Amerant Bank Arena Parking & Directions
Florida Panthers · Sunrise, FL
Know Before You Go
- Parking payments
Arena parking accepts credit or debit cards only; cash is not accepted and prices vary by event.
Applies to: Florida Panthers games
- Parking lots generally open about two hours before the scheduled event.
- Cheapest lot
- $10
- Lots listed
- 2
- Closest
- 0.1-0.3 miles
Amerant Bank Arena is in suburban Sunrise, FL (west of Fort Lauderdale). No practical public transit - car is essential. Large surface lots $15-25. Near Sawgrass Mills mall for overflow parking.
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.
Best way from Las Olas Beach area is to drive or Uber to the arena. There is no real public transit option. Budget about 20-25 minutes depending on I-595 traffic.
The $25 official lots are worth it for the convenience. Overflow lots save $10 with a short walk.
No tailgating setup is allowed in the lots, but the atmosphere in the fan zone before games is growing.
Rideshare from Fort Lauderdale Beach is $20-30 and saves the hassle of driving and parking.
Post-game traffic funnels onto NW 136th Avenue and Sawgrass Expressway. Budget 20 minutes to exit the area.
Parking is plentiful. This isn't a downtown arena with a parking crunch. Relax.
Coming down the Sawgrass via Oakland Park Boulevard puts you at Gate 3, half a mile along Panther Parkway.
From I-595 it is Exit 1 at 136th Ave, which becomes Panther Parkway.
Nothing on the arena's page covers buses, so plan a car-free trip from the transit operator's map.
Pat Salerno Drive off the Sawgrass Expressway runs directly into the arena at Gate 1 or 2 — the shortest approach published.
Where to Park
Amerant Bank Arena Lots
$400.1-0.3 milesAdvance purchase onlyEstimated price
General D Lot traffic uses Gate 1 or Gate 7, while A Lot traffic uses Gate 2 or Gate 3. From Interstate 75, the Sawgrass Expressway exits at Pat Salerno Drive directly to Gates 1 and 2.
Official lots at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL (west of Fort Lauderdale).
- Sunrise FL location
- Large surface lots
- Advance purchase available
Sawgrass Mills Area
$100.5 milesCheapest
Overflow parking near Sawgrass Mills mall across the street.
- $5-15 range
- Walk from Sawgrass Mills
- Budget option
Or Skip the Car
- Limited Transit · No direct public transit to the arena. Car or rideshare is required. Located in suburban Sunrise, FL.
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- For Panthers games, A and D Lot general parking is listed at $40 to $50 plus tax at the gate; prepaid parking is cheaper.
- D Lot uses Gate 1 or 7 and A Lot uses Gate 2 or 3.
- Amerant Vault and valet use Gates 1, 2 or 5; the garage uses Gate 5 or 6; DEX VIP and F Club use Gate 1; B Club uses Gate 5; C Club uses Gate 6.
- Rideshare enters at Gate 3, loads at the North Pedestrian Walkway and exits through Gate 2.
- Non-hockey parking prices vary by event.
Accessible Parking
Accessible parking is divided between north and south areas, each with specific gates and first-come inventory.
- North accessible parking uses Gate 1, Gate 2 or Gate 5.
- South accessible parking uses Gate 1 or Gate 7.
- Display the proper placard on the rearview mirror so attendants can direct the vehicle.
- Accessible spaces are available first come, first served for every event.
RV Parking
Large RVs are charged according to the number of spaces they occupy.
- Large RVs occupying more than two spaces pay the general parking fee for each additional space.
- The venue does not publish a separate RV arrival gate or lot.
Bus & Limo Parking
Buses have named gates and a dedicated lot; limousines and other two-space vehicles pay a multiple-space rate.
- Buses enter through Gate 1 or Gate 7 and park in Lot D2.
- Buses occupying more than two spaces pay the general parking fee for each additional space.
- Limousines and other vehicles occupying two spaces pay twice the event's general parking price.
Getting There
Amerant Bank Arena is a suburban arena in Sunrise reached off the Sawgrass Expressway and I-595, and it is unusually precise about which gate each approach delivers you to — Pat Salerno Drive runs straight into Gates 1 and 2, Panther Parkway into Gate 3. There is no public transit guidance of any kind.
- Driving
- The arena is at 1 Panther Parkway. From I-95, take it north or south to I-595, continue west to Exit 1 at 136th Ave and go north; 136th Ave becomes Panther Parkway. From the Sawgrass Expressway, go south to Oakland Park Boulevard, turn left, right onto Flamingo Road and right onto Panther Parkway — the arena is half a mile down on the right, entered at Gate 3. From I-75, take the Palmetto Expressway or Florida Turnpike Extension north to I-75, then to the Sawgrass Expressway, exiting at Pat Salerno Drive which runs directly into the arena at Gate 1 or Gate 2.
- Public Transit
- The arena's directions page names no bus route and publishes no stop — public transit is not covered on it at all. Plan that leg from Broward County Transit's own map.
- Rideshare
- Uber/Lyft drop-off is near the main entrance off Panther Parkway. Post-game pickup is in a designated zone. Budget $20-30 from Fort Lauderdale Beach.
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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 Amerant Bank Arena directions and parking page, read 2026-08-30: highway and gate approaches, lot-specific gates, current gate pricing and advance purchase, bus/RV charges, accessible parking and rideshare routing, and the official parking map. Hours, prohibited vehicles and routine road closures are not published.
- Getting there
Amerant Bank Arena directions and parking page on amerantbankarena.com
- Transit
Broward County Transit adult fares (updated 13 Aug 2026): one-way cash fare $2, 3 Day Bus Pass $12, 7 Day Bus Pass $20
- Venue policies
Current Amerant Bank Arena and Florida Panthers accessibility, arena-guide, ticketing, parking, and concessions pages reviewed for Panthers 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 single published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, prices A and D Lot general parking at the gate as a range, $40-$50 plus tax, and publishes no prepaid rate; the arena-lot figure is an estimate at the floor of that range and the Sawgrass Mills figure is unpriced by the venue. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "Amerant Bank Arena 2026: A and D Lots $40 plus tax at the gate, $20-$30 prepaid; free Sawgrass Mills overflow with a 12-15 minute shuttle").