Truist Park Pregame Guide
Atlanta Braves · Atlanta, GA
Truist Park's position on tailgating is split, and the split is the useful part: the parking code of conduct asks fans not to tailgate, loiter, throw frisbees or do anything else that interferes with people arriving, while the club's own parking map marks specific lots as approved for tailgating. So it is permitted where the map says and discouraged everywhere else, rather than being a blanket yes or no. Personal restrooms and trash receptacles may not be set up in the lots at all. Opening times run by day: 4:00 p.m. for weeknight games, four hours before first pitch on Saturday and Sunday, and 9:30 a.m. for a Sunday 1:30 start.
Tips & Fan Reports
No personal restrooms or trash receptacles, which rules out the larger group setups.
Check the parking map before assuming. Tailgating is approved lot by lot here, not across the site.
Weeknight lots open at 4:00 p.m. regardless of first pitch, so an early arrival is capped by the clock rather than the schedule.
The Battery next door is the fallback pregame, with its own parking, bars and restaurants.
Where to Go Before the Game
The lots marked approved for tailgating
The club's published parking map identifies specific lots as approved for tailgating, which is where it is actually permitted rather than merely tolerated.
Known for Marked on the parking map · Where tailgating is approved
The general Braves-controlled lots
Everything else the club runs, where the parking code of conduct asks fans not to tailgate or loiter in ways that interfere with others arriving. Weeknight lots open at 4:00 p.m.
Known for Open 4pm weeknights · Tailgating discouraged
The Battery Atlanta
The mixed-use district built alongside the ballpark, with its own parking and its own bars and restaurants — the pregame for anyone not in an approved tailgate lot.
Known for Beside the ballpark · Restaurants and bars · Own parking
Rules to Know
What Truist Park allows, and what it does not.
- Fans are asked not to tailgate, loiter, throw frisbees or engage in other activities that could interfere with others arriving at the game.
- The club's published parking map identifies specific lots as approved for tailgating.
- Setting up personal restrooms or trash receptacles in the parking lot is not allowed.
- Braves-controlled lots open at 4:00 p.m. for weeknight games, four hours before first pitch for Saturday and Sunday games, and 9:30 a.m. for Sunday 1:30 p.m. games.
What to Bring
- A bag the gate will accept
Bags are prohibited for the 2026 season, except small single-compartment clutches or clear bags no larger than 5 x 9 inches and specified medical, nursing, diaper, and ADA bags.
- Only the outside food and drink the rule allows
Each ticket holder may bring one clear gallon-size plastic bag of food and one sealed plastic bottle of water.
- A card or a phone wallet
Truist Park is cashless.
- Your tickets on a charged phone
A mobile ticket barcode must be displayed on a mobile device and scanned for entry through the MLB Ballpark app.
- A warm layer for after dark
April nights average 48°F at Truist Park.
- Sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
July highs average 84°F at Truist Park, with no roof over the seats.
- A rain layer
July averages 7.0 inches of rain here.
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- Pregame
Atlanta Braves official site: Where to Park at Truist Park, Parking Lot Open Times, the Parking Code of Conduct, and the published parking map
- Venue policies
Truist Park policy, accessibility, family, and mobile-ticket guides reviewed for entry, family, payment, food, and accessibility rules.
- Weather
NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals