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Visitor Guide / parking & transportation

San Antonio offers local transportation and downtown parking for fans to attending the Valero Alamo Bowl.  Please see the Park & Ride (highly recommended and only $2.50 each way), Downtown Bus (the new PRIMO 100 route drops off under the Alamodome and only costs $1.10) and Downtown Parking options to assist you in planning your ride to the game. 

Parking at the Alamodome is available by pre-purchased permit only. Those permits are fully committed meaning the Alamodome lots are at capacity. There will not be any onsite parking for sale on game day.

If you are driving to the game and don't have a parking pass, your best bet is come early and look for open lots in downtown by exiting the Cesar Chavez or Commerce exits along Interstate 10/35 (these are 1 mile west of the 281/37 exits off the same streets).  Interstate 281/37 will be congested prior to kickoff so avoid trying to get to the stadium and then working back to available parking. To research routes to surface lots, click the Downtown Parking tab.

  • Park & Ride
  • Downtown Bus
  • Downtown Parking
  • Parking Permit Holders
  • Bowl Bus

 

Park & Ride is available with free parking for VIA riders (must purchase VIA fare). Locations offer lighted and secured parking. Bus service and token purchase from the Park & Ride locations to the Alamodome will start at 2:45 pm (3 hours before kickoff). Return service will be available every 30 minutes throughout the game and will run for 45 minutes after the conclusion of the game. For more information visit www.viainfo.net.

Tokens will be sold at the Park & Ride locations or online at http://stores.viaonlinestore.net/StoreFront.bok
FULL FARE: $2.50 each way
*HALF FARE: $1.25 each way

*(discounted fare, please see http://www.viainfo.net/FaresAndPasse/ReducedFare.aspx for details)

Locations:

A- Blossom Park & Ride (12002 Jones-Maltsberger) - 1000 parking spaces    

B- Crossroads Park & Ride (151 Crossroads Blvd) - 550 parking spaces

C- Madla Transit Center (1584 Cantrell) - 135 parking spaces

D- AT&T Center Parking Lot 1 (One AT&T Center Parkway) - 956 parking spaces

This new location is very convenient to IH-35 South and has an easy route to the Alamodome. Simply exit the AT&T Center exit and head south 1/4 mile.



 

VIA has several routes carrying visitors and locals throughout the downtown area. PRIMO 100 (formerly the Yellow Route) goes through the center of town and services the Alamodome. On game day, fans are dropped off at the North entrance of the Alamodome at the Thompson Center Transit Station.

PRIMO runs every 12-15 minutes. There is also a PRIMO line coming from the Medical Center so check VIA's website on the best ways to get to the game from there.

PRIMO (Exact change is required)  
FULL FARE: $1.10 each way
*
HALF FARE: $0.55 each way
ALL DAY FARE: $4 (please visit http://www.viainfo.net/Documents/Marketing/RetailOutlets012008.pdf for locations to purchase All Day Fare)

*(discounted fare, please see http://www.viainfo.net/FaresAndPasses/ReducedFare.aspx for details)

For more information on the PRIMO route please visit http://www.viainfo.net/images/planning/Jun12/DowntownBrochure.pdf

PRIMO 100 Stops:

The Thompson Center is at the Alamodome and the loop goes west along Commerce Street and back to the Alamodome east along Dolorosa/Market Street. For the least congestion, most parking options and quickest route to the game, fans should come downtown via IH-10 West and park near the PRIMO stop by UTSA's downtown campus. All stops are marked with a red pole. PRIMO is also a great option for fans wanting to be dropped off post-game downtown as The Alamo and Commerce & Navarroa are convenient to hotels and the River Walk..

 

Other Downtown VIA Routes:





 

Downtown San Antonio has a variety of Parking Garages and Surface Lots where fans can park and get to the game. Fans can park in a downtown lot and take the PRIMO 100 bus route for a $1.10 through downtown to the Alamodome. Lots range in price depending on location. Visit http://downtownsanantonio.org/files/user/page96/DTAParkingMap2012_web.pdf for list of downtown Parking Garage and Surface Lot parking options or view the Downtown Alliance Parking Map

If you are coming down 35 South to the game, here are three options:

  1.  Exit N. New Braunfels and head south (left) toward to the lots north of the Alamodome (2 miles). 
  2. Take 281/37 South, the most direct route to downtown/Alamodome, and exit Brooklyn or Houston but be prepared for congestion around kickoff.
  3.  Stay on 35 South and go around downtown and exit Cesar Chavez/Downtown. You are 2 miles from the Alamodome so continue heading west to find available parking and/or yellow route stops.

To get back to your car or the River Walk, there is a pedrestian bridge starting at the Northeast corner of the Alamodome. Taxi cabs pick-up at the Alamodome's south entrance but for those going downtown it will be quicker and easier to either walk or talk the PRIMO 100 bus for only $1.10 per person. It runs continually post-game for on street level of Alamodome's northe entrance.

 

If you are coming to the 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl from outside the San Antonio area, let us pick you up! Click here to view select routes from across Texas and leave the driving to the pros. Jump on the Bowl Bus. For more information call (855) 725-5928 or email info@bowlbus.com

Don't miss out. Hop on the Bowl Bus! Bowl Bus is providing round trip travel to the stadium! Bowl Bus is the fun, safe, and green way to enjoy game day.

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