Search for "Coolray Field" and you'll still land on plenty of old links, but the ballpark off Buford Drive in Lawrenceville goes by Gwinnett Field now — a name change that trips up plenty of first-time visitors before they've even left the driveway. What doesn't change is the parking: it's card-only, it's priced by lot, and there's exactly one light where a bus is supposed to turn in. Get that part wrong with a 40-person group and you're circling Buford Drive while everyone else is already in their seats.
Here's the short version: buses enter at the traffic light off Buford Drive (Highway 20), drop passengers on Technology Center Parkway near Braves Avenue, and park in the bus lot next to the stadium for a flat rate. Below is everything that goes into getting a group there — the entrance, the parking cost, the tailgate rules, and which vehicle actually fits your group — pulled from Gwinnett Field's own published guidance so nobody in your group finds out the hard way.
Why Rent a Bus to Gwinnett Field?
A Stripers game sounds simple until you start counting cars. Parking at Gwinnett Field is card-only, so someone in every vehicle needs a working debit or credit card at the gate. Lots open two hours before first pitch and close an hour after, so a caravan that splits up on the way over risks half the group missing the window and half sitting in the lot waiting on the other half.
A Johns Creek charter bus rental for Gwinnett Field solves the math a different way — one card swipe, one lot, one group walking in together instead of hunting for each other's cars in the dark afterward. It also solves the tailgate problem: groups that drive separately can't reserve or save spaces next to each other, but a bus parked in the designated bus lot keeps everyone in one spot from the moment you arrive. For a full look at how this works for any Gwinnett-area game or event, the Johns Creek sporting event transportation page covers the broader picture.
Charter Bus & Party Bus Drop-Off at Gwinnett Field
Gwinnett Field's own parking page is specific about this, and it's worth reading exactly as written: "ALL buses are to enter at light off Buford/HWY 20," per the official Gwinnett Field parking and directions page. That's the one entrance a bus should use — not a side street, not a lot entrance meant for cars.
From there, the venue's directions route buses in on Technology Center Parkway, staying in the left lane to turn onto Braves Avenue for passenger drop-off. After everyone's out, the bus exits through the Highway 20 Permit Entrance rather than looping back through the general lots. It's a specific enough sequence that a first-time visit benefits from having it written down before you're the one navigating it at 6:00 PM on a game night.
Buses enter at the light off Buford Drive (Highway 20), drop on Technology Center Parkway near Braves Avenue, and exit through the Highway 20 Permit Entrance. That's the entire loop — a Gwinnett Field party bus rental follows it once and never has to guess at it again, because the routing is confirmed when you book.
Gwinnett Field Bus and Motorcoach Parking: Cost and Location
Bus parking is a separate line from car parking, and it's priced separately too: $20 per bus, paid by card at the lot, in a section set directly adjacent to the stadium rather than out with the general parking. Regular car parking runs $9 standard and $20 for special events, per the same official parking page — also card only, no cash accepted anywhere on the lot.
Timing matters here. All lots — car and bus — follow the same window: "all lots open two hours before first pitch," and everything closes an hour after the final out, with no overnight parking permitted. A bus arriving before that window opens will be waiting at the light, not inside.
Run the numbers on a 35-person group and the gap is obvious. Ten cars at $9 each is $90 before anyone's even parked together, and that's the cheap night — on a $20 special-event night, the same ten cars run $200, plus everyone needs their own card ready at the gate. One 35-passenger bus at $20 flat replaces the whole scramble, and it's the only option guaranteed to park everyone in the same spot.
Tailgating Rules for Gwinnett Field Bus Groups
Tailgating at Gwinnett Field comes with real restrictions, and they matter more for a bus group than for two people with a cooler. Per the official guidance, general lot tailgating is limited to the space a vehicle has actually paid for — spaces can't be saved, combined, or reserved for friends arriving separately, and open-flame cooking is restricted throughout the lots.
Groups planning an actual cookout do better in the designated grass tailgate area between Lots C and D and the bus lane. Because a charter bus parks as one block instead of a dozen scattered cars, a group booking a bus rental to Gwinnett Field can claim that block together instead of hoping ten separate vehicles land next to each other.
What a Gwinnett Field Charter Bus Rental Costs
There's no single sticker price for a bus rental to Gwinnett Field — the quote moves with vehicle size, total hours booked (pregame tailgate time plus the game plus the ride home), the date, and how far your pickup point is from Lawrenceville. To give you an idea, a 35- to 40-passenger charter bus booked for a full game night — pickup, a couple hours of tailgate time, the game, and a wait for the ride home — often lands somewhere in the range of $700–$1,100 for the group, which works out to roughly $20–$30 a person split across a full bus. That's an estimate to help you plan, not a quote; the number for your date depends on those same factors above, so it always varies.
Compare that to a 35-person group driving separately: at $20-a-car special-event pricing, parking alone runs $200–$300 before anyone buys a ticket, split unevenly across whoever remembered to bring a card. One bus turns that into one number, split evenly, with the tailgate spot and the ride home already accounted for. Check the Johns Creek bus rental prices page for a broader sense of how pricing works across vehicle types, or call 943-229-1720 any time for a quote built around your actual group size and date.
What Size Charter Bus or Party Bus Rental Fits Your Group
Gwinnett Field's own group programs give a useful shape for sizing your vehicle. Birthday packages start at a 10-guest minimum, while the "Team of the Night" recognition requires 35 or more tickets — both are common reasons groups book a bus in the first place, and both map cleanly onto specific vehicle sizes.
| Group size | Vehicle | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| 10–18 | 18-passenger minibus | Birthday outings, small office groups |
| 19–25 | 25-passenger minibus | Youth teams, church groups, mid-size families |
| 26–35 | 35-passenger minibus | Team of the Night groups, school outings |
| 36–50 | Party bus | Groups that want the ride itself to be part of the night |
| Up to 56 | Charter bus | Large tailgate groups, corporate outings, full sections |
The full lineup of available vehicles covers every size in between, so a group of 22 isn't stuck choosing between too small and too big. Whichever size you land on, undercarriage storage on the larger vehicles is worth asking about if your group is hauling folding chairs or a grill to the Lot C/D tailgate area.
Getting to Gwinnett Field: Rent a Bus from Johns Creek and Metro Atlanta
Johns Creek sits roughly 15 miles northwest of Gwinnett Field, and the drive down runs through Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway before dropping onto Buford Drive at the stadium. Off-peak, that's a 25- to 35-minute run; on a weeknight game with first pitch during the evening commute, build in extra time — Sugarloaf Parkway carries traffic headed for Sugarloaf Mills mall as well as the ballpark, and the two streams merge right around the stadium's exits.
On a bus, that last stretch of merging traffic is somebody else's problem to route around. For groups coordinating a pickup across multiple Johns Creek neighborhoods before heading down, the Johns Creek group transportation services page covers how multi-stop pickups get built into a single quote.
Leaving Gwinnett Field After the Final Out
Every lot at Gwinnett Field — bus and car alike — closes an hour after the game ends, and that hour is when everyone tries to leave at once through the same Highway 20 Permit Entrance a bus uses to exit. A bus parked in the dedicated bus lot next to the stadium has a shorter walk back than most of the general lots, which matters when 40 people are trying to regroup after the last inning.
Set a clear meeting point before the game starts — the bus lot entrance, not "by the gate," since gates release a few thousand people at once. With the group aboard, the exit route through the Highway 20 Permit Entrance is the same one the bus used coming in, so there's no second learning curve on the way out.
Gwinnett Field Bag Policy and Gate Times for Group Outings
Per the venue's own Gwinnett Field A-to-Z guide, each guest may carry one clear bag (about the size of a reusable grocery bag) plus a small clutch no larger than 5″ × 9″. Clear bags that meet the size limit are sold at Bobby's Tackle Shop inside the park for anyone who forgets.
Outside coolers, glass containers, weapons, fireworks, drones, and containers larger than 16″ × 16″ × 8″ are turned away at the gate — worth a heads-up to your group before boarding, since anything confiscated at entry doesn't make it back to the bus. Gates themselves follow a set schedule: "Regular entry gates from Tuesday-Sunday are open one (1) hour prior to the announced start time," per the same guide, with earlier entry for season ticket and club members. Plan your bus pickup around that window rather than the first-pitch time alone, especially if your group wants time at the Lot C/D tailgate area first.
ADA Access and Accessible Parking at Gwinnett Field
Accessible parking is located in Lot B at $9 per space, first-come basis, for vehicles displaying a valid disabled placard. Drop-off for guests using mobility devices is at the main plaza, and an elevator near Section 102 reaches upper-level seating. Wheelchair and companion seating is available on every level of the park.
For a group with mixed mobility needs, that main-plaza drop point is worth building into your pickup plan — it's a shorter, more direct path than the general Technology Center Parkway drop for anyone who needs it. Note your group's accessibility needs when you request a quote so the pickup and drop-off plan accounts for it from the start.
2026 Gwinnett Stripers Schedule: When to Book Your Gwinnett Field Bus
The Stripers' home slate keeps running through the back half of the summer, with an August 4–9 series against Jacksonville and an August 18–23 series against Durham both on the books at Gwinnett Field, per the team's official 2026 schedule. The regular Triple-A season typically runs into early September, so there's still a full run of home dates left to plan a group trip around.
Promotional nights are where group bookings cluster hardest — theme nights and giveaway dates draw bigger crowds than a standard weeknight, which means the lots fill faster and the bus entrance sees more traffic backed up at the Buford Drive light. If your group is aiming for one of those dates, locking in a bus a few weeks ahead beats trying to arrange one the week of the game, when vehicle availability for that date is already thinning out.
Who Books a Bus to Gwinnett Field
The same trip works for a lot of different groups, and the reason they all end up booking a bus is the same one: nobody wants to manage parking cards and tailgate spots for a dozen separate vehicles.
Birthday and celebration groups take advantage of the park's 10-guest minimum birthday packages, and a minibus keeps a smaller group together for the whole outing — see the Johns Creek birthday party transportation page for how that's arranged. School and youth groups use Gwinnett Field's Education Days program, and a coordinated Johns Creek field trip transportation booking keeps chaperones from having to track down students across a packed parking lot. Corporate and suite groups booking a Team of the Night outing or a private group space get the added benefit of one clean, predictable transportation cost instead of expensing mileage for a dozen employees — the Johns Creek corporate transportation page covers how that's typically arranged.
Reach the Stripers' own group sales team directly at the Gwinnett Stripers group tickets page for the ticket side of a group outing; the bus is the part Johnscreekminibuscompany.com helps you sort out.
Also planning a trip to Ameris Bank Amphitheatre or Gas South Arena? Those guides cover their own drop-offs and parking rules.
Frequently Asked Questions About Gwinnett Field Bus Rentals
Where does a charter bus drop off at Gwinnett Field?
Buses enter at the traffic light off Buford Drive (Highway 20), then follow Technology Center Parkway and turn left onto Braves Avenue for passenger drop-off, per the official Gwinnett Field parking page. After drop-off, buses exit through the Highway 20 Permit Entrance rather than looping back through the general parking lots.
Where do buses park at Gwinnett Field and what does it cost?
Bus and motorcoach parking is $20 per bus, paid by card in a lot set directly adjacent to the stadium. Regular car parking is separate: $9 for standard games and $20 for special events, also card only. All lots open two hours before first pitch and close an hour after the game ends.
How much does it cost to rent a bus to Gwinnett Field?
Pricing depends on vehicle size, total hours booked, the date, and your pickup location. To give you an idea, a 35- to 40-passenger charter bus for a full game night with tailgate time often runs in the $700–$1,100 range for the group, roughly $20–$30 a person — but that number moves with your specific date and vehicle, so call 943-229-1720 or use the online quote tool for your actual price.
What are the tailgating rules for a bus group at Gwinnett Field?
General lot tailgating is limited to the space you've paid for, spaces can't be saved or reserved for others, and open-flame cooking is restricted. Groups planning a full cookout do better in the designated grass tailgate area between Lots C and D and the bus lane, where a bus group can claim one block together.
What's the bag policy at Gwinnett Field?
One clear bag around the size of a reusable grocery bag is allowed per guest, plus a small clutch no larger than 5″ × 9″. Coolers, glass, weapons, and containers larger than 16″ × 16″ × 8″ are not allowed inside. Gates open one hour before the announced start time on regular gamedays.
Is there ADA-accessible parking and drop-off at Gwinnett Field?
Yes. Accessible parking is in Lot B at $9 per space for vehicles with a valid disabled placard, and drop-off for guests using mobility devices is at the main plaza. An elevator near Section 102 reaches upper-level seating.
How far is Gwinnett Field from Johns Creek?
Roughly 15 miles, running down Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway to Buford Drive. Off-peak, that's about a 25- to 35-minute drive, though Sugarloaf Parkway traffic bound for Sugarloaf Mills mall can slow the last stretch before an evening first pitch.
What size bus fits our Gwinnett Field group?
It depends on your headcount: 18-passenger minibuses suit birthday outings around the park's 10-guest minimum, 25- to 35-passenger minibuses fit school groups and Team of the Night bookings (35+ tickets), and party buses or full charter buses cover groups above 40. The full vehicle lineup is available to compare by size.
How early should we arrive for a Gwinnett Field game?
Lots open two hours before first pitch, and gates open one hour before. A group planning tailgate time in the Lot C/D grass area should plan to arrive close to when the lots open, since that window — not the first-pitch time — is what determines how much tailgate time you actually get.
Is Gwinnett Field still called Coolray Field?
No — the ballpark's current name is Gwinnett Field, though older links, maps, and search results still reference the previous Coolray Field name. The address and location haven't changed: 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30043.
Book Your Gwinnett Field Party Bus Rental Today
Whether it's a birthday outing, a school Education Day, a Team of the Night group, or a full section of coworkers, a bus rental to Gwinnett Field means one card at the gate, one lot, and one group walking in together instead of circling Buford Drive looking for each other. Fill out the quick online form or call 943-229-1720 any time to compare vehicles and pricing for your date at Gwinnett Field.
