Ball Arena Parking & Directions
Denver Nuggets · Denver, CO
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
Every Ball Arena Toyota lot accepts credit and debit cards; only the Tundra Lot also accepts cash.
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
Parking at Nuggets and Avalanche games costs $35-$45 in 4Runner and separately managed Elitch's, $40-$50 in Tundra and $70-$80 in RAV4. Toyota lots take credit and debit cards, with cash accepted only at Tundra and a $5 discount there for card payment. Advance parking is offered after Ticketmaster ticket purchase or through the arena's booking link.
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.
Approaching from the south, use exit 210B for Auraria Parkway, then 7th, 9th or 11th Street.
Use Ball Arena/Elitch Gardens light rail station.
The adjacent RTD bus stop is at 9th Street and Auraria Parkway.
Advance parking is sold through Ticketmaster once you have bought event tickets.
Parking lots open three hours before the event, and all Toyota lots take credit and debit cards.
The MallRide is free and connects Union Station to the 16th Street Mall, currently running on 15th and 17th Streets during reconstruction.
The station is named for the building: Ball Arena/Elitch Gardens, on the D, E, H and W lines.
Where to Park
Ball Arena Lots
$350.1-0.3 milesCheapest
For Nuggets and Avalanche games, 4Runner and separately managed Elitch's cost $35-$45, while Tundra costs $40-$50.
- Toyota lots accept credit or debit; only Tundra accepts cash and a card saves $5 there.
- Lots open three hours before events.
- The arena offers advance parking after Ticketmaster ticket purchase.
Toyota RAV4 Lot (Premier)
$70Adjacent
RAV4 premier parking offers the arena's closest spaces, with $70-$80 rates for Nuggets and Avalanche games.
- The Toyota lots accept credit and debit cards.
Auraria Campus / Speer Blvd Lots
$100.3-0.5 milesEstimated price
Or Skip the Car
- RTD Light Rail (Auraria West / Pepsi Center Station) · $2.75 · Light rail station adjacent to the arena on the W and E lines
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.
Getting There
Ball Arena has its own light rail station: Ball Arena/Elitch Gardens, on four RTD lines, which makes it one of the few venues in this data where the train goes to the building rather than near it. Driving is organised around Auraria Parkway and the numbered streets off it, and the lots open three hours before an event.
- Driving
- From the south, take I-25 North toward Denver and exit at 210B for Auraria Parkway, merge onto Auraria Parkway, then turn left onto 7th, 9th or 11th Street to reach the arena grounds. From the north, take I-25 South, exit 212B toward downtown, turn left onto Speer Boulevard and right onto Chopper Circle at the second light. From downtown, head west on Speer Boulevard to Auraria Parkway, turn left, then right on 7th, 9th or 11th Street.
- Public Transit
- The Ball Arena/Elitch Gardens station is served by four light rail lines (D, E, H and W) and you can walk straight into the grounds from it. An RTD bus stop sits adjacent to the arena at 9th Street and Auraria Parkway, served by multiple routes. The free MallRide shuttle runs the 16th Street Mall, currently on 15th and 17th Streets during reconstruction, connecting to Union Station.
- Rideshare
- Rideshare, taxi and limo pick-up and drop-off is only at the Ball Arena Rideshare Lot, in the 4Runner West parking lot at the 5th and Walnut Streets entrance.
- Walking
- On foot the arena is reached by the multi-use Cherry Creek Trail and the shared-use sidewalk along Auraria Parkway.
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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.
- Getting there
Ball Arena parking/directions and public transportation pages on ballarena.com
- Transit
RTD fares table: 3-Hour Pass $2.75 standard, valid across the system on bus and rail (Day Pass $5.50, Airport Day Pass $10)
- Venue policies
Current Ball Arena policy, accessibility, bag, prohibited-items, food-and-beverage, and parking pages reviewed for Denver Nuggets game-day policies.