Raymond James Stadium Parking & Directions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Tampa, FL
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
All Raymond James Stadium parking lots use cashless, contactless transactions; advance parking is offered for 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 offers roughly 10,000 onsite spaces and a further 15,000 offsite spaces, with availability handled first come, first served. The venue offers advance parking through ParkWhiz and uses cashless, contactless parking transactions. Tailgating is allowed in stadium lots within one 10 by 24 foot parking space per party.
Parking Maps
Find your lot and plan your route. Maps open in a new tab so you can keep this guide handy.
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.
Uber/Lyft drops off at Steinbrenner Field across Dale Mabry. There is an overpass walkway to cross. Have them drop you at Miller's Ale House if you don't want to sit in traffic for 20 minutes getting closer.
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.
Buy advance stadium parking through ParkWhiz.
For accessible parking, arrive early and show proof on arrival; advance reservations are not available.
The stadium names no bus or streetcar route anywhere on its site; HART's own map is the place to plan that.
Rideshare and RV/bus parking have their own zones, which the stadium documents more thoroughly than it documents transit.
Mass transit drop-off is at Steinbrenner Field, not at the stadium itself.
Directions are published per parking lot as Waze links. Open the one for the lot you hold rather than routing to the stadium generally.
Where to Park
Official Raymond James Lots
$250.1-0.3 miles
The stadium's onsite lots offer about 10,000 spaces and permit tailgating within a single parking bay.
- Advance parking is offered through ParkWhiz.
- Parking payments are cashless and contactless.
Himes Avenue Lots (Private)
$200.3-0.5 milesCheapest
Or Skip the Car
- Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) · $2 · HART runs limited game-day bus service to the stadium area. Coverage is limited. Check routes in advance.
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.
Getting There
Raymond James Stadium organises everything around the lot you have booked rather than the road you are on: it publishes Waze links per parking lot instead of routes in, and it puts mass transit drop-off across N. Dale Mabry at Steinbrenner Field. Read the lot you hold before you leave, because the stadium's own guidance starts there.
- Driving
- The stadium is at 4201 N. Dale Mabry Hwy in Tampa. It publishes no interstate route or exit numbers; instead it gives a Waze link per parking lot and recommends the app for real-time traffic and road closures on event days.
- Public Transit
- Mass transit drop-off and pick-up is at Steinbrenner Field, across N. Dale Mabry Hwy from the stadium. The stadium names no HART route, no streetcar and no stop, so plan that leg on the operator's map.
- Rideshare
- All rideshare drop-offs and pickups are at Steinbrenner Field, across Dale Mabry Highway, and rides cannot be requested from Raymond James Stadium. After the game, leave through Lot A, cross the pedestrian bridge over Dale Mabry Highway and follow event signage to the pickup area.
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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.
- Getting there
Raymond James Stadium getting-here and parking/transportation pages on raymondjamesstadium.com
- Transit
Raymond James Stadium’s own Getting Here page documents no public transit, park-and-ride or shuttle at all -- only parking, rideshare and RV/bus access -- and the Buccaneers’ parking page likewise mentions only rideshare drop-off at Steinbrenner Field. The Tampa Bay Downs shuttle entry is removed as a service neither the venue nor the club publishes. HART’s fare is $2.00 per trip with a $4.00 daily cap through Flamingo Fares, which is what the remaining entry carries
- 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").