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Football Ride

Avoid traffic congestion and parking chaos. Ride the comfortable, climate-controlled Football Ride shuttle bus.

It's easy, convenient, and fun. Park your car at one of the locations listed below. Then hop on the Football Ride. You'll be delivered, warm and dry, to Michigan Stadium. After the game, the Football Ride takes you back to your car. Just $1.50 each way ($3.00 round trip) for tickets to ride the Football Ride Shuttle. Holders of identification cards issued by TheRide and K-12 students can ride for a reduced fare.

The Football Ride runs approximately every 20 minutes beginning two hours before game time with the last shuttles leaving 30 minutes before game time. Shuttles run approximately one hour after the game. Shuttles operate in the North, South, East, West and Downtown areas of the City of Ann Arbor.

The West Shuttle drop-off location is at Potter and Main. The last West Shuttle drop-off is at Gate 2. Drop-offs for all other shuttles are at Gate 2. All pick-ups after the game are at Gate 2 at Michigan Stadium along Stadium Boulevard.

Football Ride tickets may be purchased at most of the hotel sites, by mail or in person at TheRide's main office:

    2700 S. Industrial Hwy.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Riders are encouraged to purchase round-trip tickets, as drivers do not carry change.

Free Parking Shuttle Locations:
Plymouth Road Park & Ride Lot (North Shuttle)
Miller Road Park and Ride Lot (West Shuttle)

Paid Parking Shuttle Locations (Downtown Shuttle):
Fletcher Street Parking Structure
Fourth & William Parking Structure
Pizza House on Church St. (for Forest St. & Church St. Parking Structures)
Thompson Street Parking Structure

Hotel and Other Shuttle Locations:
(Hotel parking may be limited to hotel patrons.)
* Indicates Football Ride ticket sales locations.

North Shuttle
*Holiday Inn near the University of Michigan (parking for Guy Hollerin’s restaurant & hotel guests only)

South Shuttle
*Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel
*Hampton Inn South
*Kensington Court Ann Arbor
*Red Roof Inn
Indirect service:
*Comfort Inn & Suites - board at Red Roof Inn
*Courtyard by Marriott - board at Sheraton
*Fairfield Inn - board at Sheraton
*Holiday Inn Hotels & Suites - board Sheraton
Holiday Inn Express - board at Kensington Court Ann Arbor (tickets available at Kensington Court)

Downtown Shuttle
*Bell Tower Hotel
*Campus Inn
Michigan Union

East Shuttle
*Ann Arbor Regent Hotel & Suites (Carpenter Rd.)
Indirect service:
Comfort Inn
Days Inn

West Shuttle
*Weber's Inn (parking for Weber's patrons only)
*Clarion Hotel

During University of Michigan home football games, the following bus routes will be detoured while the streets are closed to through traffic:

  • Route 6 Ellsworth
  • Route 7 South Main - East
  • Route 8 Pauline
  • Route 15 Scio Church - W. Stadium
  • Route 16 Ann Arbor - Saline

2012 Michigan Football Schedule

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME
Sat., Sep. 1 Alabama Arlington, TX 7:00 pm CT
Sat., Sep. 8 Air Force
Ann Arbor 3:30 pm ET
Sat., Sep. 15 Massachusetts Ann Arbor 3:30 pm ET
Sat., Sep. 22 Notre Dame S. Bend, IN 7:30 pm ET
Sat., Oct. 6 Purdue W. Lafayette, IN 4:00 pm ET
Sat., Oct. 13 Illinois Ann Arbor 3:30 pm ET
Sat., Oct. 20 Michigan State Ann Arbor TBA
Sat., Oct. 27 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb 7:00 pm CT
Sat., Nov. 3 Minesota Minneapolis, MN TBA
Sat., Nov. 10 Northwestern Ann Arbor TBA
Sat., Nov. 17 Iowa Ann Arbor TBA
Sat., Nov. 24 Ohio State Columbus, OH 12:00 pm ET
All times local to game site (Ann Arbor is Eastern time)
10/13 Homecoming
Home games at Michigan Stadium

Safety at Michigan Stadium



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