Nissan Stadium Tailgating
Tennessee Titans · Nashville, TN
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.
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.
Bring tent weights rather than stakes. Staking into the ground is prohibited.
Save the text line: 615-205-3699 reaches lot security with your issue and location.
The numbered spots on the grass are parking, not overflow tailgate space, however empty they look.
Leave the propane at home — Nissan Stadium bans it and permits charcoal, which is the reverse of several other NFL venues.
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
Rules to Know
What Nissan Stadium allows, 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.
What to Bring
- A bag the gate will accept
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.
- 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.
- Your tickets on a charged phone
Titans tickets are mobile and must be displayed on a phone for stadium entry.
- 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
Tennessee Titans Tailgate Gear
Canopies, grills, coolers, and official Tennessee Titans gear for the ultimate tailgate.
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How We Checked This Page
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- Pregame
Tennessee Titans official site (Nissan Stadium Guest A-Z Guide, tailgating section) and Nissan Stadium's own policies page
- 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.
- Weather
NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals