Ball Arena Parking
Denver Nuggets · Denver, CO
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Parking payments
Every Ball Arena Toyota lot accepts credit and debit cards; only the Tundra Lot also accepts cash.
Applies to: Denver Nuggets games
- Card payments at the Tundra Lot receive a $5 discount. Parking can be purchased in advance online.
- Cheapest lot
- $35
- Lots listed
- 3
- Closest
- Adjacent
Ball Arena is near downtown Denver along the Platte River. RTD light rail to Auraria West station. Official lots $20-30, nearby lots $8-15. Close to Auraria campus and LoHi neighborhood for pregame.
Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
Park at any RTD lot and ride the train. It adds 20-30 minutes to your trip but you save a ton on parking and avoid the lot traffic after the game. I have met a lot of Nuggets fans on the train too.
RTD light rail to Auraria West station is the easiest option, $3 and drops you at the arena.
Pre-purchase main lot parking online for marquee matchups. It sells out.
If driving from I-25, take the Auraria Parkway / Colfax exit for direct arena access.
Post-game, the main lot can take 20+ minutes to clear. The Auraria lots exit faster.
Rideshare drop-off is on Auraria Parkway. Expect moderate surge post-game.
Where to Park
Ball Arena Lots
$350.1-0.3 milesCheapest
The Toyota-named lots around the arena, sold on arrival by credit card: the 4Runner and Elitch's lots at $35 and the Tundra at $40 for Nuggets and Avalanche games. Cash is taken only at the Tundra lot, and paying there by card takes $5 off. Lots open three hours before the event; advance passes are sold through Ticketmaster.
- $35 in the 4Runner and Elitch's lots, $40 in the Tundra
- Credit or debit at every lot; cash only at the Tundra, where a card saves $5
- Lots open 3 hours before the event
Toyota RAV4 Lot (Premier)
$70Adjacent
The premier lot with the arena's closest spaces, $70 by credit card for Nuggets and Avalanche games.
- $70, credit card
- The closest spaces to the doors
Auraria Campus / Speer Blvd Lots
$100.3-0.5 milesEstimated price
Budget lots near Auraria campus and along Speer Boulevard. Short walk to arena.
- $8-15 range
- Short walk
- Budget option
Or Skip the Car
- RTD Light Rail — $2.75 · RTD light rail to Auraria West or Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens stations, both walkable. Connects from downtown, suburbs, and DIA.
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Ball Arena parking lots open three hours before the start of the event.
- For Avalanche and Nuggets games the public lots are the 4Runner at $35, the Tundra at $40 and the RAV4 premier lot at $70, which holds the closest spaces.
- The Camry VIP and Corolla lots are permit-only for Avalanche and Nuggets games, and the Tacoma lot is not available to the public for any event.
- Elitch's Lot is $35 for Avalanche and Nuggets games, and is managed by Elitch Gardens separately from Ball Arena.
- Credit and debit cards are accepted at every Toyota Ball Arena lot. Cash is accepted only at the Tundra lot, where paying by card takes $5 off the rate.
- Approaching from the south, take exit 210B for Auraria Parkway and turn left onto 7th, 9th or 11th Street. From the north, take exit 212B toward downtown and turn right onto Chopper Circle. From downtown, turn west on Auraria Parkway then right onto 7th, 9th or 11th Street.
- The TRD-Pro lot is valet, with drop-off and pick-up on the circle drive outside the East Atrium.
- Rideshare, taxi and limousine services use the Ball Arena Rideshare lot at 5th and Walnut Streets, in the 4Runner West parking lot only.
Accessible Parking
Accessible spaces are spread across three lots and counted publicly, which is unusual — most venues name a lot without saying how many spaces are in it.
- The Camry North lot has 103 standard accessible spaces and 7 van-accessible spaces.
- The Tundra lot has 8 standard accessible spaces and 4 van-accessible spaces.
- The RAV4 lot has 3 standard accessible spaces.
- A state-issued accessible parking permit must be displayed.
Denver Nuggets Car Gear
Window flags, plate frames, and decals to fly Denver Nuggets colors in the lot.
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- Parking prices
Ball Arena Parking & Directions: for Nuggets and Avalanche games the 4Runner and Elitch's lots are $35, the Tundra $40 and the RAV4 premier lot $70, all by credit card; cash only at the Tundra with a $5 card discount; lots open 3 hours before. The $25 on the page is the Mammoth lacrosse rate. Off-site lots are unpriced by the venue. RTD 3-hour pass $2.75 from rtd-denver.com/fares-passes/fares.
- Parking guidance
Official Ball Arena parking and directions page, read 2026-08-14: the full Toyota lot roster with per-event rates and which are permit-only or closed to the public, the three-hour opening, the card-everywhere and cash-only-at-Tundra payment split with its $5 card discount, the directional approaches from south, north and downtown, the accessible space counts per lot with the permit requirement, valet drop-off, and the rideshare lot. No RV or bus policy, no closing time, no road closures and no map URL are published.
- Venue policies
Current Ball Arena policy, accessibility, bag, prohibited-items, food-and-beverage, and parking pages reviewed for Denver Nuggets game-day policies.