Raymond James Stadium Parking
Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Tampa, FL
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Parking payments
All Raymond James Stadium parking lots use cashless, contactless transactions; advance parking is offered for Buccaneers games.
Applies to: Tampa Bay Buccaneers games
- Vehicles and belongings are subject to search when entering stadium property.
- Cheapest lot
- $20
- Lots listed
- 2
- Closest
- 0.1-0.3 miles
Raymond James Stadium is in Tampa near the Dale Mabry Highway corridor. Official lots $30-40, private lots $15-25 along Himes Avenue. HART bus service is limited. Most fans drive. The pirate ship in the north end zone is iconic.
Parking Maps
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Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
For an authentic Tampa experience, park in the neighborhood southeast of Raymond James (east of Himes Ave, north of Columbus). Locals are friendly - a bit of Spanish helps.
Try to get a VIP parking lot pass - usually $30-40. Buy ASAP because they sell out. You get on the road way faster after the game compared to general lots.
Pre-purchase official lot passes through the Buccaneers app or Ticketmaster for guaranteed premium spots.
The Tampa Bay Downs shuttle is the smartest parking move, $20 to park with a free shuttle ride to the stadium.
Dale Mabry Highway lots offer the best balance of price and convenience at $25.
Post-game traffic on Dale Mabry is brutal. Consider tailgating after the game or taking a rideshare to avoid the gridlock.
Himes Avenue lots are the tailgating hub. Arrive 3+ hours early for the best spots.
Handicap parking is available in all official lots with a valid placard. Arrive early for the closest spots.
Where to Park
Official Raymond James Lots
$250.1-0.3 miles
Stadium-controlled lots at Raymond James Stadium. Advance purchase through Bucs app.
- Advance purchase recommended
- Lots open early for tailgating
- Cash and credit accepted
Himes Avenue Lots (Private)
$200.3-0.5 milesCheapest
Private lots along Himes Avenue near the stadium. Budget option with moderate walk.
- $15-25 range
- Walk along Himes Ave to stadium
- Some offer tailgating
Or Skip the Car
- Hillsborough Area Transit (HART) — $2 · HART bus routes serve the stadium area. Game-day express service from select locations. Limited compared to other NFL cities.
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Parking varies by event and is first come, first served on event day, subject to change.
- All parking is cashless and contactless; all major credit cards are accepted.
- Advance purchase is through ParkWhiz.
- The lots are 1/3, 2, 4, 5/7, 6, 6D, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, A/3D, B/C/CW, D, the HCC Lot and the Steinbrenner Lot.
- Roadside assistance in the lots is on 813-350-6501.
Accessible Parking
Accessible parking is not reserved in advance. It is first come, first served, and you show proof on arrival — so arriving early is the whole strategy.
- Accessible parking is first come, first served; there is no advance reservation.
- You must arrive early and show proof on arrival.
RV Parking
RVs and campers have their own lot, and which one depends on the event. Nothing may stay overnight.
- For Buccaneers games, RVs, buses and campers use Lot 14, entered from the MLK Boulevard entrance.
- For other events they use Lot 8, off Himes Avenue.
- RVs, buses and campers are not permitted to stay on any stadium property overnight.
Bus & Limo Parking
Buses and limousines park with the large vehicles and drop off separately, at Steinbrenner Field.
- Buses park in Lot 14 via the MLK Boulevard entrance for Buccaneers games, and in Lot 8 off Himes Avenue for other events.
- Drop-off and pick-up for buses, limousines, taxis, rideshare and mass transit is at Steinbrenner Field.
- Buses are not permitted to stay on stadium property overnight.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Car Gear
Window flags, plate frames, and decals to fly Tampa Bay Buccaneers colors in the lot.
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How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Parking guidance
Official Raymond James Stadium getting-here and parking-transportation pages, read 2026-08-14: the full lot roster, first-come-first-served event-day availability, fully cashless and contactless payment, the large-vehicle lots and their entrances, the overnight ban, the Steinbrenner Field drop-off point for rideshare, taxis, buses and limos, first-come accessible parking, and the 2026 parking map. Per-lot prices are not published — the venue states only that they vary by event.
- Venue policies
Raymond James Stadium A-Z, accessibility, policy, mobile-ticket, and Buccaneers gameday pages reviewed for visitor-facing policies.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them — concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces — so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Parking prices — Never checked against a published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, publishes none — parking is first-come on event day, cashless, and priced per event on the event page, with no figure on the parking page. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "Raymond James Stadium 2026: event parking $25, first come first served; nearby residence lots $16-$20").