American Family Field Parking & Directions
Milwaukee Brewers · Milwaukee, WI
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
Parking may be purchased in advance or on site by QR code using Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a credit card.
The lots use license-plate recognition and no longer have cashier or scanner entry lanes.
- Cheapest lot
- $10
- Lots listed
- 2
- Closest
- 0.1-0.5 miles
American Family Field parking uses license-plate recognition, with advance purchase activated onsite or purchase by QR code. Tailgating is permitted in every lot except employee and rideshare lots, for game ticketholders only. Pay using a credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Road Closures on Game Day
- I-94 East-West reconstruction is under way near the ballpark, and the club publishes alternate routes by direction of travel. Check them before you set off rather than trusting a habitual route.
Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
The parking lot has a very football tailgate feel to it. Wait until after first pitch and buy at the box office for like 40% off behind home plate. Seriously works all the time for the Brewers.
Lots open 2.5 hours before weekday 6:10 and 6:40 p.m. games, and three hours before weekday 12:40 and 1:10 p.m. games and weekend games.
Tailgating ends 30 minutes after the game starts, when fans must enter or leave.
Use a state-approved gas/propane grill with shutoff or a self-contained charcoal unit; open flames and wood fires are prohibited.
The Hank Aaron State Trail connects the ballpark to the lakefront without a road crossing, and a Bublr Bikes station with 23 docks sits near the Gantner Lot.
The CONNECT BRT stops at Wisconsin and 44th; Route 18 stops at National and 43rd.
Every driving route ends at the Brewers Boulevard exit off I-94, the only turn you really need.
I-94 East-West construction is ongoing. Plan the route on the state's own 94eastwest planner rather than a general map app.
Rideshare uses a dedicated lot on the south end of the Molitor Lot, reached from Bluemound Road and Yount Drive; walk out of the Home Plate Gate and head north.
Where to Park
American Family Field Lots
$140.1-0.5 miles
The ballpark's lots permit tailgating except in employee and rideshare parking; one vehicle must occupy each purchased space.
- Arrive together to park beside friends; spaces cannot be saved.
Overflow Lots / Shuttle
$100.5-1.0 milesCheapest
Or Skip the Car
- MCTS Bus Route (Blue Line) · $2.75 · Milwaukee County Transit System bus service to the Stadium District from downtown, runs extended hours on game nights
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Every lot runs on license plate recognition. There are no cashiers and no scanners. Attendants direct you to a spot and the plate does the rest.
- Buy in advance and activate once you are onsite, or buy on arrival with a QR code. Apple Pay, Google Pay and credit cards are accepted.
- Passes are date-specific. Buy the wrong date and you pay again at the day-of-game rate, so check before you check out.
- Opening times follow the start time: 2.5 hours before weekday 6:10 and 6:40 p.m. games, and 3 hours before weekday 12:40 and 1:10 p.m. games and every Saturday and Sunday game.
- Spaces cannot be saved. If you want to park next to someone, arrive at the same time.
- Only people holding a valid ticket for that game are permitted in the lots.
- There is no game-day parking on Milwaukee Road or Wheelhouse Road. Vehicles left there are ticketed or towed.
- Ring roads may be parked on only when staff direct you there, and they are sometimes used for preferred parking.
- A vehicle carrying advertising signage, or signage the club considers abnormally large, needs written pre-approval.
- All lots close within an hour of the final out. There is no overnight parking, and vehicles left behind are ticketed or towed at the owner's expense.
- Motorcycles and scooters park in the Cooper Lot at general rates. Two or more may share a space, and every one must display a state-issued licence.
- Free lock-out and no-start assistance runs from two hours after first pitch until at least an hour after the game. Ask an onsite police officer or parking attendant.
Not Allowed In
- Anything longer than 18 feet counts as oversized. Between 18 and 36 feet you pay for the two stalls you occupy, and staff may send you to the American Family Lot.
- Any vehicle the club judges to be a non-standard size or configuration is charged bus and RV rates, and any vehicle may be turned away at the club's discretion.
- Unlicensed motorized vehicles, scooters included, are prohibited, and no motorized vehicle may be taken onto the plazas or walkways.
Accessible Parking
Accessible parking here does not need a special pass. A general pass bought in advance gets you into any of the accessible areas. Stalls are not held back, but staff will place you as close as they can once they are full, and free courtesy shuttles cover the rest.
- Buy a general parking pass in advance and it grants access to any accessible parking area.
- ADA stalls are filled first come, first served. Once they are full, parking personnel park guests in the closest available spaces.
- Courtesy shuttles run free for guests needing assistance, from marked pick-up points around the grounds to the nearest entrance. Tipping is not permitted.
- After the game the shuttles collect from the Robin Yount Statue on the Home Plate Plaza and beside the UW Credit Union Plaza Gate, and return you to where you were picked up.
- Expect longer shuttle waits for day games and high-attendance games.
RV Parking
RVs use the dedicated Bus/RV lot and are charged at its own rate rather than the general one.
- Anything longer than 18 feet is treated as oversized and cannot use an ordinary stall.
- Vehicles the club judges non-standard in size or configuration are charged bus and RV rates.
Bus & Limo Parking
Buses use the dedicated Bus/RV lot, and approved shuttle services have their own drop-off points rather than entering the general lots.
- Approved shuttle services may use the drop-off near the Ticket Office and Home Plate Gate, reached via Yount Drive.
- There is a second accessible bus drop-off west of the ballpark.
- Unauthorised vehicles using either drop-off area may be ticketed or towed.
Getting There
Every published driving route to American Family Field ends the same way, on I-94 to Brewers Boulevard, which makes it one of the simplest ballparks in the data to reach by car, and one of the most affected by a single roadworks project. The Brewers link the state's own I-94 East-West construction planner rather than pretending the routes are stable. On foot or by bike the answer is the Hank Aaron State Trail, which runs unbroken from the ballpark to the Lake Michigan lakefront.
- Driving
- All routes converge on I-94 and exit at Brewers Boulevard. From Green Bay, I-43 south to the I-94 westbound ramp at the Madison exit. From Fond du Lac, 41/45 southbound to I-94 eastbound at the Milwaukee exit. From the lakefront, I-794 west onto I-94 westbound. From Chicago or General Mitchell Airport, I-94 north and west through the Marquette Interchange. From Beloit, I-43 north to I-894 northbound then I-94 eastbound. From Madison, I-94 eastbound. Check 511wi.gov and the state's 94 East-West planner before setting off. The corridor is under construction.
- Public Transit
- The Milwaukee County Transit System runs two routes within walking distance. The CONNECT BRT runs on Wisconsin Avenue with stops at Wisconsin and 44th Street, and Route 18 runs on National Avenue with stops at National and 43rd Street. Fares can be planned and paid with WisGo in the Umo app.
- Rideshare
- Uber and Lyft use the Rideshare Lot on the south end of the Molitor Lot for both drop-off and pick-up, reached by car from Bluemound Road and Yount Drive. On foot, exit the Home Plate Gate and head north to the Molitor Lot. Taxis drop off and pick up at the transit area outside Helfaer Field.
- Walking
- The Hank Aaron State Trail runs continuously from the ballpark to the Lake Michigan lakefront, following the Menomonee River as far as the Sixth Street Bridge, an asphalt path usable on foot, by bike, running or skating.
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How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Parking prices
The Brewers' own rate table gives general parking at $14 advance and $17 day-of on weekdays, $16 and $22 at weekends and for Cubs games. $14 is the published floor. Supersedes a third-party guide's '$15 weekdays, $20 weekends', neither of which appears in the club's table. The Overflow Lots entry is not a club facility and was not re-checked.
- Parking guidance
Official American Family Field parking page, read through a browser session: license plate recognition, payment and pass rules, lot opening times by start time, accessible parking and courtesy shuttles, the oversized-vehicle definition, and the full lot policy list.
- Getting there
American Family Field transportation pages on mlb.com/brewers, directions and alternate transportation
- Transit
The MCTS Brewers Line was discontinued in 2022, so the entry named a route that no longer runs and is removed; re-pricing it would have made it look freshly checked. MCTS’s own fare page: "$2.75 per ride" for ages 12-64 on WisGo, with an $8.25 daily fare cap
- Venue policies
American Family Field policy, security, accessibility, parking, and mobile-ticket guides reviewed for entry, family, payment, food, and accessibility rules.