Illinois
Gies Memorial Stadium · Champaign, IL
Saturday in Champaign runs from Grange Grove to the Illini Walk and into Gies Memorial Stadium. Know which side of the State Farm Center you parked before you stake a tent.
Must see / do
Around campus
- Grange Grove is the reserved group lawn next to the stadium. You book it through RevelXP, and vehicles stay outside the Grove. Setup windows live on that week’s parking advisory, so don’t treat any clock as permanent.
- The walk up is Gies Memorial Stadium, the renamed bowl, and you feel it on the approach, not only from a far lot. Campus Town and downtown Champaign are optional color before kick.
Before the game
- The Illini Walk has historically come through Grange Grove into the stadium. Confirm the 2026 clock on that week’s Fighting Illini gameday guide before you plant for a sightline.
- Without a pass near the State Farm Center, use C-U MTD Tran-Sport and the DIA shuttles from Research Park, Vet Med, and Lots 46 through 49. In 2026, lot-specific traffic routes start about 3.5 hours before kick. Read Thursday’s advisory, not last year’s habit.
On the lot
- Lot 31 and the State Farm Center quadrant are premium pass lots. Lots 34, 35, 38, and 39 are the ADA quadrant. Grange Grove is a group lawn, not a do-it-yourself vehicle grid.
- Companion maps and lot-route graphics live on the 2026 parking-updates page. Grab the current one before you commit. Grill, tent, and hours notes are in the overview, so don’t wing the clocks.
Overview
- The athletics parking page covers lot hours, Lot 31 rules, group Lot 44, grill and tent notes, and the shuttles.
- Read it the week of the game, because the clocks shift with kick time.
- Grange Grove is a reserved group lawn through RevelXP, and vehicles stay outside the Grove.
- In 2026, lot-specific route graphics start about 3.5 hours before kick, so follow that week’s advisory.
- Remote shuttles are C-U MTD Tran-Sport plus DIA runs from Research Park, Vet Med, and Lots 46 through 49.
- Don’t invent grill sizes, an alcohol matrix, or tent dimensions beyond what Fighting Illini posts that week.
The written rules and what an officer calls that Saturday aren’t always the same. Confirm yours the week of the game.
Map
No football map image is embedded here — the remote file is missing, blocked, or not a parking-map PDF. Use the official page: Open map / gameday info . Confirm week-of; maps move.