loanDepot park Pregame Guide
Miami Marlins · Miami, FL
loanDepot park splits its tailgating rule by structure type: grills are permitted in the open-air surface lots, and cooking of any kind is prohibited in the parking garages. Wherever you are, the tailgate is limited to the space immediately behind your vehicle, and tents or trailers that take up an additional parking spot or an aisleway are not permitted in any facility. The ballpark is ringed by four garages on its north and south sides and six surface lots on the east and west, all running a free-flow parking model.
Tips & Fan Reports
All ten facilities run free-flow, so entry is quicker than a gated lot.
The tailgate is the space immediately behind the car and nothing wider.
No tent or trailer that eats a second bay or an aisleway, in any facility.
If you want to grill, take a surface lot on the east or west side — cooking of any kind is banned in all four garages.
Where to Go Before the Game
The six surface lots, east and west
The open-air lots flanking the ballpark, and the only place grilling is permitted. The tailgate goes in the space immediately behind your vehicle.
Known for Grills permitted · Open air · East and west sides
The four parking garages, north and south
The covered structures on either end of the ballpark. Tailgating is limited the same way, but cooking of any kind is prohibited inside them.
Known for No cooking at all · Covered · North and south sides
The free-flow parking model
Every garage and lot around the ballpark runs free-flow rather than gated bay assignment, so the queue moves without a ticket at each barrier.
Known for No gate ticketing · All facilities
Rules to Know
What loanDepot park allows, and what it does not.
- Tailgating is limited to the space immediately behind your vehicle.
- Tents or trailers that take up additional parking spots or aisleways are not permitted in any parking facility.
- Grills are permitted in the open-air surface lots.
- Cooking of any kind is not permitted in the parking garages.
- The ballpark is bordered by four parking garages on the north and south sides and six surface lots on the east and west sides, each operated on a free-flow parking model.
What to Bring
- A bag the gate will accept
Permitted clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC bags may not exceed 16 x 16 x 8 inches; small clutches may not exceed 6 x 8 inches.
- Only the outside food and drink the rule allows
Each guest may bring one single-serving food item in a clear plastic bag and one clear, soft-sided, factory-sealed bottle of unflavored water no larger than 20 ounces.
- A card or a phone wallet
loanDepot park is cashless and accepts only electronic payment at concessions, retail locations, and 50/50 raffle sales.
- Your tickets on a charged phone
Access Marlins tickets through the MLB Ballpark app and open the mobile barcode for entry; screenshots are not accepted.
- A light layer for after sunset
April, the coolest month of the season here, still averages 69°F at night.
- Sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
July highs average 90°F outside loanDepot park, whatever the roof does.
- A rain layer
September averages 11.5 inches of rain here, outside the roof.
Tailgate Gear
Lots open with the surface lots on gameday.
- A grill, and a surface-lot space to use it in — no cooking is allowed in the garages
- A setup that fits the space immediately behind your vehicle
- No tent or trailer that would occupy a second bay or an aisleway
Miami Marlins Tailgate Gear
Canopies, grills, coolers, and official Miami Marlins gear for the ultimate tailgate.
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- Pregame
Miami Marlins official site: Where to Park at loanDepot park, and loanDepot park Policies and Procedures
- Venue policies
loanDepot park policy, accessibility, mobile-ticket, and parking guidance reviewed for entry, family, payment, food, parking, and accessibility rules.
- Weather
NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals