Baltimore Ravens Tickets

The short answer on Ravens seats

If you can buy only one kind of Baltimore Ravens ticket, make it a 100-level sideline seat between the 20-yard lines, in row 15 or higher. At M&T Bank Stadium, that height lifts you over the players and staff crowding the sideline, so you see plays unfold instead of watching the backs of helmets. For a cheaper ticket with a complete view, the front rows of the 500-level sideline are the smart alternative.

The stadium is open-air with natural grass, which means weather is part of your purchase. A September afternoon and a January night are different experiences, and the seat that is perfect in one can be miserable in the other. The sections below explain what each level gives you and what it costs you in comfort and view.

Reading the M&T Bank Stadium map

M&T Bank Stadium opened in 1998 and holds 70,745 as of 2021. It has five levels, but you will almost always buy on one of three.

The 100 level

The lower bowl wraps all the way around the field. Every section has 42 rows, divided by the entry tunnels: rows 1–18 sit below the tunnel openings and rows 19–42 above them. That split is useful when reading a listing. A row in the low teens is close but flat; a row in the 20s puts you above the tunnel traffic with a better angle.

The 200 level

This is the club level. Seats are padded and 21 to 23 inches wide, and ticket holders get indoor lounges. Sideline sections run rows 1–13 and corner sections rows 1–17. The club wraps the stadium everywhere except behind the end zones.

The 500 level

The upper bowl has 32 rows on the sidelines and 26 rows in the end zones. The 300 and 400 numbers you may see on a map are suite levels, not general seating.

Standard seats in the lower and upper bowls measure 19 to 21 inches across. In a heavy winter coat, that difference from the club level is something you will feel by the third quarter.

Matching the seat to the game you want

• You want to see the whole play: lower sideline, between the 20s, row 15 or above. You are close enough to hear contact and high enough to track a deep route.
• You are going in December or January: the 200-level club. Wider seats and indoor lounges make a cold night far easier, and that is where the premium earns its keep.
• You want the most field for the money: rows 1–10 of a 500-level sideline section. The view is high but nothing blocks it, and the upper deck typically prices well below the lower bowl.
• You want to sit behind the Ravens bench: use the team's seating map to confirm which sideline the home team occupies before you pay for it. A section number alone will not tell you.

Plan to be seated early either way. Baltimore's Marching Ravens perform before kickoff, and the pregame show is one of the better parts of the day.

Rows and corners to pass on

Two parts of the building deserve a second look before you commit.

• The front rows of the lower end zones. The field flattens out from this angle, so plays at the far end lose all depth. You get great views of goal-line action at your end and very little else.
• The top rows of the upper end zones. These are the farthest seats in the stadium, combining height and distance with an end-on angle.

If your budget points you toward one of these, a high row in the lower end zone or a low row in an upper sideline section usually delivers more of the game for a similar outlay.

Matchups that drive demand

A Ravens season includes eight or nine regular-season home games and one or two preseason games between August and early January, with playoffs in January for qualifiers. Demand is far from even.

• Pittsburgh: the year's toughest ticket. The Steelers are the defining rival, and Pittsburgh is under five hours away by car, so their fans arrive in numbers and compete for the same seats.
• Cincinnati and Cleveland: the other AFC North games tend to carry playoff weight, which lifts demand late in the year.
• Night games: Thursday, Sunday and Monday night kickoffs add national attention, and resale prices generally rise when a game is flexed into prime time.
• Playoff games: these go on sale quickly once seeding is settled. The stadium's largest crowd, 71,547, came at a January 2012 divisional playoff game against Houston.

Preseason dates and early non-conference games are the easiest to buy. Resale prices (fan-to-fan sales on the secondary market) generally follow the standings, so a game that looked ordinary in August can cost more in December if seeding is on the line.

On the road, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Cleveland are all drivable. Visiting Ravens fans usually end up in upper-deck and end zone sections, since those reach resale first.

Light rail, parking permits and gate rules

The stadium sits at 1101 Russell Street in the Camden Yards complex, beside Oriole Park, just south of downtown. That location makes it one of the easier NFL stadiums to reach without driving.

• Transit: Baltimore Light Rail stops at Stadium/Federal Hill station, right at the stadium. MTA Maryland bus lines 69, 70, 73 and 75 also serve the area.
• Parking: stadium lots are sold in advance by permit, and the team notes they usually sell out for Ravens games. Lots open four and a half hours before kickoff, and tailgating is allowed there, except in disabled-parking areas and the Horseshoe Casino garage.
• Park-and-ride: the team has listed charter buses from suburban locations such as White Marsh, Carney and Owings Mills.
• Street parking: nearby blocks use residential permit parking that the team says is strictly enforced.

As of the 2025 season, the team's fan guide listed a clear-bag policy: clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags no larger than 12 by 6 by 12 inches, or a one-gallon clear freezer bag, plus a small clutch of about 4.5 by 6.5 inches. Eight gates open two hours before kickoff, and fans are asked to use the gate shown on their mobile ticket. The stadium is cashless, with reverse ATMs (kiosks that turn cash into a prepaid card), and there is no re-entry. Read the Ravens fan guide before you go, since rules change between seasons. Orders placed through Reserved Seat come with guaranteed entry.

How Baltimore got the Ravens

The Ravens began play in 1996 after owner Art Modell moved his Cleveland Browns operation to Baltimore. Under the settlement, the Browns name, colors and records stayed in Cleveland, so Baltimore started over with a new identity. A fan contest with 33,288 voters picked the name in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, author of The Raven, who is buried in the city.

The team played its first two seasons at Memorial Stadium, the old Baltimore Colts home, and moved downtown in 1998. The stadium went through names including PSINet Stadium before M&T Bank took the naming rights in 2003, a deal renewed in 2023 through 2037. Natural grass returned in 2016.

• Super Bowl XXXV (2000 season): a 34–7 win over the New York Giants, powered by a defense that allowed just 165 points all year.
• Super Bowl XLVII (2012 season): a 34–31 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
• 2019 season: a franchise-best 14–2 record and a unanimous MVP award for quarterback Lamar Jackson.

The Marching Ravens connect both NFL eras. The band has played continuously since 1947, started as the Colts' band and kept going after the Colts left, earning the name "the band that would not die." The Ring of Honor lists 20 members, eight of them former Colts. The team does not formally retire numbers but has stopped issuing several, including 52 (Ray Lewis), 75 (Jonathan Ogden), 20 (Ed Reed) and 19 for Colts great Johnny Unitas.

Beyond the NFL, the stadium has hosted the Army–Navy Game five times, most recently in 2025.

Sources

• Wikipedia – Baltimore Ravens
• Wikipedia – M&T Bank Stadium
• Baltimore Ravens – Stadium
• Baltimore Ravens – Fan Guide
• Baltimore Ravens – Directions and Parking
• Stadiums of Pro Football – M&T Bank Stadium
• A View From My Seat – M&T Bank Stadium