When to leave for a Charlotte FC match at Bank of America Stadium.

MLS matchday at Bank of America Stadium, home of Charlotte FC. For a concert here, start from the concert night plan instead: doors and a support act, not gates and kickoff.

Every row is editable. Tap the kickoff or any duration and the plan recomputes backward. The first travel row is your leave-by time.

Travel time to Bank of America Stadium

The 20-minute drive is a typical run from Charlotte without game-day traffic (the optimistic number). In the app, set Bank of America Stadium as the destination and Apple Maps fills in the time from where you’re leaving.

Then add for game day: thousands aiming at the same exit and lots (real drive to Bank of America Stadium). Change the row and every step before it moves.

Kickoff is later than you think

The time on your ticket is when the ball is kicked. The teams walk out and the anthem plays before that, and the listed time is usually a few minutes ahead of the ball actually moving. Working back from the time on the ticket leaves those few minutes in hand. Aim for ten to fifteen minutes earlier if you want to be in your seat for any of it.

Gate screening usually decides it. Every MLS stadium runs walk-through detectors, and the queue is the gap between arriving and being inside. People who miss the start rarely misjudge the drive; they misjudge the lot walk and the line.

Here is the same day drawn to scale. A maps app can number the drive. The rest is the walk in, the gate queue, and finding your seat. Joining the march is the version worth looking at.

Getting to Bank of America Stadium

The LYNX Blue Line runs through Uptown and the Brooklyn Village, Carson and Convention Center stops are all within a few blocks, which skips the deck queue on the way out. Brooklyn Village is the stop some directions still call Stonewall; it was renamed in 2022 and the old name is on plenty of pages that have not caught up. Driving, Uptown parking is decks rather than fields and they empty far more slowly than they fill.

Uptown, so for a lot of people the last leg is a walk from a deck, a bar or a hotel rather than a drive. Lots open at 11:00 AM and the stadium lots are pass-holder only. The time on the schedule and the moment the ball moves are not the same here: a match listed at 7:30 tends to kick at 7:40.

The march leaves without you

Gates have a window. A march has a departure, and it goes whether you are there or not. Join it and you work back from the step-off rather than the gate, which means leaving earlier and standing at the muster point with time in hand.

The supporters' tailgate at 703 McNinch Street opens at 3:30 PM and the march leaves from there, passing Clutch Kitchen & Pour House on the way in. Mint City Collective hosts the lot and the walk is open to anyone. The step-off is a clock time rather than a fixed count back from kickoff, and it has moved between 6:15 and 7:15 across a season, so take it from the club's guide for your own match.

Gates, lots and bag rules change; the official site is the live source.

Common questions

How early should I get to Bank of America Stadium?

Gates open about 90 minutes before kickoff here; that is when the crowd starts arriving, not when you have to. Without a march, being through a gate about half an hour before kickoff covers screening, the walk to your section, and a stop on the concourse. Uptown, so for a lot of people the last leg is a walk from a deck, a bar or a hotel rather than a drive. Lots open at 11:00 AM and the stadium lots are pass-holder only. The time on the schedule and the moment the ball moves are not the same here: a match listed at 7:30 tends to kick at 7:40.

When should I leave for Bank of America Stadium?

Work backward from kickoff: minutes in your seat beforehand, walk to your section, gate screening, walk from the lot, parking, then the drive (20 minutes in the default plan). That puts leave-by at 6:11 PM for a 7:30 PM kickoff. Change the kickoff time and every row moves.

What time is kickoff at Bank of America Stadium?

It is whatever the club has scheduled, and these are local times rather than a converted national window. On this stadium's clock: an afternoon match kicks off at 1:00 PM, a night match at 7:30 PM. This example uses the night window. Midweek matches, cup ties and playoff rounds run their own times; the kickoff row is editable for those.

How long does the security line take?

The plan allows 12 minutes for a normal walk-through queue. It runs longer in the twenty minutes before kickoff. Arriving fifteen minutes off that peak is usually enough.

What time do the gates open at Bank of America Stadium?

About 90 minutes before kickoff here, rather than the two hours that is the common practice at an NFL game. It moves for a midweek match, cup tie or playoff round. The official Charlotte FC matchday page publishes the real time for your game.

What time does the supporters’ march to Bank of America Stadium leave?

It steps off from the supporters’ tailgate on McNinch Street, usually 6:30 PM. Join it and you need to be at the muster point ahead of it, rather than at the gate on time.

What can I bring in?

Assume a clear bag or no bag. Check the stadium's own page for current sizes. The timing risk is being turned around at the gate and walking back to the car: the walk twice and a second trip through the queue.

Flying in? The airport pages. Taking Amtrak? The station pages. No stadium listed? The tailgate timeline is the same plan without a particular lot.

Build it once, then use it every home game

Ready Time keeps the plan and subtracts again when kickoff changes. Put in next week's game and the same steps land on new times, with an alert on each one.