🚍 Your World Cup transit guide
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This is the Fan Fest Shuttle area. Photo: Abbey Higginbotham/Axios
Getting to Kansas City's six World Cup games at Arrowhead Stadium will mean navigating scarce parking, paid shuttles and road closures.
Why it matters: The cheaper options are already selling out, so planning your ride now can save real money and spare you the worst traffic.
By the numbers: Official stadium lots sell only through FIFA's parking site, where dynamic pricing runs from $125 to more than $900 per pass and climbs again 24 hours before kickoff.
- Spots are almost sold out, with much of the parking reserved for hospitality, security and event operations.
How it works: The cheapest way in is the $15 Stadium Direct shuttle, part of the city's new ConnectKC26 bus service for ticket holders on match days.
- It boards at six spots: four park-and-ride lots plus walk-up stops at the downtown bus mall and the Plaza.
- KC2026 added a second walk-up stop after the Oak Park Mall lot sold out for the opener.
What they're saying: KC2026 transportation consultant Meghan Jansen said the network is built for big crowds.
- "We have the capacity to transport over 20,000 through Stadium Direct service," she told Axios, and after matches, "we will clear everyone from the stadium within two hours."
Coming from the suburbs
Four park-and-ride lots feed the stadium, so pick the one nearest you: Independence Center (east), Oak Park Mall (Overland Park), North Kansas City (Northland) or Graceway (Raytown).
- Leave the car, ride in and skip the post-match gridlock.
Getting around
Not headed to a match? Region Direct buses connect 15 hubs to the FIFA Fan Festival (the free downtown fan zone) for $5 a day, $25 a week or $50 for the tournament.
- The KC Streetcar is free, and a free ConnectKC26 bus links the airport to downtown, 6am to 10pm.
Roads to avoid
On the six match days (June 16, 20, 25 and 27, plus July 3 and 11), the city will close several roads around the stadium.
- Northbound Blue Ridge Cutoff closes two hours before kickoff, reopens, then closes again before the match ends.
- Ticket holders can reach Stadium Drive only through Gate 6, and rideshares drop off at Lot O.
- Residents around Blue Ridge Cutoff and Ditzler need a free permit to drive in and out.
The bottom line: Book your pass now, because on match day, driving straight to Arrowhead will be the slowest, priciest way there.