Ford Field Parking & Directions
Detroit Lions · Detroit, MI
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
Ford Field parking facilities are generally first-come, and advance spaces may be purchased through the venue's ParkWhiz link.
Use the digital parking pass for a pre-purchased space; independent downtown lots may have different prices and payment rules.
- Cheapest lot
- $15
- Lots listed
- 2
- Closest
- Adjacent
Ford Field's parking options include its Parking Deck on St Antoine, Lot 4 and Lot 5. Adjacent facilities are generally first come, first served, with advance parking offered through the venue's ParkWhiz link. Tailgating is prohibited in the adjacent parking facilities; the club identifies Lot 5 and Olympia Development surface lots for tailgating instead.
Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
Park at MGM Grand Detroit, stop at Bookies Bar & Grille for food and drinks pregame. Way better than paying $40+ for a garage right next to Ford Field.
Ford Field typically has a power hour before the game so enter early for deals on drinks and food. Restaurants nearby will be packed so think about reservations - Union Assembly, Le Supreme, and Eatori are all solid.
Surface lots and garages around Ford Field are about $20. Park further out and walk a bit and you can find $10-15 spots. Parking isn't that hard to find if you arrive early.
Use Ford Field's ParkWhiz link for advance spaces rather than relying on an unreserved game-day space.
Accessible parking is available in Lot 4 and the Ford Field Parking Deck on game days; reserved disabled spaces need both the permit and a state-issued placard or plate.
Nothing on Ford Field's own page covers the QLINE, the People Mover or buses, so plan a car-free trip elsewhere.
All three published routes are off I-75: the difference is which side of the stadium you arrive on.
The Gratiot Avenue exit (51B) needs a sharp right immediately after; the stadium is then on your right.
Brush Street is the address side of the building, reached from the Mack Avenue exit via Winder Street.
Where to Park
Ford Field Garage
$40Adjacent
The Ford Field Parking Deck is on St Antoine, just east of the stadium. Nearby Lot 4 sits north of Ford Field, east of Brush and south of Montcalm, and is entered from Montcalm.
The Ford Field Parking Deck is on St Antoine just east of the stadium and provides game-day accessible parking.
- Advance spaces are offered through Ford Field's ParkWhiz link.
Downtown Detroit Garages
$150.2-0.5 milesCheapest
Or Skip the Car
- QLINE Streetcar · Free streetcar along Woodward Avenue from Midtown to downtown, stops within walking distance of Ford Field
- DDOT Bus · $2 · Detroit Department of Transportation buses serving the metro area with routes to downtown and the stadium district
- People Mover · Free automated light rail loop through downtown Detroit with a stop near Greektown, a short walk to Ford Field
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Parking adjacent to Ford Field and Comerica Park is first come, first served during games and events.
- Access to Ford Field parking facilities is generally four hours before kickoff.
- Vehicles are directed into spaces, and reserving a space is not allowed.
- Tailgating and re-entry are prohibited in the parking facilities adjacent to Ford Field.
Accessible Parking
Every Ford Field parking facility is ADA compliant. Reserved disabled spaces need both the permit and matching state-issued plates or placard, and extra accessible spaces open up in Lot 4 and the Parking Deck on game days.
- All Ford Field parking facilities are ADA compliant.
- A reserved disabled space requires the appropriate disabled permit and a state-issued licence plate or placard.
- Additional disabled parking is available in Lot 4 and the Ford Field Parking Deck on game days, first come, first served.
Getting There
Ford Field publishes three routes in, all of them off I-75, each ending on a different side of the stadium, and nothing else. For a stadium at 2000 Brush St in downtown Detroit, with a streetcar running along Woodward a block away, a directions page that covers only driving is a conspicuous gap rather than a reflection of the city.
- Driving
- Three routes, all from I-75. Northbound, exit at Rosa Parks (exit 49), turn left onto Michigan Avenue, take Michigan to Woodward Avenue, north on Woodward to Montcalm Street. Southbound, exit at Mack Avenue (exit 52), follow the service drive, right on Winder Street then left onto Brush Street. Or southbound exit at Gratiot Avenue (51B), take the sharp right onto Gratiot and continue. Ford Field is on the right. The stadium is at 2000 Brush St.
- Public Transit
- The stadium's directions page names no transit line and publishes no stop; it covers driving only. Detroit's streetcar, People Mover and bus networks are not mentioned, so plan that leg from the operator's own map.
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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 prices
parkingaccess.com Ford Field: 'official garages run $40-60 for Detroit Lions games'. Stored figure matches the stated floor for the named garages. The downtown figure was not re-checked. The same source puts Eastern Market at $10, against a stored $15, but names a different lot than the stored entry.
- Parking guidance
Official Ford Field parking page, read 2026-08-14: first-come-first-served access opening four hours before kickoff, the ban on reserving spaces and on tailgating or re-entry in the adjacent facilities, the Parking Deck's location on St Antoine, and ADA compliance across all facilities with the placard and registration requirements. No per-lot prices, no RV or bus policy, no closing times, no road closures and no map URL are published.
- Getting there
Ford Field directions page on fordfield.com
- Transit
Three Detroit operators, each from its own site. QLINE: "The QLINE is FREE to Ride". Detroit People Mover: "All passengers can board and ride for free, no fare or passes needed". DDOT, from the City of Detroit fares FAQ: "The 4-hour pass is $2 and the 24-hour pass is $5" -- so DDOT’s base ride is a 4-hour pass at $2, which is what the entry stores
- Venue policies
Current Ford Field accessibility, stadium, ticketing, parking, concessions, and 2026 Lions event guidance reviewed for every supportable structured venue-policy topic.