Parking at Stade de France on a match or concert day costs from €29 per event and must be booked online in advance: no parking tickets are sold on the day. On other days P3 costs €2 an hour, Saint-Denis street parking is €2.50 an hour, and Parclick lists two bookable Indigo car parks in the town from €2.10. This guide covers P1, P2 and P3, which car park serves which gate, non-event parking, the Grand Paris low-emission zone and the RER and metro alternatives.
Do you need a car? Not for a match or concert: the RER gets you from central Paris in minutes. A car makes sense for Versailles, Giverny or the Loire. Charles de Gaulle Airport is on the same A1 motorway as the stadium: compare prices at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on DiscoverCars, or read our guide to the best car rental comparison sites.
The stadium runs three underground, covered car parks of its own: P1, P2 and P3. On match and concert days they are reserved for drivers who bought a parking ticket online in advance; the stadium states plainly that no parking tickets are sold on the day. On other days only P1 and P3 open to the public as ordinary pay car parks. Around the stadium, Saint-Denis street parking is paid at €2.50 an hour, and two Indigo car parks in the town can be booked on Parclick.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| P1, P2 or P3 on an event day | From €29 per event, booked online | Price set per event, not per hour; no sale on the day |
| P3 on a non-event day | €2 per hour | Mon–Fri 7:00–21:30, weekends and holidays 10:00–21:30 |
| P1 on a non-event day | Card payment at the exit | Mon–Fri 7:00–00:30; closed at weekends and on public holidays |
| Saint-Denis street parking (visitors) | €2.50 per hour | Plaine Commune tariff for the southern zone |
| INDIGO Porte de Paris (bookable) | From €2.10 for 1 hour on Parclick | Covered, open 24 hours, height limit 1.9 m |
| INDIGO Saint-Denis Université (bookable) | From €2.72 for 2 hours on Parclick | Covered, open 24 hours, height limit 1.9 m |
| RER or metro instead | €2.55 per single ticket | RER B is 4 minutes from Gare du Nord |
For every match and concert the stadium sells parking online together with the event. Prices start at €29 and depend on the event, not on how long you stay. You can leave the car from 8:00, when the car parks open, and collect it up to two hours after the end; for evening events the car parks close at 1:00 and after afternoon events at 21:00. Without a ticket you will not get into any of the three, and the stadium warns that the closest car parks fill up quickly.
| Car park | Height limit | Suggested for gates |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 2.10 m | N, R, S, T, U, X, Y |
| P2 | 2 m | H, J, K, L, N, R |
| P3 | 2.10 m | Z, A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K |
Check the gate printed on your match or concert ticket and choose the car park that serves it. P1 and P3 sit on the north side of the stadium, along the Canal Saint-Denis. By motorway, use the A1, exit 2 (Stade de France), or the A86, exit 9 (Saint-Denis – La Plaine Stade de France).
Reduced mobility. Accessible spaces are limited and must be booked in advance; the stadium asks for a copy of your disabled parking card. Motorbikes may use the covered car parks, and free outdoor spaces for motorbikes are available near P4 on Rue El Ouafi and along Rue Henri Delaunay. Minibuses, campervans and anything over 2.10 m go to a separate paid car park, booked by email with the stadium. Bicycles: 1,000 free spaces on Rue de Brennus, less than 200 m from the stadium.
When nothing is on, P1 and P3 work as public car parks and you pay by card at the exit machines. P3 is the one to use at weekends, and the stadium’s tour page gives its price as €2 per hour. Monthly subscriptions start at €45 for local residents and businesses, but not during periods when the car parks are reserved for an event.
| Car park | Monday to Friday | Weekends and public holidays |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 7:00–00:30 | Closed |
| P3 | 7:00–21:30 | 10:00–21:30 |
Stadium tour. The guided tour lasts about an hour and a half and costs €16 for adults, €11 for children aged 5 to 18 and €44 for a family of four. Between September and March, tours in English run on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 14:00, and you must book in advance. The tour starts at gate H, a short walk from P3. Tours are not guaranteed on event days.
Parclick lists two car parks in Saint-Denis itself. Neither is beside the stadium, so plan on a walk or a short metro ride, and note that the 1.9 m height limit rules out most vans.
Underground car park on Rue Pinel at the Porte de Paris, next to the Saint-Denis – Porte de Paris metro station (line 13). Open 24 hours, height limit 1.9 m. Parclick shows prices from €2.10 for one hour, with free cancellation up to one hour before arrival. The listing warns that a booking does not give entry priority, so on a big night you may still queue. See INDIGO Porte de Paris on Parclick.
Covered car park with its entrance at Rue Toussaint Louverture 3, near the Saint-Denis Université metro station at the end of line 13. Open 24 hours, height limit 1.9 m. Parclick shows prices from €2.72 for two hours, with free cancellation up to one hour before arrival. From here, take line 13 two stops to Porte de Paris. See INDIGO Saint-Denis Université on Parclick.
Street parking in Saint-Denis is managed by Plaine Commune, the public body for the surrounding towns. Since 1 January 2024 visitors pay €2.50 an hour in its southern zone, which covers Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen and Aubervilliers. Many residential streets are green zones where locals park on a permit. Paid hours and maximum stays are shown on the meter and the street signs; we could not find them published online, so read the meter before you leave the car. On event evenings, streets near the stadium may be closed or reserved for residents, so street parking is not a realistic plan for a match or concert.
The stadium itself recommends public transport. A single Métro-Train-RER ticket costs €2.55 in 2026, and you need a valid ticket for both the RER B and the RER D stations.
| Line | Station | Journey time given by the stadium |
|---|---|---|
| RER B | La Plaine – Stade de France | 4 min from Gare du Nord, 8 min from Châtelet |
| RER D | Stade de France – Saint-Denis | 5 min from Gare du Nord, 9 min from Châtelet |
| Metro 13 | Saint-Denis – Porte de Paris | 16 min from Saint-Lazare |
| Metro 14 | Saint-Denis Pleyel | 10 min from Saint-Lazare, 18 min from Gare de Lyon |
| Metro 12 | Front Populaire | 15 min from Saint-Lazare |
Check the time of the last RER on the event page; the stadium publishes it two days before. If you drive in from outside Paris, a sensible plan is to park near a station further out and ride the last part.
Saint-Denis lies inside the A86 ring, so the stadium is within the Grand Paris low-emission zone (ZFE). On paper, cars rated Crit’Air 3, 4, 5 or unclassified may not drive there on weekdays from 8:00 to 20:00. In practice, the Métropole du Grand Paris decided not to fine Crit’Air 3 cars during 2026. A national law that would have abolished the zones was struck down by the Conseil constitutionnel on 21 May 2026, so the rules still stand. Foreign cars need a Crit’Air sticker too; order it only from the official certificat-air.gouv.fr site.
Stade de France Parking Cost Estimator (off-event)
Pre-filled with the P3 non-event rate of €2 per hour given by the stadium. On event days parking is a fixed price per event (from €29), booked online in advance.
Not on event days. Only cars with a parking ticket bought online in advance may park in P1, P2 or P3, and no tickets are sold on the day. On non-event days you can drive in to P1 (weekdays) or P3 (every day) and pay by card at the exit.
On event days, from €29 online, with the price set per event rather than per hour. On non-event days, P3 costs €2 per hour according to the stadium’s tour page.
The one that serves your gate: P1 for gates N, R, S, T, U, X and Y; P2 for H, J, K, L, N and R; P3 for Z and A to K. Height limits are 2.10 m at P1 and P3 and 2 m at P2.
They open at 8:00. After evening events they close at 1:00 and after afternoon events at 21:00; the stadium says you can collect your car up to two hours after the event.
Parclick lists INDIGO Porte de Paris (from €2.10 for one hour) and INDIGO Saint-Denis Université (from €2.72 for two hours), both covered with a 1.9 m height limit. Booking does not guarantee entry priority at Porte de Paris.
Visitors pay €2.50 an hour, the tariff Plaine Commune set for Saint-Denis from January 2024. Paid hours and time limits are shown on the meter.
RER B to La Plaine – Stade de France (4 minutes from Gare du Nord), RER D to Stade de France – Saint-Denis (5 minutes from Gare du Nord) or metro line 13 to Saint-Denis – Porte de Paris. A single ticket costs €2.55.
The stadium is inside the Grand Paris low-emission zone. Crit’Air 3 and higher are banned on weekdays from 8:00 to 20:00, but the Métropole is not fining Crit’Air 3 cars in 2026. You still need a Crit’Air sticker.
