KAT Route 51E shuttle from Krutch Park on Clinch Avenue, $10 round trip. The main bar and restaurant district, with shuttles from 3 hours before kickoff.
Chris Nelson, Google Maps
Old CityVisiting fans pick this
KAT Route 51D from Willow Avenue by Covenant Health Park, SEC games only. Bars and restaurants on the east side of downtown, with a direct shuttle on big games.
Near McGhee Tyson Airport, Alcoa
Drive to the Civic Coliseum park and ride, $30 per car. Quieter and closer to the airport, 12 miles south of town.
Around the stadium
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Market Square and Gay Street in downtown Knoxville, linked by the KAT game-day shuttle from Krutch Park. The Old City has its own shuttle for SEC games.
Map of the area
Tap a pin to see the place.
Getting to Neyland Stadium
From McGhee Tyson
From a specialist guide
TYS McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa, 12 miles south of Knoxville.
On game day
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Market Square shuttle (Route 51E). Walters Life Sciences, then walk to the stadium. Old City shuttle (Route 51D) to Walters Life Sciences. Civic Coliseum park and ride (Route 51A) to Walters Life Sciences. Regular KAT bus. Route 11 to Cumberland at James Agee, two blocks from the stadium.
Parking and tailgating at Neyland Stadium
Tailgating
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Around 200 or more boats dock on the Tennessee River outside Neyland Stadium before games, a tradition that began in 1962. Volunteer Landing Marina is the riverfront base. Pregame downtown, then ride the KAT shuttle from Krutch Park. It runs from 3 hours before kickoff until game time. The City of Knoxville and UT publish a fall game-day map of public parking downtown and on campus, linked from Visit Knoxville's game day guide. East Tennessee Children's Hospital (Dolly Children's) sells game-day parking to support the hospital.
Game day at Neyland Stadium
After the final whistle
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KAT shuttles back to Market Square start at the beginning of the fourth quarter and run for about 60 minutes after the game. Catch them by Walters Life Sciences.
One thing to avoid
From a specialist guide
Don't count on buying a shuttle ticket with cash. KAT game-day shuttle tickets are sold only in the Transit app, and the Coliseum park and ride is cashless.
Food and drink at Neyland Stadium
Bars near the stadium
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Calhoun's On The River, Google Maps
Calhoun's on the River
400 Neyland Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902
Calhoun's riverfront location on Neyland Drive, on the same stretch of the Tennessee River where the Vol Navy docks.
Away fans: riverside restaurant on the Vol Navy stretch of the river.
Byron Myers, Google Maps
Downtown Grill & Brewery
424 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee
Downtown brewpub with house beers, mesquite-grilled steaks and seafood, and old Knoxville photos on the walls.
Away fans: brewpub where visitors and locals share the bar.
Things to do around Neyland Stadium
Listed in the order they happen on game day. Each one earns points.
Landmark50 points
Sunsphere observation deck
The gold glass sphere from the 1982 World's Fair has an observation deck with views to the Great Smoky Mountains.
Free. The day before
Outing65 points
Market Square night before
Knoxville's 1854 market square is a pedestrian mall of bars, restaurants and Victorian storefronts, and the game-day shuttle leaves from Krutch Park next door.
$$. The day before
Tailgate75 points
See the Vol Navy
Some 200 boats tie up on the Tennessee River outside the stadium before games, a tradition since 1962.
Free. 3 hours before kickoff
Ritual75 points
Line the Vol Walk
Before every home game the team walks from the Neyland-Thompson Sports Complex down Peyton Manning Pass and Phillip Fulmer Way while thousands of fans line the street to shake hands.
Free. 2 hours 15 minutes before kickoff
Ritual65 points
Running through the T
The Pride of the Southland Band forms a giant T at the north end zone and the Vols, led by Smokey, run through it. Be in your seat early.
Free. 10 minutes before kickoff
Seats and views at Neyland Stadium
Where each part of the stadium sits, and what you see from it.
Lower bowlA to Q and R to WUpper decksAA to QQTap any part of the stadium to see its view.
