or nothing.
Construction for The Grounds development eliminated the former Orange Lot C and Blue Lot D, about 1,000 spaces, with a new Grounds Lot adding roughly 500 back.
This lot plan is the most recent detailed one Wake Forest has published. Confirm against the current season's parking page before travelling, since the construction that drove these changes is ongoing.
Sourced from the stadium, the city, local outlets, and fans who park here every week. Checked August 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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