Comerica Park Pregame Guide
Detroit Tigers · Detroit, MI
Tailgating is not allowed in any Comerica Park parking facility, and neither are in-and-out privileges — so once the car is parked, that is where it stays and nothing happens beside it. The club's own answer is to move the tailgate off-site for big occasions: the Opening Day Tailgate Party runs free at Grand Circus Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with beer, DJs, food trucks, games and a live stream of the game. Parking facility access is generally two hours before game time, and the ballpark gates open about one hour and forty minutes before the scheduled start.
Tips & Fan Reports
For an ordinary game the pregame is downtown Detroit rather than anything at the car.
Parking opens about two hours out and the gates twenty minutes later, so there is little waiting around.
The club's tailgate is Grand Circus Park on Opening Day, free and running most of the day.
No tailgating in any parking facility, and no in-and-out either — park once and go in.
Where to Go Before the Game
Grand Circus Park
Where the Tigers run their free Opening Day Tailgate Party, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with beer, DJs, food trucks, photo opportunities, giveaways, baseball games and a live stream — the club-sanctioned tailgate, held off the parking lots entirely.
Known for Free entry · Opening Day · Food trucks and DJs
The parking facilities
The garages and lots around the ballpark, opening about two hours before game time. Tailgating is not allowed in any of them, and neither is in-and-out.
Known for No tailgating · No in-and-out · Open ~2 hours before
The ballpark gates
Opening approximately one hour and forty minutes before the scheduled start, unless otherwise advertised — twenty minutes after the parking facilities.
Known for 1h40m before first pitch
Rules to Know
What Comerica Park allows, and what it does not.
- Tailgating and in-and-out privileges are not allowed in any of the parking facilities.
- Parking facility access is generally two hours before game time.
- The gates to Comerica Park open approximately one hour and forty minutes prior to the scheduled game time, unless otherwise advertised.
- The Tigers run a free Opening Day Tailgate Party at Grand Circus Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with beer, DJs, food trucks, photo opportunities, giveaways, baseball-themed games and a live stream of the game.
What to Bring
- A bag the gate will accept
Bags, wallets, clutches, fanny packs, and clear bags must be smaller than 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches.
- Only the outside food and drink the rule allows
Outside food and drinks are prohibited except for religious, dietary, or medical necessity.
- A card or a phone wallet
Comerica Park is cashless.
- Your tickets on a charged phone
Tickets retrieved through the MLB Ballpark app must be displayed on a mobile device and scanned for entry.
- A warm layer for after dark
April nights average 39°F at Comerica Park.
- Sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
July highs average 84°F at Comerica Park, with no roof over the seats.
- A rain layer
May averages 3.5 inches of rain here.
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- Pregame
Detroit Tigers official site: Comerica Park Parking, and Comerica Park Policies and Procedures
- Venue policies
Current Tigers Comerica Park, accessibility, family, security, food, parking, and mobile-ticket guidance reviewed for entry, family, payment, food, parking, and accessibility rules.
- Weather
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