Empower Field at Mile High Parking & Directions
Denver Broncos · Denver, CO
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
Game-day parking at Empower Field at Mile High is sold by credit card only; cash is not accepted in the lots.
The stadium lists its game-day lots (Lot C, the carpool section and the ADA sections in Lots L, D and G) as credit-card purchase only, with on-site season permits sold out.
- Cheapest lot
- $35
- Lots listed
- 4
- Closest
- 0.1-0.3 miles
Empower Field's pre-purchased onsite permits are sold out, leaving credit-card game-day sales for the remaining onsite spaces. Lot C is the early tailgating option at $55; Lot A's $45 carpool spaces require at least four occupants and do not allow tailgating. The Broncos also direct fans without stadium permits to nearby offsite facilities such as Ball Arena and Auraria Campus.
Parking Maps
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Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
There is a wooden trolley by REI run by a bunch of happy old guys that toots right up to the front entrance of Empower Field. About $8-$10 and super fun. Otherwise just follow the crowds walking from downtown.
Mile High Station is great for parking. Get there before early kickoff, $30-40 to park, watch the morning games at the bar. Domestic pitchers are $15 and food is solid.
Four or more occupants qualify for Lot A's $45 carpool section; tailgating is prohibited there.
Ball Arena is one of the stadium's named offsite parking alternatives.
RTD's E and W Lines serve Empower Field at Mile High Station; Decatur-Federal is on the W Line, with an eight-minute walk from either station.
Accessible spaces are sold first come, first served on game day: $35 in Lot L and $40 in Lots D or G, with a valid state placard or registration.
Lot C opens six hours before kickoff, with limited $55 credit-card spaces that the stadium expects to sell out 30 minutes to an hour after opening.
The stadium has its own light rail station on the E and W lines, so the train is the simplest approach rather than a fallback.
The Denver Trolley's Football Shuttle drops you about 100 yards east of the stadium, under I-25, for $10 return.
The taxi stand is on Bryant Street along the pedestrian walkway outside Gate 5, on the northeast corner of the building.
Where to Park
Lot C (Game-Day Sales)
$550.1-0.3 miles
Lot C offers limited $55 game-day spaces by credit card and opens six hours before kickoff. The stadium expects these spaces to sell out 30 minutes to an hour after opening.
- Pre-purchased permits for the other lots are sold out
Lot A (Carpool, 4+ People)
$450.1-0.3 miles
Lot A's carpool section costs $45 by credit card for vehicles carrying four or more people. It opens 4.5 hours before kickoff and does not permit tailgating.
- Four or more people in the vehicle
- No tailgating in the carpool section
Lot L (ADA Walk-Up)
$350.2 milesCheapest
Lot L's accessible spaces are $35; the accessible sections in Lots D and G are $40. A valid state-issued placard or vehicle registration is required and enforced.
- Credit card only
- Arrive early; lots usually sell out within two hours of opening.
Sun Valley / Federal Blvd Lots
$200.5-1.0 milesEstimated price
Or Skip the Car
- RTD Light Rail (Decatur-Federal Station) · $2.75 · RTD C or E line stops at Decatur-Federal station, a 10-minute walk from the stadium. Easy access from downtown Union Station.
- Walking (from LoDo/Downtown) · 20-30 minute walk from Union Station and the LoDo district along the Platte River Trail
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Parking lots open 4.5 hours before kickoff. Lot C, the early tailgating lot, opens six hours before kickoff at $55 a space.
- Payment is credit card only across the lots.
- Pre-purchased onsite parking permits are sold out; remaining onsite parking is bought by credit card on game day.
- Lot A is a carpool section at $45 a space and admits only vehicles carrying four or more people.
- Tailgating is not allowed in the designated carpool section.
Accessible Parking
Accessible parking is in Lot L at $35 and in Lots D and G at $40. A valid state-issued ADA placard or vehicle registration is required, and it is enforced.
- Accessible parking is $35 in Lot L and $40 in Lots D or G.
- A valid state-issued ADA parking placard or vehicle registration is required.
- Violators are ticketed and fined.
Getting There
Empower Field has its own light rail station, which is rare in the NFL and makes the train the obvious approach. The E and W lines stop at Empower Field at Mile High Station, eight minutes' walk from the gates, and Decatur-Federal Station on the W line is the same distance. Everything else feeds into those two: the D and H lines transfer to the E at 10th & Osage, and the A Line from the airport transfers at Union Station. A trolley shuttle runs from Confluence Park on Broncos game days.
- Driving
- Empower Field is at 1701 Bryant Street. The stadium publishes no turn-by-turn route in: it gives an entrance map for lot entry on event days and an exit map routing traffic out to I-25 north and south, plus lot-specific directions and an offsite parking map. Set a map app to the street address, and read the exit map before the game rather than after it.
- Public Transit
- The RTD E and W Lines stop at Empower Field at Mile High Station, an 8 minute walk from the stadium. Decatur-Federal Station, also on the W Line, is the same 8 minutes away. From the D or H Lines, transfer to the E at 10th & Osage Station. Coming from the airport, take the University of Colorado A Line and transfer to the E or W at Union Station. On Broncos game days the Denver Trolley also runs a Football Shuttle from the Confluence Park trolley stop behind REI at 1416 Platte Street to the Broncos Bridge stop under I-25, about 100 yards east of the stadium: $10 return, $7 one way.
- Rideshare
- Rideshare drop-off is outside Gate 5 on Mile High Stadium Circle. Pickup after the game is at the Ball Arena Rideshare Lot at 5th Street and Walnut Street, east of the stadium. Taxis are available after the game outside Gate 5 on Mile High Stadium Circle.
- Walking
- About 8 minutes on foot from either Empower Field at Mile High Station or Decatur-Federal Station.
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- Parking prices
Empower Field at Mile High, Broncos Gameday Parking: Lot C $55 a space and the Lot A carpool section $45 (four or more people), both credit card only and sold on game day; pre-purchased permits sold out; accessible $35 in Lot L and $40 in Lots D and G. Private lots are unpriced by the venue. RTD fare from rtd-denver.com/fares-passes/fares (3-hour pass $2.75).
- Parking guidance
Broncos Gameday Parking page, read 2026-09-05: pre-purchased permits sold out for 2026; Lot C $55 and the Lot A carpool section $45 sold on game day, credit card only; lots open 4.5 hours before kickoff, Lot C six; accessible $35 in Lot L and $40 in Lots D and G, placard required.
- Getting there
Empower Field at Mile High A-Z fan guide on empowerfieldatmilehigh.com
- Transit
RTD’s base fare is the 3-Hour Pass at $2.75 (Day Pass $5.50, Airport Day Pass $10), and riders under 19 travel free under Zero Fare for Youth -- so the stored $2.75 is right. BroncosRide is removed: RTD suspended it before the 2020-21 season and then discontinued it permanently, because "The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prohibits transit agencies that receive federal dollars, including RTD, from competing with private charter service providers" -- the service "closely resembled a private charter service". Regular C, E and W line trains serve Empower Field at Mile High Station at the ordinary fare, which the remaining entry describes. Walking entries carry no transit fare by definition (the BroncosRide entry was removed by the first run of this patch)
- Venue policies
Empower Field at Mile High A-Z, ADA, clear-bag, cashless, and dietary pages reviewed for Broncos visitor policies.