First Home Football Game is Saturday
It’s football season! UK Wildcats will face the Youngstown State Penguins on Saturday, Sept. 5, for the first home game of the season. Kick-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.
We look forward to welcoming more Wildcats to campus for this game, which means that some permit holders will need to relocate their vehicles to make space for fans.
Relocation Details:
Students and employees who park in the following lots and structures should relocate their vehicles prior to 7 a.m. on game day:
- Periphery (RK, CK, & EK) parking lots at Kroger Field (Blue, Red & Orange lots), Commonwealth Drive Lot, and Purple Lots (College Way East and West and Wildcat Court Lot).Sports Center Drive Garage (PS #7)
- Sports Center Drive Lots (including the C16 Sports Center Track Lot)
- Shively Lot (R16 & C16)
- Woodland Avenue Lot (E-Intermediate)
- Columbia Avenue East Lot (E-Intermediate)
- Ag Greenhouse Lots near the Agriculture Science Center North Building
In addition, students who park in the Green Lot should relocate their vehicle prior to 10 p.m. on the Friday before home football games.
Parking along University Drive is prohibited beginning at midnight on game days. The metered roadway in front of University Flats, off University Drive, is also unavailable.
In addition, the Gluck Equine Center Lot and a portion of the Orange Lot are restricted to UK Football recreational vehicle (RV) permit parking starting at 7:30 p.m. on the Friday before home football games.
Individuals who will be leaving from these areas prior to 7:30 p.m. are authorized to park there; however, vehicles remaining in the restricted areas after that time will be relocated by the University to the designated vehicle relocation area, located at the southwest corner of the Orange Lot adjacent to the Orange Lot Alumni Drive exit. See this map for details about the Orange Lot RV areas.
Following the game, vehicles must be moved back to permitted parking areas before 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. (Monday, Sept. 7, is Labor Day, an official University holiday.) However, if you relocated your vehicle into Cornerstone Garage, please move it back to its authorized area before midnight on Sunday.
The vehicle relocation map with a complete list of relocation times is available here. Failure to relocate your vehicle to the designated areas can result in a citation or vehicle impoundment.
Please see below for the 2026 home football game schedule and make a note of these dates on your calendar:
In addition to vehicle relocation, there are some changes to the weekend Yellow Route on home football game days. On these days, the buses do not travel to the congested Kroger Field area. Instead, they turn near University and Hospital drives and travel through all major residential areas of campus. The modified route starts two hours pre-game and continues one-hour post-game.
If you have questions, email UK Transportation Services or call 859-257-5757. To ensure that you receive timely notices related to your permit and parking area, subscribe to our e-news and follow us on X and Instagram.