DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Shuttle (Longhorns Home Saturdays)

Gate time at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium should start with a doorstep, not a parking hunt: Texas Shuttle runs fixed-fare, 24/7 door-to-door shuttles to every Texas Longhorns home game, picking you up at your home, hotel, or the Austin airport and dropping you as close to the gates as event rules allow. The stadium has been the Longhorns' home on the UT campus since 1924, and with an official capacity of 100,119 it is the seventh-largest collegiate stadium in the country. On home Saturdays each fall, that many people converge on a compact urban campus, so the smart move is to skip campus parking entirely and ride a reserved car. Austin airport shuttle page

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How is Your Service Different?

  • Any Address - We pick up and drop off at your home, business, hotel or any airport.
  • Better - most rides are non-stop and no sharing in a Nice Car, SUV or Shuttle.
  • Flexible - we pick you up on your schedule 24/7. It's also always free to change the date or time if your flight changes.
  • Safer - we don't leave you at a bus stop, and all our drivers go through nationwide fingerprint background checks.
  • Faster - most rides take half the time, because it's just you in the vehicle. No need to stop and wait everywhere.
  • Convenient - Door to Door means no need to arrange or pay for a Taxi or Lyft to get home.
  • Affordable - once you add it all up, it's the same price or less than other shared ride shuttles for two or more people, or less than Uber with just one person.

A 100,000-Plus Crowd on an Urban Campus

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium sits in the middle of the University of Texas at Austin campus, which means it is surrounded by classroom buildings, dormitories, and streets that were never designed for five figures of parked cars. Campus lots are permit-heavy on game days, and the general public lots that do open fill hours before kickoff. The attendance record tells you what a Saturday looks like: 105,215 people packed the stadium on October 19, 2024, against Georgia, and every one of them left through the same gates at the same time. Rodeo Austin shuttle page

The Longhorns play in the SEC now, which means the conference schedule brings marquee opponents to Austin in October and November, when hotel rooms are scarce and traffic plans matter most. Add downtown Austin's own weekend traffic into the mix and the last mile to the stadium becomes the hardest mile of the trip. A door-to-door shuttle removes that last mile: you ride from your door to the stadium area in a reserved vehicle, and the return pickup is scheduled before you ever walk in. Houston to Austin shuttle page

How the Door-to-Door Shuttle Works

Texas Shuttle is a fixed-fare, 24/7 door-to-door car and shuttle service across Texas: the price you are quoted is the price you pay, with no surge pricing on game days or at 5 a.m. Private sedans seat up to 3 passengers, large SUVs seat 4-7, and full-size shuttle vans seat up to 14, so the quote is the same for the whole vehicle whether one person rides or the seats fill. Fares are fixed at booking: tolls, wait time, and bags are included, and there is no hourly billing. Austin to DFW shuttle page

Game-day pickups are scheduled around your plans, not a bus timetable: you choose the pickup time, the driver is normally 5-10 minutes early, and the round-trip booking saves 10% off each way with the promo code ONLINE. If your kickoff plans shift, changes to date, time, address, or passenger count are free. Your driver watches event-day traffic and texts an exact meeting point before pickup, which matters after the final whistle when every street around the stadium closes to through traffic.

Coverage and Booking

Shuttles run from any address in Austin, from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and on longer airport and city-to-city legs across Texas, so a group flying in for a game can book one vehicle from the airport to the hotel and on to the stadium without re-shopping the ride each time. Out-of-town fans coming up from Houston or over from Dallas can book the intercity leg and the game-day pickup as one round trip. Airport legs carry your flight number, and pickup is scheduled 30 minutes after you land for domestic flights and 45 minutes for international, adjusting to the actual landing time.

Drivers pass nationwide fingerprint background checks, and the same whole-vehicle pricing that makes a stadium run affordable for a family makes it work for a tailgate group of seven in one SUV. Reserve the return pickup when you book the outbound: post-game demand spikes the moment the stadium empties, and a reserved car means the ride is waiting instead of a surge-priced scramble. The booking tool quotes your exact addresses in seconds, so you can compare a sedan, an SUV, and a van for your group before you commit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How early should I book a shuttle for a Longhorns home game?

Book as soon as your game-day plans are set, because SEC home Saturdays are the heaviest ride-demand days in Austin and vehicle availability tightens as kickoff approaches. Reservations run 24/7, so a late booking still works, but early booking locks your pickup time and vehicle size. Round trips booked together save 10% off each way.

Where does the shuttle drop me off for the game?

The driver drops you as close to the stadium gates as event-day road rules allow and texts an exact meeting point before pickup. Campus streets close around the stadium on game days, so the precise door changes with the game plan, and your driver knows the current setup. The same applies to the post-game pickup point.

Can you pick up my group at Austin-Bergstrom and take us to the stadium?

Yes, that is a standard airport leg: pickup is scheduled 30 minutes after your domestic flight lands or 45 minutes after an international landing, adjusting to the actual arrival time. Your driver tracks the flight and meets you at the airport, then runs the airport-to-stadium leg directly. Bags and wait time are included in the fixed fare.

What size vehicle does a tailgate group need?

Private sedans seat up to 3 passengers, large SUVs seat 4-7, and full-size shuttle vans seat up to 14. The quote is the same for the whole vehicle, so filling the seats lowers the per-person cost. Note special items at booking, such as coolers or tailgate gear, so the vehicle is sized correctly.

Is the price higher on game days?

No. Texas Shuttle fares are fixed at booking with no surge pricing at any hour, including game days, and tolls, wait time, and bags are included. The price you are quoted is the price you pay for the whole vehicle. Round trips booked together save 10% off each way with the promo code ONLINE.