Cowboys season is almost here. If you want a Cowboys game charter bus Dallas fans actually enjoy riding, start planning now. We are Imperial Charters, an owner operated company based in Mansfield, TX. That puts us 15 minutes from AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Preseason kicks off in August. The good dates go fast. Here is how gameday group transportation works, what it costs, and why booking a bus beats fighting stadium traffic in your own car.
The Problem With Driving to AT&T Stadium
Anyone who has driven to a Cowboys home game knows the routine. You leave two hours early. You sit on I 30. You pay for parking that costs more than your lunch. Then you walk half a mile in the Texas heat. After the game you sit in the lot for another hour waiting for traffic to clear.
Now multiply that by ten cars if your whole crew drives separately. Ten parking passes. Ten designated drivers. Ten different arrival times. Somebody always shows up late and somebody always gets lost.
A charter bus fixes all of it. One vehicle. One pickup point. Everybody rides together, and everybody gets dropped near the gate. Your group walks in as a group. After the final whistle, the bus is waiting where we said it would be.
What a Gameday Trip Looks Like
Here is how a typical Cowboys trip runs with us.
We pick your group up where you want. A church parking lot in Mansfield. An office in Fort Worth. A restaurant in Dallas where you had a pregame meal. You pick the spot and the time.
Your driver handles the route and the stadium traffic pattern. We run games at AT&T Stadium all season, so we know which lots work for buses and how the postgame flow moves. You do not have to figure any of it out.
During the ride, your group hangs out. Music, food, cards, whatever you want. No one is watching the road except the person paid to do it. That matters most on the ride home after a night game.
Postgame, we stage the bus and get your group out of Arlington while single cars are still sitting in the lot.
Who Books Buses for Cowboys Games
We see the same types of groups every season.
Companies use gameday trips for client entertainment and employee rewards. A suite is only half the experience if everyone drives themselves. Put the whole team on one bus and the event starts at pickup, not kickoff. If that sounds like your company, our Sporting Events page covers group trips to every DFW venue.
Families and friend groups book for birthdays, reunions, and once a year traditions. Split the cost across 30 or 50 people and the per person price usually lands below what you would pay for parking and gas on your own.
Fan clubs and watch groups from Mansfield, Burleson, Midlothian, and other cities south of Arlington ride with us because we are the closest operator to the stadium on that side of the metroplex. Our charter bus Mansfield TX page has more on where we are based and where we go.
Tailgaters book us too. Load the coolers and canopies under the bus. We drop the gear with the group and stage nearby until you are ready to roll home.
What It Costs
Every trip is priced by hours, distance, and date. A Sunday afternoon game from Fort Worth prices differently than a Thursday night game from Frisco. So we quote each trip instead of posting one flat rate.
A rough way to think about it: take the total quote and divide by your headcount. For a full size motorcoach with 50 riders, gameday trips often work out to less per seat than official stadium parking.
parking. And nobody in your group has to stay sober behind a wheel or hunt for their car at 11 pm.
Want a real number? Call us with your date, pickup city, and headcount. You will get a straight quote, not a sales pitch.
Why Ride With Imperial Charters
We are not a broker. When you book with us, we run the trip ourselves. Our own vehicle, our own driver, our own dispatch. Brokers take your deposit and then shop your trip to whoever is available. We answer for the bus that shows up because it is ours.
We are DOT certified and fully insured. DOT number 3275884. That is public record and you can look it up.
We are local. Mansfield is home base, and Arlington is our backyard. When AT&T Stadium hosted World Cup matches this summer, we ran group trips all through June and July. Cowboys season is the same drill on a schedule we have run for years.
We hold a 5.0 rating on Google. Small sample, all real, all verified.
Common Questions From Gameday Groups
How many people fit on the bus? A full size coach seats up to 56. Smaller groups can ride a minibus. Tell us your headcount and we will match the vehicle.
Can we bring food and drinks? Yes. Coolers ride in the luggage bays. Keep the aisles clear and take your trash with you. We will have the bus clean for you either way.
What if the game runs long? Overtime happens. Your driver stays until your group is on board. We build the schedule around the game, not the clock.
Do you only run Cowboys games? No. We run group transportation to Rangers games at Globe Life Field, concerts at AT&T Stadium, and the State Fair of Texas in September and October. If your group is going somewhere in DFW, we can get you there.
The 2026 Season Is Close. Book Now.
Preseason football starts in August. The regular season follows in September, and home dates stack up fast through January. Weekends around Thanksgiving and the December home stretch book earliest every year.
If your group wants a bus for a specific game, lock the date now. You can hold a date first and sort the final headcount later.
Call (214) 414-9041 or email reservations@imperial-charters.com. Tell us the game, your pickup city, and roughly how many people. We will send a quote the same day. Then all you have to do on gameday is show up and ride.