Ford Field Parking
Detroit Lions · Detroit, MI
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Parking payments
Ford Field parking facilities are generally first-come, and advance spaces may be purchased through the venue's ParkWhiz link.
Applies to: Ford Field events
- 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 is in downtown Detroit with an attached parking garage. Downtown garages $10-20. Detroit People Mover ($0.75) loops downtown with a stop nearby. QLine streetcar on Woodward Avenue. Stadium is indoors - great for late-season weather.
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.
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.
Pre-purchase garage passes for popular games, Thanksgiving and divisional rivalry games sell out.
The People Mover is free and loops through downtown. Park at a distant garage and ride to Greektown station near the stadium.
Greektown Casino garage is a smart choice: park, pregame at a restaurant, walk to the game, and return for post-game dining.
Street parking meters are free on Sundays in many downtown Detroit areas. Check signage carefully.
The Ford Field Garage is the only lot with an enclosed walkway to the stadium, ideal for cold Michigan game days.
Rideshare is an excellent option in downtown Detroit. Designated pickup/dropoff zones are near gates.
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.
Attached parking garage at Ford Field. Advance purchase recommended. Connected to stadium.
- Attached to stadium
- Advance purchase recommended
- Fills quickly
Downtown Detroit Garages
$150.2-0.5 milesCheapest
Multiple garages in downtown Detroit within walking distance. Greektown and Foxtown areas have many options.
- $10-20 range
- Many options in Greektown/Foxtown
- Short walk to Ford Field
Or Skip the Car
- People Mover / QLine — $1 · Detroit People Mover ($0.75) loops downtown with a stop near Ford Field. QLine streetcar runs along Woodward Avenue ($1.50). Both connect to parking areas further out.
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.
Detroit Lions Car Gear
Window flags, plate frames, and decals to fly Detroit Lions 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 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.
- Venue policies
Current Ford Field accessibility, stadium, ticketing, parking, concessions, and 2026 Lions event guidance reviewed for every supportable structured venue-policy topic.