Three purchases carry the trip
The 2026 ReliaQuest Bowl kicks off at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, 31 December at Raymond James Stadium. Seats, parking and a room carry the trip. Seats and parking carry published prices.
Seats
Club seats cost $170. Every other seat costs $80.00. Children three and under enter free when they do not take a seat.
Tickets are mobile only. PDFs, printed copies and screenshots do not scan. The bowl sells through Ticketmaster from 25 November, and the bowl office answers questions at (813) 874-2695.
The parking ladder
Prepaid parking costs $35 for a car or motorcycle, $45 for premium and $140 for an RV. Those spaces cost $40, $50 and $160 on game day. Buses, campers and limos pay $160 in Lot 8.
Every lot takes card payment. Spaces sell first come, and the prepaid allocation is limited. Overnight parking is not available on stadium property.
Buy the pass in the same sitting as the seats. One confirmation then covers both purchases.
Both passes sit on one phone
Parking is mobile as well. Add the parking pass and the game ticket to the same wallet before leaving the room. Check both passes before the gate opens.
The morning clock
Lots open at 8:00 a.m. The ticket office opens at 9:00 a.m. The bowl bash starts at 9:00 a.m. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. Kickoff is 12:00 p.m.
Gates open 90 minutes before kickoff. A car in the lot at 8:00 a.m. reaches the bowl bash with time to spare.
The gate rules
One clutch purse no larger than 4.5 by 6.5 inches is the only bag allowed inside. Lockers on Tom McEwen Blvd take anything larger, at $10 a rental.
Every transaction inside the stadium runs on card.
Getting out of the lots
Taxi and rideshare drop-off sits at the bus drop-off area beside the pedestrian bridge on Dale Mabry Hwy, northwest of the Ford Gate. Pickup after the game runs at the Steinbrenner Field lots or at the mass transit location.
Name the pickup point before the game.
The room on 31 December
The bowl asks fans to mention the “ReliaQuest Bowl” when they inquire and book a room. Its hotel page groups partner properties by area and publishes no rate.
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay is the bowl's official SEC Team Headquarters for the 31 December game. Hyatt House Tampa Airport Westshore is the media headquarters.
No nightly rate is published for the block. The rate comes from the property.
Book the bed first
Ask each property for three things in writing: the nightly rate, the cancellation deadline with its fee, and whether the rate is refundable.
A group of 10 rooms or more can put the request out to bid. hotelhuddle sends one request to 50 or more hotels in the destination, and they answer with rate quotes in 24 to 72 hours. No commission is added to the rate.