Nissan Stadium Game Day Guide
Tennessee Titans · Nashville, TN
Know Before You Go
- Bag policy
Nissan Stadium permits clear bags up to 12 x 12 x 6 inches and non-clear bags up to 4.5 x 6.5 inches.
Medical and parenting bags are subject to inspection at the gate.
- Bag storage
Paid bag-storage rentals are available outside Gates 3 and 9, with prices starting at $10 per item.
Availability is limited, so the venue recommends leaving noncompliant bags at home or in a vehicle.
- Gate opening
Nissan Stadium gates open two hours before kickoff for Titans games.
- Mobile tickets
Titans tickets are mobile and must be displayed on a phone for stadium entry.
PDF tickets and printed cards are not accepted; ticket assistance is available outside Gate 1 and other entrances.
- Re-entry
Nissan Stadium does not permit re-entry after a guest exits.
- Prohibited items
Nissan Stadium prohibits weapons, noncompliant bags, outside food and drink, coolers, drones, fireworks, noisemakers, strollers, umbrellas, and other listed items.
Review the live policy before arrival because event-specific rules can differ.
- First aid
First Aid rooms are near Sections 105, 142, 202, 244, 305, and 342, with another location near the press elevator lobby.
Notify the nearest stadium employee when medical assistance is needed.
- Nursing and lactation
Nursing lounges are near Sections 310 and 337, and a Mamava lactation pod is near Section 138 on the club concourse.
First Aid rooms may also be used for nursing.
- Family restrooms
Family restrooms are near Sections 105, 119, 129, 142, 203, 218, 229, 244, 306, 316, 332, and 341.
An adult-changing table is available in the family restroom near Section 105.
- Tickets for children
Children younger than two may enter without a ticket when seated on an accompanying adult's lap.
Children age two and older need their own ticket.
- Guest services
Fan Services locations include Gates 1, 3, 6, and 9, Section 124, the club escalator landings, and Sections 309, 321, 326, and 338.
Text 615-205-3699 or call 615-565-4494 for game-day assistance.
- Service animals
ADA-qualified service animals are permitted when kept under the handler's control.
Contact Fan Services near Section 124 for access to the service-animal relief area.
- Smoking and vaping
Nissan Stadium is smoke- and vape-free and has no designated smoking areas.
Guests cannot leave to smoke and return because re-entry is prohibited.
Game Day Timeline
What the day looks like at Nissan Stadium, hour by hour.
Broadway Pregame
Lower Broadway's honky-tonks fill with Titans fans. Live country music, cold beer, and hot chicken fuel the pregame energy. The walk across the pedestrian bridge to the stadium is part of the experience.
Gates Open
Stadium gates open. Walk across the pedestrian bridge and enter through the west gates. Explore the concourse and grab Nashville hot chicken without long lines.
Player Warmups
Players take the field for stretching and warmups. Lower bowl sections offer the best views and autograph opportunities.
Find Your Seats
Grab your hot chicken sandwich and settle in. The sword ceremony and T-Rac's entrance are about to kick things off.
Game Time
The Titans sword is raised, the crowd roars 'TITAN UP!', and 69,000 fans in navy, Titans blue, and red bring the energy. The open-air stadium lets Nashville's atmosphere pour in.
Exit Strategy
Walk back across the pedestrian bridge to Broadway for post-game celebrations at the honky-tonks. Or head to the riverfront for a quieter exit. Nashville's nightlife makes post-game as good as pregame.
Tips & Fan Reports
I am a local who lives close to the stadium and I never have trouble finding a tailgate. Just look for a large one, ask who the host is, and offer to throw them a little cash to be polite.
Wait for tickets to show up on StubHub and SeatGeek as more people list their tickets closer to game day. Prices drop a lot for Titans games compared to what they start at.
Start your game day on Broadway in downtown Nashville. The honky-tonks and live music create the best pregame atmosphere in the NFL.
Nashville hot chicken is the local move. Prince's and Hattie B's are the famous ones. Eat before the game because the stadium food does not compare.
Walk across the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge from downtown. It is the most scenic walk to any NFL stadium in the country.
Dress for the weather, Nissan Stadium is open-air. Check the forecast and bring layers for late-season games.
Lower bowl seats on the east side get afternoon sun in September and October. Bring sunglasses or sit on the west side for shade.
Bring tent weights rather than stakes. Staking into the ground is prohibited.
Leave the propane at home: Nissan Stadium bans it and permits charcoal, which is the reverse of several other NFL venues.
Save the text line: 615-205-3699 reaches lot security with your issue and location.
Before the Game
Nissan Stadium is the mirror image of most NFL fuel rules: propane grills are not permitted, while charcoal is, with coals going into the coal bins and dumpsters placed throughout the lots. Tailgating happens directly behind your vehicle only and may not spill into another space, and the numbered spaces on the grassy areas are parking spots for vehicles rather than spare tailgate ground. Tents may not be staked into the ground; weights only. You may not save spaces, block parking access or obstruct a roadway, and management reserves the right to limit or restrict tailgating at any time. Attendants and security patrol the lots, and there is a text line for problems.
Where to Tailgate
Directly behind your vehicle
The whole of your permitted tailgate ground in the stadium lots: the space immediately behind the car, not extending into the next bay and not blocking parking access or a roadway.
Known for Behind the vehicle only · No spilling into the next space
The numbered grassy-area spaces
Numbered spots on the grass around the lots. These are parking spaces for vehicles rather than additional tailgating room, which catches out groups who assume the grass is spare ground.
Known for Parking, not tailgating · Numbered spots
The coal bins and dumpsters
Placed throughout the parking lots for extinguished coals. With propane banned and charcoal permitted, these are where a Titans tailgate ends.
Known for Throughout the lots · For extinguished coals
Pregame Rules
What Nissan Stadium allows before the game, and what it does not.
- Propane grills are not permitted.
- Hot coals must be extinguished and disposed of in the coal bins and dumpsters located throughout the parking lots.
- Tailgating is permitted only directly behind your vehicle, and a tailgate may not extend into another space.
- Parking access must not be blocked and a roadway must not be obstructed at any time.
- Saving parking spaces is not permitted.
- Numbered spaces in grassy areas are parking spots for vehicles, not additional tailgating space.
- Tents may not be staked into the ground. Weights only are permitted.
- Management reserves the right to limit or restrict tailgating.
- Parking attendants and security staff monitor tailgate activity; problems can be reported by texting the issue and location to 615-205-3699.
Weather
Nissan Stadium is open air, so these are the conditions you sit in.
Across the NFL season the warmest month is September, with an average high of 84°F, and the coldest is January, when the average low is 28°F. January is the wettest month at 4.7 inches and October the driest at 3.8 inches.
That January low ranks 15th coldest of the 32 NFL venues, and January here ranks 12th wettest.
September
4.2 inchesOctober
3.8 inchesNovember
3.8 inchesDecember
4.3 inchesJanuary
4.7 inchesWhat to Bring
- Only the outside food and drink the rule allows
Outside food and beverages are prohibited, but one empty clear soft-sided bottle is permitted.
- A card or a phone wallet
Nissan Stadium is cashless for concessions, retail, vendors, and parking.
- Layers, gloves and a hat
January lows average 28°F, and the seats are open to it.
- Sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
September highs average 84°F at Nissan Stadium, with no roof over the seats.
- A poncho, not an umbrella
Umbrellas are on Nissan Stadium's prohibited list, and January averages 4.7 inches of rain.
Tailgate Gear
Lots open with the lots on game day.
- A charcoal grill, not propane: propane grills are prohibited here
- Tent weights instead of stakes, which are not allowed in the ground
- A setup that fits directly behind the vehicle without crossing into the next bay
- Something to carry extinguished coals to the bins placed throughout the lots
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.
- Game day timeline
Gate opening time checked against the venue's own gate-opening policy: Nissan Stadium gates open two hours before kickoff for Titans games.
- Pregame
Tennessee Titans official site (Nissan Stadium Guest A-Z Guide, tailgating section) and Nissan Stadium's own policies page
- Weather
NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
- Venue policies
Nissan Stadium Guest A-Z Guide on the Tennessee Titans site (the stadium policies page it replaced now returns 404) and Nissan Stadium accessibility guidance reviewed for all structured venue-policy topics.