Can't miss
- The Rock Chalk Chant Slow and almost eerie, it rolls through the stadium before kickoff and again when a win is sealed.
- Waving the Wheat After a KU score, the crowd waves its arms side to side like wheat in the wind.
Quick answers
What time do the Kansas lots open?
Football parking in all lots opens 6 hours before kickoff. Show up before that and your pass won't scan, and you can be ticketed or towed. For Friday games while classes are in session, KU has opened lots at 2 p.m. instead.
Can you grill at Kansas tailgates?
Yes, outside the garages. KU allows no flames or grills in the Mississippi Street Garage or the Allen Fieldhouse Garage, and grills can be used on the grass outside them. Put the fire out safely before you head in.
Can you drink at Kansas tailgates?
Only during the 3 hours before kickoff and at halftime, in designated tailgating areas. Drinking ends 30 minutes after kickoff and 15 minutes after the second-half kickoff. No kegs or containers over 1 gallon, and food and nonalcoholic drinks have to be out wherever alcohol is.
Do you need a ticket to tailgate at Kansas?
Not for Gameday on the Hill, which is free and open to everyone. In the lots you tailgate at your own parking space, and people on foot can bring a picnic into the designated tailgating areas.
How do you buy parking at Kansas?
The lots around the stadium are Williams Fund permits. Everyone else can buy a space on site in Lot 11, Lot 72 or the Allen Fieldhouse Garage, credit card only and first come, or use economy Lot 90 with a shuttle.
The game-day timeline
- 6 hrs beforeAll football lots open
- 5 hrs beforeFambrough Drive closes to cars
- 3 hrs beforeDrinking window opens; Gameday on 11th Street and the shuttles start
- 2 hrs beforeStudent and club gates open
- 90 min beforeAll other gates open
- 30 min after kickoffDrinking ends until halftime
- HalftimeDrinking allowed again in tailgate areas
- 15 min after 2nd-half kickoffDrinking ends for the day
- 1 hr afterGame shuttles end
Where to park
The lots around The Booth are permit-only on game days. If you don't have a Williams Fund permit, these are yours.
- Permit lots
- Lots 1, 36, 39, 50, 52, 54, 56 to 60, 91, 96 to 98 and the Mississippi Street Garage take a Williams Fund game permit.
- Pay lots
- Lot 11, Lot 72 and the Allen Fieldhouse Garage, first come, credit card only. Shuttles run from the garage.
- Lot 90
- Economy parking near Capital Federal Hall with a free shuttle from Naismith Drive. The only RV parking.
- No tailgating
- Lots 61 and 34 hold academic parking on game days, and tailgating isn't allowed there.
- Accessible
- Placard spaces in Lots 59 and 91 and the Mississippi Street Garage, sold on site, plus shuttle-served spaces in 54, 72, 90 and the Allen Fieldhouse Garage.
- Rideshare
- The four northernmost metered spots on Indiana Street at 11th, in front of the HERE apartments, one block east.
Don't arrive before the lots open. Passes won't scan early, and you can be ticketed or towed.
After the game, several streets around the stadium switch to one-way traffic. The official map shows the routes.
No car? Game shuttles run from outside the Allen Fieldhouse Garage and from Naismith and Schwegler at Lot 90, from 3 hours before kickoff until an hour after the game. Golf carts help fans who need it from the nearby lots to the gates.
The rules
Rules last verified Oct 29, 2026 against kuathletics.com, ku.edu, Explore Lawrence (2025 season guide) and KSHB (Aug. 2025).
KU's tailgate rules run on a clock. Learn the drinking windows and the rest is easy.
- Alcohol
- 3 hours before kickoff until 30 minutes after it, then halftime until 15 minutes into the second half. Take what's left off campus.
- Where
- Designated parking areas and designated parts of Campanile Hill only. Not at the war memorials, and not on Mississippi, Fambrough, Maine or 11th.
- Containers
- No kegs or anything over 1 gallon. Glass is strongly discouraged. Food and nonalcoholic drinks must be out too.
- Grills
- Not in the Mississippi Street or Allen Fieldhouse garages. Use the grass outside, and put flames out safely.
- Your space
- Tailgate in front of or behind your own vehicle. One space per vehicle, no saving spaces, traffic lanes open.
- Games
- On the grass, not in the lots or roadways.
- Not allowed
- Smoking or vaping anywhere on campus, drones near the stadium, and selling tickets or anything else on campus.
- Bags at the gate
- Clear, up to 12 x 6 x 12 inches, or a 1-gallon freezer bag, plus a clutch up to 6 x 9 inches.
- Gates open
- 90 minutes before kickoff, 2 hours for student and club gates. No re-entry.
Before you go
The Booth gameday guide (2026)2026 gameday tailgating map (PDF)KU Parking: football game dayKU alcohol policy: tailgating at football gamesOfficial pages. Rules change; check them the week of the game.
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Where the party is
Kansas tailgates on a hill. Campanile Hill rises south of the stadium, the free fan tailgate sets up at its base, and on game days 11th Street becomes a street party from Maine to Illinois.
The open door
Gameday on the Hill
Free and open to all at the base of Campanile Hill: music, tables, games, food trucks and drinks for sale.
The street
Gameday on 11th Street
11th Street closes from Maine to Illinois, with food, drinks, music and game-day activities, all open 3 hours before kickoff.
The family stop
Family Fun Zone
On the practice fields next to the Hill, with tailgating games, inflatables and activities for kids.
Getting out
Lawrence flips its streets to one way after the game. Your options, best first:
- Ride the game shuttle back. Shuttles run until an hour after the game, back to the Allen Fieldhouse Garage and Lot 90.
- Follow the one-way routes. Several streets around the stadium run one way out after the game. Check the official map before you park.
- Rideshare from Indiana Street. Meet your driver at 11th and Indiana, in front of the HERE apartments.
Skip this
Drive back toward 11th Street against the flow. The postgame routes won't let you. Go the way the officers point.
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