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2022 Fall Family Weekend parking information

Friday, September 16

  • 10am-5pm Check-In and Welcome at the Student Union Ballroom, 2nd floor.
  • Parking will be in the G10 garage  on Friday, Sept 16 ONLY.
  • Friday – FREE Knoxville Trolley Orange Line runs until 8 pm if families want to experience the incredible restaurants Downtown Knoxville.
  • Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express @ Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 p.m. – parking either in G10 or Staff 23 at Haslam Music
    For tickets and other information, please call (865) 974-5161 or visit the Clarence Brown Theatre website.

Saturday, September 17

There is NO family weekend designated parking on campus Saturday, September 17th, including for the Family Tailgate at the Student Union.

  • UT Public Parking – $40 at UT Culinary Institute and Creamery across from Sorority Village at 2712 Neyland Dr. Lot opens at 7am. No shuttle from this location.
  • Parking on campus on gamedays is for Football Parking Permit holders and residential student parking permit holders ONLY.

$10-$40   Downtown Knoxville Public Parking

  • $40      Closest to campus – Poplar St lot
  • $20      Downtown garages – Main Ave, Dwight Kessel, City County Bldg, & Locust St
  • $10      Downtown – Civic Coliseum Garage & Blackstock Lot
  • FREE  State Street & Market Square (these fill the quickest)
KAT Off Campus Shuttles and KAT Service on Game Day 

Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) Gameday Shuttles to campus start three (3) hours prior to kickoff. These buses drop guests (and pick up after the game) at Walters Academic Building near the Students Union.

Shuttles from downtown Knoxville are $10 per person

  • Civic Coliseum
  • Old City
  • Market Square

Shuttles from west Knoxville are $20 per person

Options near campus not managed by the University of Tennessee 

Sunday September 18

  • Brunch at Rocky Top Dining @ Rocky Top Dining Hall
    9:00 a.m. – noon – Parking in Staff 23 at Haslam Music
    UT students who have a meal plan may use a meal swipe to enter the brunch and can use their guest meals to cover their family members and guests.
  • Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express @ Clarence Brown Theatre, 2:00 p.m. – parking Staff 23 at Haslam Music
    For tickets and other information, please call (865) 974-5161 or visit the Clarence Brown Theatre website.