Attending an event at the Alamodome will soon cost more, as San Antonio’s FY 2027 budget raises both parking rates and the facility access fee charged on tickets.
The city budget increases the Alamodome parking rate from a range of $10-$60 to $15-$75 per space, with the price determined by the type of event. Officials project that the higher parking fees will generate an additional $527,374 in revenue during FY 2027.
The Alamodome Facility Access Fee will also rise by $1, climbing from $6.50 to $7.50 per ticket sold for concerts, sporting events, competitions, and entertainment shows. This adjustment is expected to bring in another $197,340 in FY 2027. According to the budget, both the parking and facility access fees were last modified in 2025.
A portion of the additional parking revenue will fund police traffic control at Alamodome events. The budget redirects nearly $974,000 in police overtime expenses from the city’s General Fund to the Community and Visitor Facilities Fund, explicitly stating that the cost “will be funded by increased parking fee at the Alamodome.”
A separate budget summary rounds that figure to $1 million annually, allocating $1 million in FY 2027 and another $1 million in FY 2028 for police overtime at Alamodome events through event revenue rather than the General Fund.
The increases do not require every driver to pay $75 for parking. The budget establishes a $15-$75 range, with the specific price determined by whether the Alamodome hosts a community event, entertainment event, sporting competition, or concert.
We spoke with people near the Alamodome Thursday about the higher rates.
“That’s insane to me. That’s a bit overwhelming,” San Antonio resident Tracy Brown said.
Brown, who has lived in San Antonio for two years, said she worries about what rising costs could mean for families trying to spend time together.
“I’m originally from Detroit, Michigan, so I come from a place where there’s a lot of culture,” Brown said. “People get together, and we find ways for us to come together as a community and make things happen. So, to be at a standpoint in life where it’s just all about money and not really about the mind, the peace, the happiness and the memories of other people is heartbreaking.”
Sherlyn Rivas-Carola traveled from El Paso to San Antonio for the Bruno Mars concert and stayed close enough to the Alamodome to walk to the event.
“It’s crazy. That’s very crazy,” Rivas-Carola said after learning about the new parking range. “I mean, we’re already paying for the event. I feel like parking should come with it. If at most, parking should only be like 20 bucks.”
For people looking for alternatives to parking at the Alamodome, VIA Metropolitan Transit told us it offers Park & Ride service for Alamodome events from Crossroads Park & Ride and Brooks Park & Ride. The service connects riders to the Robert Thompson Transit Station outside the Alamodome.
VIA said a round-trip Park & Ride fare for an Alamodome event is $2.60, or $1.30 each way, and parking at its Park & Ride facilities is free. VIA generally offers the service for Alamodome events with attendance of at least 10,000 people and said it is not uncommon to see thousands of Park & Ride trips for an individual event.
We reached out to the Alamodome and city officials to ask how parking prices will be determined for individual events and for more information about the reasoning behind the increase. They were unavailable for an interview on Thursday.
The FY 2027 budget takes effect with the start of the city’s new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
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