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  • Advanced Reservations: The Tram Ride to the Top is SOLD OUT for advanced reservations through Tuesday May 30, 2023. Same day tickets may be available at 9 am from the Gateway Arch ticket center, online, or via the Gateway Arch call center (877-982-1410).

  • Visiting the Gateway Arch: Enter the monument through the Gateway Arch Visitor Center, which faces Fourth Street and the Old Courthouse. The Gateway Arch legs are exits only. Please allow at least 30 minutes to go through security.

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Fee-Free Day

Each year, the National Park Service offers fee-free days in which the NPS entrance fee is waived. At Gateway Arch National Park, the $3 entrance fee is included in each adult Tram Ride to the Top ticket and adult Documentary Movie ticket. On the fee-free days, that $3 is waived.

2020 fee-free days are January 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday), April 18 (First day of NPS Week), August 5 (Celebrating the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act), September 26 (National Public Lands Day) and November 11 (Veterans Day).

Website popup promotes the new Virtual Reality Theater at the Gateway Arch. It shows two children sitting with VR headsets on enjoying the program. There are also two images showing what the visitor will see during the VR experience of the 1850s St. Louis riverfront era.